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 | sore throat | Unbearable stomach pains. Rash on palms and sole of feet. Two trips to emergency with side pain. Admitted to local hospital by family doctor with spleen bleed. Five days later ambulance ride to Mayo. Zithromax caused bleeding disorder, inhibitor to Factor V necessary for clotting. Doctors didn't believe me when I said it was the zithromax. They were sure it was cancer. Half a dozen cat scans, hundreds of blood draws and thousands of dollars later: guess what?-It was the zithromax!!! | I'll never take this whole family of drugs again. | F | 5 days | 8/5/2006 | 1 | Not sure | Dizzy, sick, arm pain, numbness in left arm, heart racing and very jittery. | I spoke to a few doctors that told me after 1 day of taking this pill it would take 3 days to feel these side effects. Went to er to be told I was not having elleric reaction to this pill. Put me on Bactrim, which made me feel really sick. I will never take these drugs again. | F | 32 | 1 days | 9/6/2005 | 1 | strep throat | at first it made me nauseous, the kind of nausea that feels like your stomach is trying to eat a hole in itself. It's bearable but NOT fun. And then it gave me gas and constipated...so bad that even now, two days after taking it, I'm STILL having the side effects, because it's still in my system. | was given the 5 day prescription, where you take two the first day, the one a day for the next four days. I stopped taking it after day 3. I would not reccomend this to anyone with even a remotely sensitive stomach. My infection is gone, but it just wasn't worth it. | F | 35 | 3 days | 6/9/2008 | 1 | bronchitis | muffled hearing in both ears, pain in upper stomach, excessive belching, diarrhea, nausea, and breaking out in a sweat throughout the day | I took the 5 day dose. During the actual 5 day dose time I noticed the change in my hearing. Otherwise, no side effects during the days I actually took it. Immediately at the 10 day mark when the drug is suppose to begin to leave your system I experienced horrible diarrhea, extreme upper stomach pain, constant belching and waves of nausea. I would also break out in a sweat off and on throughout the day. I took the drug for bronchitis, and although it did help clear up the bronchitis, I will never take the stuff again. It's been 10 days sice I took my last of the 5 day dose and I am still struggling with the side effects. | F | 46 | 5 days | 4/3/2009 | 1 | Strep & Walking Pneumonia | HIVES! CHRONIC! SINCE SEPTEMBER 2006! I believe a follow-up posting to my Sept '06 posting was needed. My daughter was 9 then & is now 12 and we combat chronic hives on a daily basis brought on by the Zpak. Now she is on daily medication, sometimes must be given twice daily when the hives are severe. There are other alternatives. She has had strep since & plain old amoxicylin (sp?) clears it up fine with no side effects. The Zpak side effects are NOT WORTH IT just to take medicine for a shorter period of time. | BEWARE! Sometimes the side effects don't make an appearance until a WEEK AFTER you have STOPPED taking the Zpak. The doctor will try to tell you it is not the medication - don't believe them. We learned the hard way & my daughter's life is forever changed. | F | 12 | 4 days | 7/27/2008 | 1 | bronchitis | after the last dose--anxiety, feelings of doom and gloom, severe stomach pain | Honestly, this drug has ruined my life. I battled anxiety for years and I finally came out of it--until I took azithromycin. Hadn't had a panic attack in years and then 1 day after taking this drug I'm a mess again. I had the worst stomach pain imaginable from the gas...it felt like someone was kicking me over and over in the solar plexis. I do not recommend this drug to anyone with a history of anxiety and depression--this drug could potentially ruin all of your hard work to get better. Horrible. | F | 28 | 4 days | 6/16/2008 | 1 | Bronchitis | Within 90 minutes of my first liquid dose, horrible and sudden stomach pain followed by bouts of diarrhea. I was up all night with difficulty breathing and heart racing. Got up this morn to a nice rash all over tops of both arms and across my back. Will not continue taking this crap. Will try homeopathic remedies.Alot of doctors are all in bed with the Pharma Companies and their dishonesty and lack of integrity is sickening. Wonder if they would feed their families this poison? | My RX in now deep sixed. | F | 50 | 1 days | 3/11/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Nausea, dizziness, anxiety, general "sick" feeling. | I've taken Zithromax in the past with no problem, but this time they gave me the generic and I've had all sorts of problems with it. Every time I took a pill I became very sick, and then on day 2 or 3 I started having night time anxiety attacks. I jumped out of bed yelling one night while I was still mostly asleep! I've suffered with general anxiety most of my life, but I know how to control it, and it's never been like this! DO NOT TAKE this medicine if you've got anxiety disorders! | F | 38 | 5 days | 3/13/2009 | 1 | Strep Throat | Severe Anxiety, dizziness, heaviness in my chest, trouble sleeping, rapid heart beat that feels like it may explode through my chest, fatigue | I am so glad that I found this website because I have been contemplating going to the ER all day but don't really want to because I have never had heart problems and only started having symptoms since I started taking this medicine. I have taken this before with no side effects other than I usually needed a second antibiotic to completely clear up the infection (I am prone to ear infections) | F | 41 | 5 days | 3/9/2009 | 1 | bronchitus | Soon after the first two pill does, I was warm all over, dizzy and nautious. Lasted for hours so I did NOT take anymore. | I will never take this again!! | F | 44 | 1 days | 3/24/2009 | 1 | Bronchitis/sinus infection | Serious diarrhea every day that I took this, usually 20-30 minutes after taking it and 1 or 2 more times during the day, resulting in rushing to the bathroom. I couldn't go to work because it was so bad. Severe lower left back pain, starting on day 1 and getting worse as the day progressed; waking up each day after that, the pain was worse than the day before. I could not sit down anywhere comfortably, walking hurt, I would get severe sharp pains as well as constant pain. Severe abdominal cramps on day 3, which was the last day I took this. When walking, I had to hold my stomach because the pain was so bad. For a continuous 30 minutes on day 3, my stomach made the loudest noises I've ever had. On day 3, my face took on a reddish tint. On what would have been day 4 (except that I did not take the medicine), I developed a red rash with small blisters right over the spot in my lower back that had been hurting since day 1. Fatigue every day. Severe headache on day 1 only. Severe dehydratio | I can stand a lot of pain but I spent most of the evening of day 3 crying from the pain. I took the 250 mg 5-day pack but stopped after day 3. I will never take this medicine again. | F | 55 | 3 days | 2/26/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Anxiety, Photophobia, Depersonalization, Dizziness | The worst drug I've ever taken. It's been eight months and I'm still struggling with the symptoms initialized by this drug. | F | 41 | 3 days | 2/28/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Extreme depression | I have taken Zithromax several times for sinus infections. The first couple of times I took it, I thought it was just a coincidence-or the sinus infection, that I was depressed while on ZPak. I finally realized that each time I've taken it, I get VERY depressed. I cannot take it. | F | 44 | 7 days | 3/1/2009 | 1 | Sinus infection | SEVERE adominal pain, watery diarrhea, uneasy feeling, insominia, bloating | Did my headache go away? Absolutely! But I will take that 100xs over the side effects I am experiencing now. I have to lay perfectly still to offset the stomach pain I am experiencing. I took 2 pills the first day only to have major diarreah 3 times in half hour. I took the 2nd day dose of one pill and have had nothing but the most incredible gas and noises along with sharp almost unbearable pains in my stomach. I will not continue this prescription! 24 hours since my last pill and I can't wait till this is out of my system. Doctors told me it is very tolerable, but they obviously have to read all these comments. DO NOT give this to a baby or child!!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!! | F | 42 | 2 days | 3/1/2009 | 1 | strep throat, mono | gas, abdominal pains | I took a 5 day pack to combat a little strep throat when I had mono and to "take care of" anything else that I might have had. I will never take this again. I took the pack two months ago and I'm still suffering from gas and stomach pain. It's not unbearable but it's uncomfortable enough to cause distress. | F | 20 | 5 days | 5/19/2009 | 1 | possible infected insect bite | Hot, scratchy, tiny pimple like all consuming itchy rash on upper arms, upper legs, neck base of scalp and all over trunk. | Rash began after 4th day of 5 day dose(generic) - contacted DR but he said nothing about an allergic rxn to the antibiotic so I finished it off. That was 6 weeks ago. Am on prednisone 20mg, Zantac 300mg & Zyrtec 20mg to cut the reaction, not helping yet. How long have folks had the allergic rash continue? Allergists says "a long time" yet won't define long. | F | 49 | 5 days | 9/2/2008 | 1 | Pneumonia/Bronchitis | Awful drug. Within 10 minutes of first dose vomiting and diarrhea, stomach cramps. Side effects continued and included nightmares, hallucinations, incredible abdominal pain. I took only one dose (two pills, as prescribed) and ended up in the E.R. 48 hours later. Difficulty breathing, low blood pressure, continued vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, constant moving, dehydrated (couldn't hold down water). In all, with only one dose, I was down for nearly seven days. Ten days later, I still have little to no appetite. If you have had this type of reaction to Zithromax, avoid Biaxin and other drugs in the same family. BE CAREFUL!! | F | 47 | 1 days | 8/3/2008 | 1 | soar throat | i was on my second day of Zithromax and it all started with Sharp chest pains. i was rushed to the hospital and was told to stop taking it. While in the hospital i broke out in hives. /the next morning while at home i started throwing up and also had severe diarrhea. The next day almost my entire body was cover in hives. They are almost gone now(day 7). last night i woke up in a sweat and fast heart rate I'm weak and have also experienced blurry vision. This drug has just about killed me!!!!! i hope this all stops soon or i obviously have to contact my Dr. | Do not TAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 38 | 2 days | 9/8/2008 | 1 | URI / bronchitis | evening of 2nd dose, sharp, stabbing, unrelenting pain in one ear, all sounds coming into that ear sound "mechanical", throat fullness | doctor called back, switched me immediately to another antibiotic; i still have severe ringing in my ear, i will follow up with the doc if it persists over the weekend | F | 32 | 2 days | 10/3/2008 | 1 | Sinus infection | Strong Anxiety, stomach pain and diarrhea. | This is the worse drug I have ever taken. I will NEVER take this again. The percentages of side effects they have are totally off especially based on what I see here. I took the first dosage of 2 pills and one today and I am done with it. I would rather have the sinus infection. Horrible. Do not take it!!! I would rather be dead right now. | F | 30 | 2 days | 4/7/2009 |