BIAXIN XL Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 2.5 (160 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BIAXIN XL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Bronchitis | Has cured me twice with no side effects. | My respiratory system can be likened to my achilles heel. When my body comes down with a chest cold the liklihood of developing bronchitis is very high regardless of what I do to curb the sickness. My body seems to produce an uncommonly high amount of mucus making my lungs feel as though they are heavy filled with glue. I've taken Biaxin XL twice for bronchitis and experienced positive results with no side effects. On a side note the doctor also prescribed 'liquid expectorant' to help clear my stubborn mucus. | M | 26 | 7 days 500 2X day | 6/1/2012 | 5 | Sinusitis,otitis media,bronchitis | Metallic taste, did seem to make just about everything taste different. Stomach upset occasionally. Did put me in a better mood, gave me energy. After not being able to kick this crud I have had for the last month after being on decongestants and other antibiotics (amoxicillin and omnicef), I will take the side effects. I am about half way finished with my 10 day dosage, it is a very strong antibiotic and high dosage. But overall, I'm satisfied as long as I am feeling better and kicking this crud I have had! | M | 35 | 10 days 1000 mg | 1/3/2013 | 5 | pneumonia | Day 1 - slight nausua (took it in the evening); day 2 took in the morning, slight nausua in morning; day 3 absolutely so sick with nausua that I stayed in bed all day, finally vomitted in evening and felt better. Day 4, found this website and read about the side effects. Took meds on full full stomach, very little nausua. Drank ruby red grapefruit drink to counter the terrible taste it leaves in your mouth. Also, very vivid, sometimes scary nightmares and sore neck in the morning. Glad to be done taking the meds. I talked to the doc and he was unaware of the side effects. | Ask doc if there is a equal drug that you can try instead. However, the stuff worked great, I feel like a new person. | M | 41 | 7 days | 2/2/2006 | 5 | strep throat, bronchitis | the trick to avoiding side effects is to take 1 pill (500mg)in the morning and another at night ..WITH MEALS!!!!!.... all side effects went away | M | 37 | 7 days | 3/23/2006 | 5 | Head Cold | nausea and diarrhea | M | 45 | 7 days | 12/16/2002 | 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 | 5 | Sinus Infection | Very little stomach discomfort - take on full stomach. I have been taking it for 11 years as I develop sinus infections flying or in the office environment. By the 3rd day I feel great. The generic brand gave me a very bad reaction - be careful if you are prescried that stuff. I have had very good luck with the 2x 500 doses per day!!! | I woke up Monday with lots of sinus draniage, sore throat, ear plugged - had 3 500's left from last time. Took one every 12 hours - going to the doc this afternoon for another 2 week supply until it clears. God bless this stuff. I am allergic to everything else. | M | 53 | 3 days | 10/1/2008 | 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 | Hypersomnia | Insomnia, mental confusion, lower back pain(muscular), depression, acidic stomach, mild headache. It helped a lot reading the truth about this drug here. The only thing that I found was almost intolerable, was the lower back pain, but I managed to mitigate this some with stretching exercises. I agree that it's a poison, of sorts. But for the purposes I needed it, I was willing to accept that. | First off, let me say that the reason I'm satisfied with the medication, despite the side effects, is that my physician prescribed it for me to test the effect, on my problem with daytime sleepiness possibly related to my GABA-A receptors. This test proved that I may benefit from other more tolerable medications which help me modify this receptor's sensitivity. | M | 53 | 10 days 1000 | 7/18/2015 | 5 | Bronchitis | Bad aftertaste, awful gas, mild stomach pain. Nothing I couldn't deal with. | Had a cold turn into severe bronchitis over the Thanksgiving holiday. Had never taken this before and wasn't aware of possible side effects until I read up on the meds after I picked them up. The side effects were minor (excessive farting was the worst) and I started feeling better by the third day. On day 9 now and am coughing what's left out. Almost feel normal again for the first time in three weeks. Also took Mucinex, Vitamin C and Ecanecea vitamins. | M | 36 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/7/2015 | 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 | Acute Flare-Up of Chronic Sinusitis | Mild diarrhea, stomach cramps, cool night sweats, vivid dreaming, heart palpitations on occasion | Medication works well on both sinus and lower respiratory infections. Side effects can be minimized by taking probiotics, drinking plenty of fluids and resting as much as possible. | M | 54 | 7 days 1000 1X day | 5/7/2017 | 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 | 4 | Sinus infection | Some stomach discomfort. First time i took the pills i didnt ate enough. Today is the 2nd day and i ate a lot more, but i have to keep eating all day or i'm getting nausea. In fact, it's pretty strange but i'm always hungry with this stuff. Losse stools also here. This drugs makes me dizzy/lightheaded. Use of alcohol seems to have no interaction. Metallic taste also. | It seems to work. I anticipated side effects, but after 2 days, i feel a lot better overall. Will post again if something bad happens. Prescription is biaxin xl 2*500mg once a day. | M | 27 | 2 days | 2/3/2008 | 4 | Sinus/Ear Bacterial Infection | Bloating, some gas at first, weakness particulary in legs, dry eyes with pressure behind them, diarreah once when I didn't take with food, strange dreams and moderate dehydration at night. Weight gain--gained 10 pounds in one week! | As I was reading the other postings, I must assume no one else is drinking enough water while taking this antibiotic. I noticed a great difference in side effects when I consumed generous amounts of water. No more dehydration, fewer stomach pains, less dry eyes, so on and so forth. Only problem with drinking 5 glasses of water per hour, is major heavy urination. And this is a problem at night when trying to sleep! So I end up drinking less before bed, and just feel like crap when I wake up all dehydrated. In the morning, I am very turned off to water, but I have to force myself to drink at least 3 glasses to replenish what I lost overnight. I try to eat quite alot of in-betweener snacks to keep my stomach bacteria levels up. This antibiotic really seems to kill everything. Even good bacteria. I'm lactose intolerant, and this seems to complicate things. | M | 32 | 1 months | 6/21/2004 | 4 | Sinus/Ear Bacterial Infection | Bloating, some gas at first, weakness particulary in legs, dry eyes with pressure behind them, diarreah once when I didn't take with food, strange dreams and moderate dehydration at night. Some weight gain to note. | (1,000 mg once per day, dosage) As I was reading the other postings, I must assume no one else is drinking enough water while taking this antibiotic. I noticed a great difference in side effects when I consumed generous amounts of water. No more dehydration, fewer stomach pains, less dry eyes, so on and so forth. Only problem with drinking 5 glasses of water per hour, is major heavy urination. And this is a problem at night when trying to sleep! So I end up drinking less before bed, and just feel like crap when I wake up all dehydrated. In the morning, I am very turned off to water, but I have to force myself to drink at least 3 glasses to replenish what I lost overnight. I try to eat quite alot of in-betweener snacks to keep my stomach bacteria levels up. This antibiotic really seems to kill everything. Even good bacteria. I'm lactose intolerant, and this seems to complicate things. | M | 32 | 1 months | 6/21/2004 | 4 | chronic sinusitus flare up | all mentioned on this site. Dizzy. Mental changes/anxiety/depression ( pronounced). Cognition problems. Almost feel like passing out. Many of these also accompany sinusitis itself, but these are definately pronounced and beyond. FYI, I believe all antibiotics cause some depression. I suspected it years before I found this site !!!! | M | 53 | 21 days | 8/23/2007 | 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 | 4 | strep throat | I have never felt so tired in my life. After 3-4 hours of taking it I just cant function, cant think straight, feel so fatigued and had to leave work early. I havent tasted this metalic taste everyone mentioned here. | Throat feels beeter from day 1. I will continue taking it since this infection has been going on for too long now (10 days of CECLOR did not help). | M | 34 | 1 days | 8/24/2006 | 4 | Severe Strep Throat | Diahrrea, Crazy Dreams I had hobbits, smeaguls, ents, nazgul, and orcs flying around in my head for hours after my third night on Biaxin XL. Don't try to fall asleep to Lord of the Rings if you're on this drug. | Seems to be working after my 4th day on it. I have a severe case of Strep Throat which I got after contracting Mono about a week before. The Strep piggybacked on the mono and my immune system has been having trouble getting rid of the mono while the Strep gives me problems. I had to go back and get a prescription for Hydrocodone and Prednisone, both of which have been helping. The mono really hasn't been bad, but the Strep is very painful. | M | 22 | 4 days | 11/30/2006 |
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)