ZITHROMAX Reviews (AZITHROMYCIN DIHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (1276 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZITHROMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZITHROMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Upper respiratory infection | Stomach, cramping, diarrhea, lack if sleep, anxiety, extremely exhausted, and tingling and numbness in legs. | I will never take this again. | F | 34 | 5 days | 2/20/2016 | 4 | Sinus infection | My son can't stop talking....like crazy chatter talk. It's 6:30, and he has been talking non stop since 4pm. It's entertaining, but wowzers. He's a fun and great kid...He actually got in trouble at school today for being a little too silly. 100% a side effect of this medication. He teacher wrote me just as shocked. | I do like the fact it is once a day medication for only 5 days. Life is so busy that trying to set alarms for medication for 10 days is just a set up for failure. Haha. | M | 12 | 5 days 5ml | 2/10/2016 | 1 | Sinus infection | Given 5 day course of this medication for a sinus infection. Started with 2/250 mg tabs first day. Within 3 hrs had dry heaves, headache ect. Second 2 days felt like worst case of flu ever, pounding heart, headache, dizziness. Not taking last 2 days of med as not worth it. | F | 69 | 5 days 250mg | 2/4/2016 | 4 | Sinusitis | Took with probiotics and had no stomach upset, but it gave me a massive headache that ibuprofen wouldn't touch. | I'm allergic to amoxicillin and penicillin, so this is one of the few antibiotics I can take. I will tell the doctor about this unfortunate side effect next time, though. I've taken Zithromax at least 10 times and have never had this happen. | F | 36 | 5 days 500 MG | 1/31/2016 | 1 | Broncial infection | At rest, BP155/110,Pulse rate will not go below 100.Short of breath and heart and head feel like they are trying to explode! Arms and legs started itching on day 3. I will not finish this Med. | I will never take this garbage again- Its worse then the sickness! | M | 54 | 4 days 250mg | 1/24/2016 | 1 | viral infection | My entire digestive system shut down.my stools became chalk colored...I feel very weak...TERRIBLE drug. | M | 59 | 1 days 250 | 1/22/2016 | 1 | Upper respiratory infection | Stomach pains, diarrhea, drowsy all the time | Never take this piece of crap. It's hell in the form of a pill and I feel WAY worse than before taking the pill and it's been a week | M | 20 | 3 days | 1/20/2016 | 3 | Tonselitis | Night Sweats! On day 1,2,3,4 and we'll see what happens tonight. So bad I've had to change my clothes 3x per night. | It isn't working all that great, my fever finally curbed on day 3 and throat is still not healed on day 5. | M | 28 | 5 days 40 mg 1X day | 1/19/2016 | 1 | infected bronchial tubes | I broke out in hives all over my body. Itchy itchy ITCHY hives! Also I'll be resting and suddenly my heart rate increases with a very abnormal beat. So that means also high blood pressure. | This is aweful. Too risky. | F | 22 | 1 days 250 | 1/17/2016 | 1 | Atypical respiratory infection | Only had minor GI upset but psychological effect is almost unliveable. I have no history of mood or anxiety disorders but this drug gave me MAJOR anxiety, worry, fear, depression, panic. like a lot of other posts I had almost constant feelings of impending doom and dread. Constant vivid nightmares about death and dying. Extreme paranoia and hypochondria made worse by the amount of aches and pains it causes. At one point I counted up 12 different life threatening illnesses I was convinced I had. My life would have to literally depend on it for me to take this drug again. Last 2 months have been hell, and I still need to wait for drug to wash out my system. | Think very carefully before taking. Especially if you have any anxiety or mood disorders. | M | 38 | 2 months 250 1X day | 1/12/2016 | 1 | bronchitis | Pain in abodomen. Had to have endoscope exam and pint of blood. Month after taking pills. Still sick | Not sure it was pills. Just suspicious. | 85 | 3 days 500 | 1/8/2016 | 1 | Bronchitis | Shortness of breath, nausea, accelerated heart rate, SEVERE panic attacks, stomach upset, irritated colon, SEVERE depression, cold feet and hands, fatigue, brain fog, muscle/bone pain, red chest, strange taste in mouth, and vision problems. | Shortly after I took the first two doses, I became very short of breath. Then came all of the other symptoms that are listed above. I took the medicine the following day and became worse after taking it. The panic attacks were terrible. I only had 3 pills, and was sick for over a week. It has been almost 2 weeks; since I took the last pill, and I am still at times feeling side effects. Conducted research as I thought I was going nuts; found out that there are 2 forms of Zithromax, Pfizer and PLIVA, I had the PLIVA (white) pills; not the Pfizer (pink) pills. I do not know if this was the major difference as I have taken Z Pack many times before and never had a problem. This is the worse medicine. I asked the Pharmacist if they had changed the formula she indicated to me that there were no changes. Something has changed. I have had many allergic reactions to medicines, but never a reaction like I had with this medicine. | F | 52 | 2 days 250 1X day | 12/29/2015 | 1 | URI | Horrible diarrhea, abdominal pain, arm weakness, extreme fatigue, constant feeling of hunger but nauseous too. Drug worse than illness.never again. | Yuck! | F | 40 | 5 days 6 pack | 12/22/2015 | 1 | strep throat | WTF!?!? I just got over my strep throat and fever and i havent been to work and i havent been myself and then my doctor hands me this prescription which i take on my break at work and all of a sudden i get the worst cramps and nausea of my life and i had no idea that would happen i was completley upset because I've already been in pain for the past 3 days WHY AM I IN EVEN MORE PAIN!?!?! Would not recommend but i think i dint have a choice its either this or strep throat 😭😭 | It sucks and should not even be sold if it doesnt come with night quil and pamprin | F | 21 | 1 days 250mg | 12/14/2015 | 1 | Bronchitis- Sinus Infecfion | Horrible drug. Thank god I found this site or else I would have thought I was drying from something else. Horrible nausea, diarrhea (bright yellow), shooting abdominal pain, gut pain, ANXIETY, depression, loss of appetite (lost 6 pounds in 3 days), low sex drive, anger, outbursts, mental thoughts. | I hate this medication and wish I never took it. After 4 days I'd had enough. I took with with Probiotics Udos Super plus- I think that was too much for my gut so I switched to Florostor (as someone suggested on here). Pharmacist said that this drug is hard on the system and may take a couple of weeks to make its way out. I've been fighting with my spouse, my anxiety is through the roof. I'm in Tecta for GERD however don't even know if that's working anymore because my stomach is so messed up from this drug. Hate it. | F | 38 | 4 days 5 day pack | 12/12/2015 | 4 | Possible STI | Mild headache and nausea, with some stomach pain. Came here to see about the side effects: seems pretty normal. Honestly, even though I have an anxiety disorder that also flared a bit with this dose, it's worth it to prevent the std. | F | 25 | 1 days 250 MG | 11/24/2015 | 3 | Chanceroid | Nausea, G.I., Anxiety, Headache. | If you are having severe anxiety on this medicine then you are having a herxheimer reaction. Please google it. You may also be experiencing your intestinal flora aka good bacteria inside your gut dying off. Saccharomyces Boulardii is the answer. | M | 45 | 3 days 1000mg 1X day | 11/19/2015 | 1 | bronchitis | Nausea. Horrible drug. | F | 29 | 1 days 500 | 11/13/2015 | 5 | Pneumonia | Bloating to the point my jeans are very tight all over, loss of appetite, dry mouth with constant thirst, reduced urination, tinny taste in mouth, some stomach discomfort but not all that bad. | After suffering through 5 days of 103-104 fevers, extreme literally uncontrollable chills, body aches, fatigue prior to a Dx of pneumonia (thought I had the worst flu in recorded history), all I can say is thank God for this antibiotic. I'll take this drug any day rather than die a slow, painful death from pneumonia or sepsis. For the all the folks on this board whining about the side effects of this antibiotic, you have obviously never taken Flagyl. Let's keep the side effects in context. Folks, otherwise healthy people (many of them children) used to drop dead from a wide variety of disease on a daily basis. Count your blessings that you live in this age. | F | 46 | 5 days 250 | 11/12/2015 | 1 | Suspected chlamydia | Stomach ache, strange aches in gut, burning sensation in stomach, dizziness when hungry and otherwise, palpitation, extreme anxiety & fear of terminal illnesses, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, bloating, fatigue, light sensitivity, constant buzzing sensation inside right ear, acid reflux, extreme urticaria or hives, burning urine sensation .. It was an endless torturous experience. Didn't link all of this with Zithromax and so wasted loads of money on Upper GI endoscopy, X-rays, MRI scan, ear tests, CT scan of abdomen, Ultrasound, blood work which in turn resulted in ridiculous prescriptions like Nexium, Ganaton and further antibiotics. Blood work also found elevated levels of liver enzymes and cholesterol levels. | After a protracted period of heartache, frustration and depression, I gave up all those medications that arose from an array of misdiagnoses and by sheer luck, read up about the effects of antibiotics on the web and as per suggestions from some people with similar experience, started out with a strong probiotics brand called VSL3 which has 100 billion strains of live cultures. The impact was almost miraculous I must say - after a tantalizing 9 months, I felt human once again. After almost a year on probiotics, I am still recovering from the horrible damage it did to my gut flora. MY ADVISE - STAY AWAY FROM THIS LIKE PLAGUE. | M | 40 | 4 days 500 2X day | 11/8/2015 |