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 | Sinusitis/Bronchitis | Diarreah, Nausea, Vertigo, Nervousness, "jittery" feelings, constant itching in my arms and upper extremities, night sweats, insomnia, loss of appetite, just all around feeling lousy... | NEVER AGAIN. The side effects of this medication were worse than the condition I was being treated for. I'm still not over my sinus infection, and I have an upcoming doctor's appointment to discuss what this medication has done to me. I haven't felt the same since taking it, and I'm worried that I may have suffered an adverse reaction to it. After doing some research into the background of this drug, I came to the conclusion that this is pretty powerful stuff, and I would give serious consideration and weigh the risks before agreeing to take it for ANY reason. I definitely ruled this one off my list of antibiotics, and I usually tolerate these drugs VERY well. It's interesting to read all these other comments, and just how many of us have experienced the same thing. As far as I'm concerned, this medication should be immediately reviewed by the FDA for its safety margin, and for risks of developing serious drug complications(especially if you have a liver disorder). | M | 47 | 5 days | 3/26/2007 | 1 | scalp infection | Would Definitely NOT NOT! NOT!! recommend even trying this drug - I was in the emergency room Twice! Because of it !! (after taking Only 2 tablets) | Try anything else but DO NOT NOT! NOT!!!! take this drug!!!! | M | 53 | 2 days | 6/14/2005 | 1 | Strep Throat | No side effects | Did not work against strep throat. It was prescribed by a prompt care doctor. My personal physician later informed me that Zithromax doesn't work against strep throat. Because it didn't work, I ended up in the hospital with further complications. My physician and my ear/nose/throat doctor later prescribed Augmentin. I just started taking it, so I can't comment on that drug yet. | M | 30 | 3 days | 11/17/2004 | 1 | prostate infection | Ringing of ears terrible felt like my head would explode, racing heart felt like it would beat out of my chest, nausea, dry heaves, insomnia, anxiety, sweating - at one point felt like I was dying. | Just finished day five. Hope symptoms subside soon. I had just moved to a new apartment with bad water and thought I was being poisoned by hydrogen sulfide gas, but after reading others reactions I think it is the Zithromax | M | 53 | 5 days | 10/9/2006 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Four days of terrible diarrhea. By the end of the week my doctor said I developed irritable bowel syndrome and since then have not been able to eat any lactose and even still have terrible gastric disturbances. This is now two years down the road with no improvement. | This antibiotic did so much damage to my digestive tract that I can no longer digest foods properly. I’ve been to several specialists and there seems to be very little that can be done; other than a total diet change. I know of three other people (unrelated to me) who have taken zithromax and developed similar problem. The worst part about this is that the doctor misperscibed this for a viral infection. Long story short, this medication should NEVER be prescribed for such a minor ailment like a sinus infection. | M | 22 | 3 days | 3/6/2007 | 1 | broncitis | Chronic outbreaks of shingles and herpes | Four of my family members have suffered from severe side effects, which seem to involve the breakdown of the body’s immune system to fight off nerve related viral diseases, such as shingles, and herpes. All of us had been prescribed zithromax (z-pack) to fight off bronchitis, strep, or sinus infections, which the drug was somewhat successful in resolving, but not always; however, about a week or so after completing the dosage of five days, we began to suffer severe oral herpes outbreaks. In three of the cases, there were severely painful outbreaks of shingles. My doctor no longer prescribes it mostly as a result to similar complaints like those stated on this board. For our problems, the doctors only seem to want to treat the symptoms of herpes and shingles, and have not made this connection as being a side-effect of zithromax (z-pack) and a breakdown in the immune system. We were prescribed Zoverax, which was worthless, then switched to Valtrex, which had some effect, but only short-term relief. It was not until we received another anti-biotic that our immune systems stabilized against outbreaks of herpes and shingles. This makes no sense and most doctors argue to no end that antibiotics do not help with these viral diseases such in the control of herpes and shingles; but in our case it did. The three antibiotics that seem to provide some relief to the side effects of zithromax (z-pack) were Bactrim DS, PCE, and Biaxon. Never again will I take Z-pack. | M | 37 | 5 days | 7/1/2005 | 1 | possible flu or std... dr not sure | oh my god.. would never take again... the worst unrelenting headache for days and days.. i was prescribed the 5 day pack.. i've had nonstop headache since taking the first dose of 2 pills.. i was feeling less headache pain on 3rd day.. end of day.. then took my dose and headache started up again.. i'm so miserable right now. | M | 47 | 3 days | 10/28/2006 | 1 | strep throat | all over body hives. look like huge chicken pox. given at Urgent care facility ( one dose) in liquid form, within 1 day red pimples formed. Day 5 the hives continue, swelling of hands and itching. | my 15 year old son was given one dose to drink for strep throat. Was told this would cover 5 days. Within 1 day hives broke out. He looks like he has the chicken pox. He is allergic to penicillin, and erythromiacin makes him very sick. Tried Benadryl, no change. They wanted him to have a chemtology shot and or prednisone. More side affects possible, strep is gone, hives increase (raised and red) Didn't want him to be subjected to more so I went on line and searched out natural remedies. Found a product called Lacitrex. Lacitrex.com Lacitrex is for the hives. Ordered it and there are no side affects. 100% guarantee. We are a family that rarely uses antibiotics or drugs. We use homeopathy and alternative methods. This was an exception. This drug should be removed from the market. Too many side affects and could be deadly. I will post my results after using this alternative product. One more thing..if I had been able to research this drug I would never have allowed it to be given to our | M | 15 | 1 days | 2/10/2006 | 1 | Sinus - 500mg | 1st 500mg azithromycin generic dose no problem. 2nd 500mg dose all hell broke loose. Within 2 hr of taking tablet, sweating, dizziness, stomach pain, headache followed by projectile vomiting. Could not keep it down. Been feeling awful all day. Dizzy , headache, nausea. Took tablet after breakfast and 2 cups of coffee. Previous post mentions possible interaction with caffiene. Be aware of possible reactions - don't go to work until u are sure u are "stable". | Sinus seems to be in remission. Talked to doctor - switching antibiotics. Advised not to take 3rd dose. | M | 36 | 2 days | 12/19/2006 | 1 | muscles, nerves pains | Pains started 2 days after the only doses I have taken, and are still here aftr 20 days... this medicine is AWFUL, I just hope pains will go soon... | M | 37 | 1 days 500 1X day | 6/23/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Severe leg, back and side pain/numbness. Severe Anxiety. | This was an absolute horrible nightmare of a drug. On day two I felt pain in my side. Assummed it was from coughing. On day five I woke up in the middle of the night with a feeling like something is wrong, I am dying, the world is ending. I finally fell back to sleep after about four hours only to wake up with the same feeling. I drove to work that morning and could barely operate my right leg to stop the vehicle. Thought it was a siatic nerve problem. Now almost three weeks later I am still feeling the effects. Please email me and tell me this nightmare of side effects is going to end! | M | 35 | 5 days 250 1X day | 6/4/2011 | 1 | sinusit | pains all over the body, epscially lower back pain, legs, calfs, feet, disorientation | I still have pains after 3 months, less painful and less frequent, but still not gone...and I feel my body becae kind of fragile... this medicine is worst then poison, even if 1-2% of people suffer of severe and long lasting side effects, I think should be taken out of market... I think drinking petrol would be less harmful... | M | 38 | 3 days 500 1X day | 8/31/2011 | 1 | Bronchitis | I took the drug for 5 days and do not frequently take medications in general. Cognitive deficits have left me unable to work. I am a therapist and found that I couldn't remember the last thing my patient had told me and I couldn't find the correct words to describe what I was thinking and wanting to say. I got lost several times while driving my car (going in completely in the wrong direction in my hometown). This, of course, lead to high anxiety and I had to talk myself through what felt like panic attacks. I felt that my mind was slipping, deteriorating and I knew I could no longer trust myself to make critical decisions. I have only been off the drug for 1 day and will try and report back when I feel more together and hopefully more recovered. | TEVA made in Israel | M | 29 | 5 days 250mg 1X day | 8/31/2011 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe Vertigo - had to be taken to ER by Life Squad. Numbness all over my body. No taste/smell. Weird dreams. Lethargic and sleepy. Stopped taking the drug after four doses. My drug was the generic called Azithromax produced by TEVA, a foreign pharmaceutical company. | My doctor gave me a "Z-Pak" for viral bronchitis. (Doctors seem to give these out like candy) I took two the first day, as directed, and by day four I had numbness and tingling in my face, arms, legs, feet, hands, etc. I immediately stopped taking it. It took a day and a half to go away. Then I went to work a few days after taking the drug and I had a full blown "three alarm" Vertigo attack complete with projectile vomiting (sorry!). I was treated at the ER where I was taken by Life Squad since I could not walk or even stand. I still have no taste/smell, and I still don't feel 100%. The bronchitis went away on its own. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | M | 57 | 4 days 250 mg 1X day | 7/26/2011 | 1 | bronchitis | bloating, and urgent runs x10 first day. | two years ago I took the original z-pak, no problem, most pleasant experience. this time it appears to be a generic, will stop and search for other alternative. | M | 52 | 2 days 250 1X day | 8/18/2011 | 1 | Flu | Extremely high anxiety, feeling terrified and scared, and don't know what I am afraid of, also increased depression. | I have suffered from severe and disabling and treatment resistant ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder for 12 years now, with anxiety and depression, on feb. 1st, 2011, I was put on namenda, for my treatment resistant ocd, for the first time, I was taking something that was helping my ocd, the miracle I had been looking for, then on feb. 14th, 2011, I was put on azithromax, the generic for zithromax, the 5 day pack, after about 3 days of taking it, my ocd, anxiety, and depression just went into high gear, the anxiety was the worst I have ever had and am still having, I cry uncontrollably at times because I can't stand the horrible feeling I am having, just feel hopeless and terrified, my family asks me what are you afraid of, and I tell them I don't know, it's just an awful feeling of being terrified, I am on 40 mgs. prozac, 200mgs. trazodone, 8 mgs. klonipin, 0.5 mgs, xanax, and started back on 5 mgs. namenda today,these are the meds I take for my ocd and anxiety, please if anyone can tell me what they did to get through this, I would appreciate it so much, I just want to feel better again. Thank you so much. | M | 30 | 5 days 1X day | 4/4/2011 | 1 | The side effects... and length of the side effects.. have been a nightmare. I took a single dose of 4-250 mg tablets.... about 15-20 minutes later I felt a rush of anxiety.. I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital. That passed, but the drug has been in my system almost three weeks and I still feel the effect... anxiety, dissociation, confusion, back/leg/hip pain. | I don't know what to say about this drug that hasn't already been said before. It's a nightmare, I will NEVER take it again, and I pray that I eventually return to "normal". Its been almost three weeks and I have days that are good, but still have days when I feel the effects. The pain in my legs/hip/back I can live with, but the weird disoriented feeling (coupled with extreme anxiety) is horrific. I just want to feel like myself again. Please feel free to email me if you want to talk about how this drug has affected your life (or if you can offer any encouragement to me, that it will eventually pass and I will be able to put this all behind me). | M | 51 | 1 days 4x250mg 1X O | 4/7/2011 | 1 | Sinuses/Possible Strep Throat | Within a few hours, my right ear drum started burning and then the enitre right side of my head and neck began to pound as if I had been hit with a baseball bat. Ringing in the ear and a dry scratchy throat followed. | I considered the ER for a couple of hours and then decided to wait it out, hoping to fall asleep. Then, I found this site. Why is this drug still on the market? Sounds like the generic is the problem (which is what I took) by reading countless reviews. I did sleep in spurts and the headache went away during the night but this morning, the ringing is horrible and I can only hear at about 60% normal in my right ear. I will discontinue use and hope this gets better. I am going to find out how to report this to as many doctors, pharmacists, FDA, etc. as I can. THIS DRUG IS NOT WORTH IT! I have had pain in my life, lots of pain, but this was different. Scared me. Thankfully, no anxiety or loss of breath like others report and no gas or loose bowels. | M | 39 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | pnuemonia or bronchitis | M | 36 | 250 1X day | 3/13/2011 Patient History | 1 | sinusitis | severe anxiety,depression,nightmares | was prescribed the generic version of this for a sinus infection,for which it was quite effective. However, a day or two after taking the last of the pills, severe anxiety set in along with depression and strange dreams. This has continued for over a week and i believe is now fading away. I thought I was going crazy. I hope this is the last day for this, I am starting to feel like my old self. I will never take this stuff again, it was just a horrible experience. afbloom77@gmail if you want to discuss. | M | 43 | 5 days 1X day | 2/4/2011 |