BIAXIN XL Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)

Average Rating: 2.5 (160 Ratings)

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BIAXIN XL  (CLARITHROMYCIN):  Clarithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial respiratory tract infections. Clarithromycin is known as a macrolide antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 2000-03-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN XLCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 2  upper respiratory Nausea,abdominal pain,bitter taste in mouth,pulling sensation in whole body that made me very anxious.It makes my head feel like I am lightheaded and my balance is off. It is a horrible drug. I am on it only 2 days. I feel better but I am going to play doctor and reduce the dosage to 1/2. M 70 2 days
9/22/2007
 1  it was prescribed for pneumonia Horrible metallic taste that cannot be gotten rid of. General state of anxiety/nervousness. After 5 full days (5 more to go), I don't feel any better. Still coughing, bringing up phlegm much of the day. F 66 5 days
500mg x 2 1X day
6/17/2014
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 1  sinusitis Severe muscle ache from feet to neck, I feel like someone beat me with Tiger Wood's golf driver. I can hardly walk without a cane or support. No relief at all from headaches or sinus congestion. No bad taste, or diarrhea or stomach cramps but I am experimenting insomnia. I have chronic fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, osteoarthritis, severe hearing loss, and rheumatoid arthritis. 65 4 days
500 1X day
3/15/2013
 3  Chest throat sinus infection The first night I had a strong metalic taste, woke up in night soaked from sweat, upset stomach, my hands felt weird, bad dream. Next night I took pepto bismal to protect my stomach. It made a difference. I now after 5 days am tired and lethargic. Other side effects are gone. When I take the 1000mg before bed I feel numb and very tired and in the day lethargic. Hoping the Meds kick in and I start feeling better soon. F 64 7 days
500mg x 2 1X day
6/8/2015
 1  Cough, bronchitis 2 hours after taking the first pill had extreme nausea. Started throwing up and couldn't stop. After 3 hours of vomiting had a neighbor take me back to urgent care. Got shots of promethizine and other anti nausea med (Zofran). Never been so sick in my life! I usually take Zithromax and have no problem. The Dr. said they have never seen this reaction before! Guess they should read this web site! Run screaming before taking this! F 63 1 days
500 1X day
3/17/2014
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 1  bronchitis Could not finish the prescribed course of the antibiotic due to side effects: massive headache, blurred vision, sweats, bloating, 10 lb weight gain, constant hunger pangs and an itchy rash. It wreaked havoc with my Candida problem. One month later I can't lose the weight, I still have severe GI inflammation, hunger and bloating and terrible itchy eczema that does not respond to anything. I think they prescribe this drug for the plague. Be sure to avoid it like one. F 62 7 days
4/28/2014
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 1  flu like symptons After taking the second pill I suffer severe hearing loss and now have hearing aids in both ears. Do not take, not worth the risk... M 62 2 days
1X day
2/1/2020
 5  constant cough & sinus I make sure I take it with plenty of food & water. Some diarrhea. Sore throat (virus) day six, but nothing I can't handle. Well worth the benefit !! This has been my go-to antibiotic when I get to a bronchitis sets in from post nasal drip. Never disappoints me, feel great in 3 days or less but must and DO complete the 10 days as per the Doc's instructions. M 60 10 days
500 X 2 1X day
1/12/2016
 5  sinus infection the metallic taste and abdominal pains. This is the 2nd time I've taken Biaxin XL...both times for sinus infections. This time I requested my Dr. to prescribe it!! Everybody gives it a low rating...but honestly, it takes care of the infection. The other side effects I know about and can live with. F 60 3 days
12/21/2007
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 4  tiny cough wheezing lower chest Just finished 20th dose over 10 day period. it seems to help. My only bad side effect was a terrible bitter taste right on my tongue during the whole time. M 60 10 days
11/11/2007
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 1  Sinus Infection By second day had terrible metallic taste, horrible nightmares & severe insomnia. very nauseous I lost 40 pounds in 8 weeks. blood pressure 180/ 120 with heart rate of 140. Was sent to a cardiologist & gastroenterologist. tremor in left hand and foot, slight tremor still in left hand. bad anxiety...like I couldn't breathe sometimes. $3000. copay and they found I had an enlarge the duct in my pancreas. The Dr thought I had pancreatic cancer. also all doctors said it couldn't be still from the Biaxin, but it was. put on 6 medications to bring down blood pressure and increase appetite, some sleeping pills for 2 months. one year later I am pretty much back to myself. horrible medication with horrible side effects! I've read biaxin has been taken off the market in England and Australia due to high mortality from heart attacks during the trials on this drug. I reported all of this to the FDA as should everyone else! F 60 9 days
2 x 500 mg
12/13/2014
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 1  Sinus infection Horrible antibiotic! Got rid of my infection. But I thought I was losing my mind!! Depressed, crying, NO appetite, lightheaded, weak limbs, fatigue, general malaise, dry mouth, horrible thoughts and dream, continual nauseaus, chest pain, hearing loss, steer clear of this drug! Never again. I thought it was all me until I found this forum. 5 days after finishing drug I am still weak, exhausted but depression is starting to lift. F 58 10 days
1000
7/18/2017
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 5  Chronic Bronchitis with Asthma Slight nausea and loss of appetite, slight diarrhea and stomach cramp right after I take the medication. I have taken this drug 3 times (for three different exacerbations of bronchitis due to a cold or flu). It worked well and I felt better after a day or two but followed the doctor's orders and took it each time for the full 10 days. I didn't feel much like eating and was slightly nauceous but that could be from the illness. I have a chronic problem with asthma/COPD and when I get sick, my doctor pulls out 'the big guns'. He usually gives me prednisone as well but didn't this time, as taking a steroid continually has serious side effects. I read all the horror stories but Biaxin just helps me. I always sleep well. I did have a strange dream but big deal, who is to say the drug caused that? I always drink buttermilk with this medication to try to maintain the normal flora of the digestive system and eat a bigger breakfast than usual to keep the nausea to a minimum. Maybe the people who wrote the horror stories are either sensitive to this drug or downright allergic. It has helped me 3 times so far, I trust my doctor to give me the appropriate drug and my side effects are no worse than when I take any antibiotic and most of those don't help me. F 57 10 days
1000mg 1X day
1/16/2011
 1  Chest congestion 2 hours after taking the first dose unbearable stomach pain vomiting and dry heaves the whole entire night weak ankles and rapid heartbeat horriible metallic taste I'm my mouth that is still here the next day from just one pill can not take this medication and I have been on a lot of antibiotics this is by far the worst ever stopped it F 57 1 days
500MG 2X day
8/12/2015
 4  acute bronchitis Bad taste in mouth, waking up to pee a lot. Some intestinal cramping when I don't eat enough of a meal with it. 10 days 500 (8 so far)Taken with Methylprednisolone for 6 days. Prescribed inhaler and cough medicine but didn't need them. Sure bad taste, peeing and wooziness are bad but I was sick for 3+ months with serious bronchial infection that was deceptive -- went away -- came back -- but always worse. It racheted up to the point I collapsed in the street, had heart palpitations, could NOT breathe (try that for discomfort and embarassment). I cannot take penicillin. I had tried Azithromcin 250 for 5 days at the outset of this mess. I did not take care of myself (seems to be a modern thing to never be sick in bed).At least this drug has so far kicked out whatever was in my lungs. I can climb a flight of stairs and not worry about gasping and passing out at the top of them. F 56 8 days
1/7/2009
 5  sinus infection Taking 500 mg 2X per day. Side effects very minor - some difficulty getting to sleep, long vivid but not unpleasant dreams (hadn't thought about that girl in high school in a long time), seemed to get a good flush of the lower GI but nothing out of control. Cannot take flouroquinolones without going totally crazy and miserable for months, and for me, this was perfect. Sinus infection had probably been occurring for 2 weeks before taking medication. Within 1st 24 hours, discharge from sinus was massive (dark mucus and blood) with hard nose blowing, lasted about two days, and felt totally clear. Accompanying nagging cough went away as quickly. I will not take anything else if this happens again (although I will get treatment earlier). M 55 7 days
1/8/2008
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 5  sinus infection did not mix with crestor, so had to stop since I was getting terrible muscle pain, once I stopped crestor temporarily, muscle pain subsided have used for all my sinus infections and works very well M 55 21 days
8/18/2009
 5  Sinus infection None I am on day 7 of 2 500mg once per day, I have not experienced one single side effect F 55 10 days
1000mg 1X day
3/12/2013
 4  lyme's disease headaches after 2 1/2 mos. on it helpful in combo with Rocephin IV F 55 3 months
4/12/2007
 4  Sinus infection Some unpleasant taste. Restless light sleep during first 2 days. All else good. Taken during meals in the evening. I ate probiotic yogourt twice daily and drank lots of water. Began to feel better within 24 hours of starting and every day thereafter. I found some of the comments here to be very alarming and was somewhat aprehensive about taking Biaxin. I believe the yogourt and water helped immensely in keeping most of my systems up and running during Biaxin's bacteria massacre. M 55 10 days
3/2/2009
  

BIAXIN XL  (CLARITHROMYCIN):  Clarithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial respiratory tract infections. Clarithromycin is known as a macrolide antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 2000-03-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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