AMOXICILLIN Reviews (AMOXICILLIN)Average Rating: 1.9 (420 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMOXICILLIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMOXICILLIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | chronic sinusitis | hardly any, mostly dizzyness or light head. | have been taking amoxy for 3 years on and off due to chronic sinusitis. slowly have stronger and stronger doses most recently up to 3000mg a day! finally found cause so can stop antibiotics, but never had a problem and usually cleared up and stopped pain within 24-48hrs | M | 20 | 3 years | 5/6/2007 | 1 | Dental visit | Several solid bowel movements and very tired | Don't know how long Amoxicillin will be required as I have had a knee replacement (May2016) and surgery to remove a cyst near right Kidney (Jan.2017). | F | 68 | 6 months 2000mg. | 3/31/2017 | 1 | Throat infection | Severe headache, chills, sweating, dizziness and extreme anxiety. Upset stomach, hard stool and chest pain.... | Why does give chest pain? Anyone knows.. | M | 31 | 10 weeks 500mg | 8/10/2016 | 3 | Infection post Op | Feeling very very tired. I won't know for a while whether Amoxicillin does the trick, but I intend to stay with it to find out. | I've been taking 3 grams a day for 2 weeks so far, and am concerned about the tiredness that I'm feeling. | M | 67 | 8 weeks 1000mg 3X day | 3/29/2015 | 1 | Can't sleep or eat... Worst meds I ever had in my life. Eyes feel they glued to my forehead. Wanna slap my wife cus she said its not that mad. Bs. Seen 5am last 4 days. | M | 43 | 3 weeks 500 | 8/23/2014 | 5 | lung infection/common flu | Confusion/headaches | The first 3 days of taking this medication, I experienced slight headaches, nothing too terrible, and i noticed that my teeth hurt whenever my head did. Once again, it was tolerable. I also found that I was a bit confused, when reading, or writing. However, after the first couple days, I experienced no side effects, and I could see that my illness had noticeably began to fade. | F | 17 | 2 weeks 500 3X day | 2/13/2013 | 5 | Ear Infection | Severe head and neck pain on my left side, and a burning sensation. | Wondering if this is a major side effect? | F | 52 | 2 weeks 500mg | 12/26/2016 | 3 | possible sinus infection | i got thrush | i was taking 2000mg per day for a possible sinus infection, and the dr said i would need to take it long term, about a month or maybe longer. it not only didn't cure my problem, but it caused thrush after about a week and a half or two weeks. i stopped the amoxicillin and had to swish & swallow nystatin to cure the thrush. although i've used amoxicillin in the past for ear infection (which I had to take twice at 1000mg/day) I wont ever take that much again. but it didnt bother my stomach at all as long as I had lots of yogurt. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 11/4/2006 | 2 | Sinisitis | Extreme tiredness, diarrhoea, lack of motivation, disinterest in everyday activities | Feel worse now than when I walked into the doctors surgery and still have swollen sinus' on top of the side effects 😩 | F | 42 | 2 weeks 500mg | 3/20/2016 | 1 | Blood in stool | It have been a week that i have stop taking that medicine i have anxiety disorder so much and i am over thinking and i have some irritation in my tongue | Don't take this seriously shit | M | 14 | 1 weeks 500mg 3TAD | 6/15/2020 | 3 | Sinusitis | Tired, sluggish,difficulty concentrating,light headed. | I'm not sure if it cleared up the infection since I still have most of the symptoms even though they seem less severe. | M | 71 | 60 days 875mg 2X day | 7/16/2012 | 3 | Prostate Infection | After third day I experienced diarrhea. This continued for about 9 days, then switched to loose stools, then almost normal after 14 days. I took probiotics to help digestion. At 20 days extreme depressive moods set in then would disappear, only to re-occur again usually in mid-morning. I found myself ready to snap at people and was getting mad at things that normally would not bother me. I tried to combat this by keeping myself physically active. The physical and mental activity seemed to take some of the starch out of my depressive and negative moods; mind you I don't suffer from depression and am generally a happy guy. Still it was an ordeal. At the end I kind of thought I was going crazy. | I'm not sure I would take this drug again. The duration seemed rather long too me. If the depression cycle had started earlier in the cycle I probably would have stopped taking it. But since that after-effect occurred later in the cycle, I decided to hang on and just finish it. | M | 59 | 30 days 875mg 2X day | 4/19/2014 | 1 | Lyme Disease | I have had depression, anxiety, panic attacks, dizziness, loss of appetite, fatigue, random sharp pain in my head and body, muscle twitches, insomnia,tingling throughout body, not being able to focus, and brain fog. | I originally was put on doxycycline and within 4 pills I was having thoughts about how I was going to kill myself (I was not depressed prior to taking it) After that reaction I was put on ammoxicillin. While the side effects of ammoxicillin are mild compared to what I experienced before they are still terrible. The down side is my lyme symptoms that made me go into the doctor were the exact same as the side effects of this medication. How am I supposed to know if I'm even getting better? My doctor gave me lorazepam which is the only thing helping me survive the 28 days. | F | 27 | 28 days 500mg | 9/26/2018 | 1 | Strep A Pyrogenes Bacteria in blood | Tired,Sudden onset of mood swings,Dizzyness,Confusion,,Stress,Anxiety ,Generally feeling garbage and can't be bothered ,Also taking 1350mg of Clindamycin per day as well. It's not good . | If you need it you gotta take it, I was close to checking out over in Africa so i needed it asap. I'll detox now and overdose my self on probiotics ,20,billion per day also vit D3 vit B12/ B complex and vitamin E and try to get back on my feet. In the mean time I have few Diazapam for the really rough days and theres been a few so far. | M | 50 | 22 days 6000 4X day | 4/11/2017 | 1 | Sinus sitius | Complete collapse, sleep apnea, dizzy, felt like dying-stomach pains, excessive tapped wind, nervous system collapse, heavy legs arms unable to function and control. Shaking, blurred vision, anxiety, weakness | I had taken the antioxidant for 17 days, on day 14 I started feel unwell, by day 16 I was admitted to hospital with severe side effects. The A&E department thought that from my symptoms something catastrophic has happened in my brain. After 3dsys in hospital and loads of test it came to a virus and side effects from amoxicillin. 7 days on I still don't have full control of my legs or arms, and stomach wind is awful. Still weak and unable to climb stairs. I have taken this medicine for over 6 weeks 10 years ago with no side effects! I will never take this ever again. I would suggest that if you start with any side effects then stop it immediately as you don't know how bad it may become. | F | 49 | 16 days 1500 | 6/26/2017 | 5 | Bronchitis | Worked great. The only side effect I really had was tiredness. That went away after I finashed pills. | All antibiotics have side effects. But I will say this one has the least side effects. Good Stuff. | M | 33 | 14 days 500 2X day | 12/6/2013 | 5 | Wisdom tooth removal | Worst experience! First day on amoxcillin had knee and muscle pains. While on it I have had severe anxiety, aches and pains, dizziness, pain on my temples, severe constant headache, insomnia, shakey throughout my body, muscle twitches, weak legs and arms and severe sweating at night. I had one more day of taking it but didnt take it. Has anyone had these symtpoms and recovered? | Will never take this again! | F | 30 | 14 days 500 mg 3x | 8/28/2019 | 4 | Pneumonia | I am extrememly sensitive to most all meds; you name it, I react to it. So, when I got pneumonia, I was scared to death. I read on the internet that Levaquin, and amoxicillin are both indicated for pneumonia. Since Levaquin is a fluoroquinolone, and I cannot tolerate that, I was at no other choice but to give the old school a shot. The first night I took one 500 mg pill, I had horrible insomnia. The doctor said that I needed to take at least 3 days on three pills of 500mg. UGH. The insomnia made me CRAZY. I was given a Trazodone to help sleep; MORE INSANE, went to ER. Then, finally I was able to go on 2 pills of 500 mg per day. My insomnia stopped. I did feel very foggy headed however. I had to do the 14 days instead of the normal 10, because I did 2 times per day instead of 10. The pneumonia went away. | After having completed the course, a DARK deep depression set in. Yuck. The sleep I got was what I would term, "surface sleep", not deep, restorative sleep. I went on the internet and read about the "gut-brain" relationship. I have intrepidations about pro-biotic pills, so I decided to have yogurt. I went to Whole Foods Market, and bought a particular yogurt called White Mountain Bulgarian Yogurt. I had a cup of this on an empty stomach, and within 20 minutes, the dark depression lifted. WOW! There is a problem with yogurt however, if you still have bronchitis, you see, yogurt (and all dairy) makes mucus, which is the LAST thing you want. It can actually make your bronchitis WORSE. Therefore, I think maybe coconut yogurt might be best, even though it tastes nasty. So, I give Amoxicillin (Teva) a 4- It did its job, but the insomnia really sucked. Oh, also after 4 days of having completed the course, the side effects were gone. | F | 41 | 14 days 500 2X day | 9/25/2010 | 3 | Uti | Brain fog/fuzzy, increased anxiety and I already have anxiety disorder. Nausea, Fatigue, lightheaded/dizzy | The side effects are from my uti treatment of the drug n then my previous treatment with it. I’ve had this twice for infections. I also breastfeed and my son hasn’t had any problems. | F | 19 | 14 days 500 | 11/22/2019 | 2 | Sinus infection | hot flashes, nausea, bloating, foul smelling loose stools,headaches, fatigue, anxiety, confusion, light headedness, moody, confusion unable to concentrate,itchy skin, night sweats, low grade temp. Heart palpations I couldn't figure out why I am feeling so bad can't get enough sleep, hungry a lot more often then nauseated when I do eat. Also eyes are weak feeling and sensitive to light. Still have sinus stuffiness not sure it's helped at all. I felt worse than when I started the medicine. Im quiting it hopefully I feel better soon been sick for days. Loss of any activities as I feel weak and sick all over. Had no idea this would happen | Don't think I'll ever take again if at all possible to avoid. | F | 47 | 14 days 875MG 2X day | 8/2/2011 |
AMOXICILLIN (AMOXICILLIN): Amoxicillin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. This medication is a penicillin-type 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. Amoxicillin is also used with other medications to treat stomach/intestinal ulcers caused by the bacteria H. pylori and to prevent the ulcers from returning. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)