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 |
| 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 | 1 | 1X day | 7/19/2018 | 1 | Inner ear infection | I ended up in the ER. Blood pressure was 195/92. Pounding heart. I could not move my body - spatial problems. I felt like I took acid. I couldn't put a cup to my mouth or drink water. I wasn't 100% sure of the year and date. My entire body moves with my pulse. Heavy body - like I'm walking through mud. I feel like I am 2 inches tall. Losing my motor control was terrifying - stroke symptoms. 20 Biaxin pills will cost me tens of thousands in ER bills - and I STILL HAVE MY INNER EAR INFECTION! | The worst thing was waking up my family at 0300 and freaking out because I couldn't move my arms. Complete disconnect neurologically. I had the metallic taste but that I could live with. | F | 54 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 7/19/2018 | 1 | Sinusitis | Cold sweats, general sense of confusion, anxiety, couldn't sleep, extreme fatigue, palpitations, numbness in the face hands and legs, loss of apetite. I didn't felt anything the first day except the apetite loss, effects started kicking in on the second and third day. | I felt like I was dying. | M | 26 | 3 days 1g 1X day | 6/17/2018 | 1 | Ear infection | For the first few days, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and feeling exhausted. After that, I've developed a painful rash that is like acne but not all over my cheeks, forehead, and neck. After reading other comments I'm afraid it will not go away. I have had nightmares, trouble sleeping, and headaches. | F | 28 | 8 days 500 2X day | 1/18/2018 | 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 | 1 | Sinusitis | Severe burning pain to right shoulder, loss of strength to right shoulder, pain with movement increases. pain at rest. No prior history of this kind of pain prior taking med. Dr diagnosed it as an adverse reaction of myalgia and tendinitis that now two months later feels worse rather than better. prescribing dr denied the possible correlation. My regular MD (not the prescribing dr) now treating me with physical therapy | F | 42 | 10 days 250 2X day | 3/20/2017 | 1 | bronchitis | Worst drug i have ever taken. I stopped taking it after 5 days. I have severe stomach pain. Have had it for 4 days since i stopped talking the drug. Going to doc tmr to see how i can get better. Do not take this drug its poison. | Terrible drug! | M | 30 | 5 days 500 | 10/17/2015 | 1 | upper respiratory infection | Please...listen to others on here...do not take this medication. It didn't do anything for 2 days. Then the nightmares started. I'm talking about the most horrific nightmares I ever had. Then you wake up with the most horrible taste in your mouth. And if you suffer from anxiety, this medication will make it 1000x worse.And the lower back pain hurt so much I couldn't walk. Also made me feel very out of breathe | I'm not even going to finish this medication. Will call tomorrow and beg doctor to switch me | F | 10 days 500 2X day | 9/7/2015 | 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 | 1 | pnemonia / sick/cough | THIS DRUG IS POISION! Beware, do not take this drug! Was presribed it for pneumonia. Took drug for only 3 days - 500mg x 2 daily. Stopped after 3 days. Extreme panic and anxiety-loss of reality, felt like a bad horrible drug trip, stayed awake four days straight , scared for my life, thought I was going crazy and having nervous breakdown, wanted to go to emergency room, stomach felt horrible, head felt heavy, zero appetite, scared for life scared to be alone, crying non stop, horrible nightmares, horrible night sweats, hot and cold feelings, felt weak, and so scared, symptoms still there after 2 days off medicine. Called dr, gave me Xanax, was able to sleep with only a few nightmares last night I take 5 mg of lexapro at night and Wellbutrin 150 mg in am. Called advice on call dr,. He said it was just me and I was just experiencing anxiety- due to my mental health. He was 100% wrong. It was the biaxin. This drug is poison!!! I keep telling myself it will get better. Off biaxin for 2.5 d | off biaxin for 4 days, still feel side effects, cant sleep or function without taking xanax right when the sun goes down. anxiety still bad, stomach ache, headache, body / movements dont function right, body tired, mind not - no appetite, reporting drug to FDA- its poision | F | 34 | 4 days 500mg 2X day | 4/2/2015 | 1 | Pneumonia | THIS DRUG IS POISION! Beware, do not take this drug! Was presribed it for pneumonia. Took drug for only 3 days - 500mg x 2 daily. Stopped after 3 days. Extreme panic and anxiety-loss of reality, felt like a bad horrible drug trip, stayed awake four days straight , scared for my life, thought I was going crazy and having nervous breakdown, wanted to go to emergency room, stomach felt horrible, head felt heavy, zero appetite, scared for life scared to be alone, crying non stop, horrible nightmares, horrible night sweats, hot and cold feelings, felt weak, and so scared, symptoms still there after 2 days off medicine. Called dr, gave me Xanax, was able to sleep with only a few nightmares last night | I take 5 mg of lexapro at night and Wellbutrin 150 mg in am. Called advice on call dr,. He said it was just me and I was just experiencing anxiety- due to my mental health. He was 100% wrong. It was the biaxin. This drug is poison!!! I keep telling myself it will get better. Off biaxin for 2.5 days, still strongly feel sptoms, but not as bad as when I was takin drug. I keep tellin myself it will get better, my anxiety is still crippling and extreme. | F | 34 | 3 days 500 mg- 2x | 3/31/2015 | 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 | 1 | Sinus infection | I started having a horrible tooth ache. Dr. Did a ct scan and found a small amount of inflammation and said it might be causing the pain. He prescribed me biaxin to fight it. The first time I took it I went to sleep with no issues. At this point I had been awake for 3 days in agony from my tooth which turns out was unrelated to the sinus inf. when I woke up I had no appetite when I went to get food, and I was having some bowel issues. I was compleatly unable to sleep that night. I just wasn't tired and couldn't even keep my eyes closed. The next day while at work I noticed a weird feeling in my back, kinda like a euphoric feeling but it's not fun. Over the corse of the day I started getting nausea and twords the ravening I started feeling as if I wasn't in control of my body. My legs were shaking and I was extreamly paranoid. I went to the chow hall and basically had a panic attack because I was so freaked out by what was going on. Later that evening I went to the we because I thought I was allergic or something and when I told them what was happening they basically said I won't die and go away. Now it's 3am and I'm still having the weird feeling in my back and still feel kinda loopy (lack of sleep?) iv got the dry mouth and metallic tast everyone is describing . I tried to sleep but was having extreamly weird dreams or something like that where I woke up terrified and freezing cold. Being cold is odd since I'm currently deployed to Kuwait right now. This has and still is a | M | 22 | 2 days 500 | 9/12/2014 | 1 | Sinus/Ear infection | My first day of 2 pills was completely fine, UNTIL I woke up this morning with the most horrible taste in my mouth..it actually woke me up! I felt ok though, got dressed for work and drove off. 15min into my commute I broke out in sweats, heart palps, ringing in ear, blurred vision, etc. About to literally faint, while driving. I had to pull over and actually take my socks and shoes off because they felt like they were suffocating me(crazy, right)and put my head between my knees. I put the air on high and sat in car, the feeling went away so I stated back to work again and then it all hit me again. I called my hub, in complete panic and tears, and he had to come get me from the store I had to pull over at. This, after 1 day, of being on this med!! And I'm still sick, 8hrs later. I have never experienced anything like it. Stay away from Biaxin!! There are other antibiotics that can help, I really felt like I was going to have a heart attack or pass out while driving....it's not worth it!!! I've ready numerous similar reviews of others experience, this is a horrible antibiotic. I must say my ear and sinuses felt drastic relief in just 1 day but risks do not outweigh the benefit. | F | 34 | 1 days 500mg | 7/30/2014 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Pneumonia | WORSE THAN THE WORST MUSHROOM TRIP - LEAVES U WISHING U WOULD DIE FROM PNEUMONIA! I was already sick enough, PLUS ADD almost every physical pain others listed here: vomiting, nausea, harsh stomach pains, back pain, chest pain, palipations, itchiness, loss of sensation in fingers so bad I couldnt move them, harsh insomnia/nitemares, depression, FrEaKiNgOuT anxiety/panic attacks, de-personalization & mental confusion so extreme, I had to keep rechecking the date on the newspaper & my phone cuz I could NOT believe it had only been 1.5days! Dysgeusia so bad - I slept with tissue in my mouth to absorb the saliva cuz I thought swallowing was making me throw up while I slept, kept waking up choking, (asphyxiating), ew. Sry, but it was just awful! Tastes like the oldest, dirtiest pennies in the world are constantly in my mouth... Like pennies u dug up from the garden! Its like having the worst experience on mushrooms, but ZERO fun & the bad trip part WONT STOP! I started smoking again too! But its been 2.5 days since I gave up once I figured out what was going on, (no way I can do 10days of this), but the side effects have only improved slightly. Help!!!! | F | 38 | 2 days 500mg 2xd | 4/20/2014 | 1 | strep throat | I was prescribed this medication for 10 days. On the first night I felt fine, the second night I was up from 1:30-7:30am puking every 15-30 minutes. I was begging my boyfriend to take me to the hospital because I thought I was going to die. Terrible taste in my mouth even a day after stopping the medication, terrible gas and bloating. Back pain, stomach pain, feels like I'm being stabbed in the gut. No appetite. | Would never take this again, the side effects are just terrible and not worth it. | F | 21 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 3/21/2014 | 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 |
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)