AZITHROMYCIN Reviews (AZITHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 1.5 (241 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AZITHROMYCIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AZITHROMYCIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Ear/ sinus infection | I'm no longer taking this medication. Not taking this medicine ever again. | F | 26 | 500MG 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | UTI | The first few days I was taking azithromycin i had brain fog and a bit of anxiety but I thought it was just me. It wasn't until two days after my last dose that symptoms hit me like a TRUCK. Severe anxiety, fear, out of body feeling, palpitations, cognitive issues, headache, pins and needles feeling, trouble sleeping, muscle aches like I'm hungover, fatigue. It's been 5 days since the last dose and I'm still experiencing side effects I feel like some are going away slowly like the anxiety but it's still got in the way of my daily routine and I had to call off work for a week because I feel like I can't function like this. I hate feeling this way, I've always had anxiety but never crippling anxiety and dissociation like this. I know it stays in the system for 15 days after your last dose but Jesus Christ I've never had a reaction to a medication like this. | F | 23 | 6 days 250mg 1X day | 1/9/2024 | 1 | Strep | Ever since I took this medication I have had Horrible anxiety and panic attacks and severe insomnia. It's now 6 days since last dose and side effects are still strong. I just want this out of my system. The first day I was told to take 2 so that's 500 mg, that night I woke up every hour with heart racing and my arm totally numb. I should of stopped taking it but I took it 3 more times and missed the last dose. I will never take it again. I just hope it gets out of system soon. | Do not take this medication it is poison | F | 32 | 5 days 250 1X day | 12/3/2023 | 1 | Suspected infection | Almost got most of the side effects,5 weeks now and still ongoing, as follows: Day 1: diarrhea and anxiety. Day 2: depression and crying. Diarrhea stopped. Day 3: short breathing, depression. 3 days dose completed. 4: depression is always there, not able to talk is always. 5: same 6: same + fatigue + itching + dry skin + neck pain specifically nearby the lymph nodes+ energy is much less. 7: same+ skin rash on abdomen, shoulders, and arms in the form of small red flat spots with tiny bubble in the middle goes along with the hair roots (folliculitis) + fatigue + ease of bruising. 8: same till day 17 + bad mouth taste + some times black stool. Day 18: rash gone, still itching every where. Day 19: itching + sometimes bad mouth taste + ease of bruising, even my face skin turns purple after shaving, the least friction with my skin makes it irritated. Day 20: same till day 25th + hot spot on the left hand palm. Day 26: still dry skin coming and going + itching every where + very mild rash on arms for 2 days+ depressed + anger + yellow spot on arm + loss of concentration and focus is since day one also. 27: same till day 29. Day 30: skin issues continue, got sun burnt on arm. Day 31: still itching every where + ease of bruising + ease of irritated skin, depression is ongoing + pins in palms. | DON'T take unless if you MUST and there are no alternatives, DON'T TAKE IT. | M | 40 | 3 days 500 1X day | 8/18/2023 | 1 | Stomach Bug | Update to my last comment below: Not to scare anyone but its now 5 weeks after my last dose and still battling the anxiety, jitters and internal shaking. I can feel it coming out my body but every day is a battle. This has definitely ruined my life in the short/long term. | Its now been 5 weeks after my last dose and still waking up daily with jitters, anxiety and the symptoms. Although it has gotten a tiny bit better but still hard to do anything. What a devastating thing to have this happen. I emailed a couple other people and they tell me it takes 2-3 months to get back to 75% and this is insane. So I guess I have 2 months of hell ahead of me. This is a update from my last comment below (after 10 days I thought it was getting better I was wrong). Ive been taking a liver cleanse, probiotics, multivitamins, colostrum etc. The insomnia is insane, at least I got my appetite back. Will update in a couple weeks but this is just devastating. DO NOT TAKE THIS unless you have 3 months+ of your life to waste. | M | 32 | 5 days 250 1X day | 7/13/2023 | 1 | Stomach Bug | This is a drug I will never take again in my life. It is way to powerful and it made me question everything about the medical industry. I started taking it two weeks ago for 5 days. I kept feeling not myself while taking it so 4 days in I went to the urgent clinic thinking something was wrong. They told me to get blood and stool testing done the next day which I did. The day after (Sunday) I was simply sitting on the couch when my chest felt tight and I started freaking out thinking I was having a heart attack. Went to the emergency room where they took my blood and the EKG was fine. Scariest Moment of my life. Monday morning urgent care told me my blood work was fine and stool was fine. I felt crazy! what was wrong. They told me I need to do a cat scan to see if something is wrong so I went back to the emergency room to get that done. Everything came back fine! Yet I was still feeling paranoid, out of body, inside shaky feeling. I went home defeated and didnt understand what was happening and thought I had some kind of mental issue now. Thank you God for websites like this because this made me realize what the problem was. The antibiotics had me going insane and having all these negative thoughts, anxiety etc. Note ive never suffered with anxiety prior to this. | Its now been 10 days since my last does and things are slowly getting better but I can always tell when a wave of it is coming out because I get these weird muscle pains in my back and shoulder and I get that shaky feeling in the middle of my chest. What really got to me was I did contact a doctor about it and the first thing they tell you is "the antibiotics are out of your body by now, I think you have a mental issue" (this was day 5 after the last dose. Doctors either dont research things, dont care or are too incentized to prescribe meds. There are hundreds of reviews on these effects online (thank God) and someone needs to speak up about this. Youre not crazy, the anxiety FROM Azithromycin is real. The weird thoughts are because of it. The depressed feeling is also because of it. It will go away, it just takes a long time. Again I am 10 days into it and its coming in waves but def getting somewhat better. It takes around 15-17 days to be almost gone from your body so its a process but hold strong. Stay clear of this. The half life is WAYYY too long and if you can use something else do that. | M | 32 | 5 days 250 1X day | 6/20/2023 | 1 | Sinus infection/bronchitis | Heart palpitations, pounding heart, heart fluttering, tightness in throat, raw throat, trouble swallowing, acid reflux | I had NO idea that a Zpack (Azithromycin), which is just about the only antibiotic my body can handle, can affect your heart rhythm. ENT had me take 2 back-to-back doses, plus gave me another antibiotic shot & steroid shot. I am very sensitive to steroids, so he gave me a time-release (3-6 weeks) pediatric dose. ALL of the meds can affect your heart, especially Zpack. Few weeks later, saw my PM who put me on a heart monitor because of feeling "off" and heart beating, pounding, fluttering. After 10 days, the results were mostly normal to low, but several episodes of atrial tachycardia & one episode of ventricular tachycardia. (The last one can cause sudden cardiac arrest.) Now, I am being referred to a cardiologist. I have a heart murmur that has never been an issue before, but I should have been more cautious. I also have Hashimoto's thyroid disease, but my levels a few months ago were good. I just can't tolerate most meds without allergic or adverse reactions. I have learned my lesson. I wish I had listened to my gut about not doing 2 rounds of this antibiotic. I also had a Zpack for COVID 5 months ago. I pray the heart arrhythmias are not permanent, but read they can be. I am scared. Azithromycin can affect people who don't have a serious heart issue. Please be VERY careful with this med! | F | 67 | 10 days 250 mg 1X day | 6/2/2023 | 1 | Infection | Anxiety 1000 × Depression 700 × body hurts etc etc | I think them putting something in the pills..there is no way that an antibiotics giving extreme anxiety...I have heard many hypotheses that anxiety is caused by the killing of good bacteria... but wait, years ago did antibiotics work in the same way, killing good bacteria. Then why didn't they give us anxiety?? Is something strange this. | M | 36 | 1 days 500 1X day | 5/7/2023 | 1 | Sinus Infection | EXTREME Anxiety after 1st dose. Did not continue to take the remaining 5 doses as I was already jumping out of my skin! I have taken this before but have never, ever, experienced such intense side effect. It was extremely frightening. Thought I might end up in psych ward. My stomach was jumpy, I couldn't eat. Very scary experience. | F | 59 | 6 days 1X day | 4/29/2023 | 1 | Pneumonia | This medicine gave me a panic attack so bad I thought I was having a seizure and felt like I was going to die. | No one told me anything like this was going to happen, I was terrified and thought it must have mixed poorly with my prozac dose. I for some reason just really thought I was going to die. | F | 21 | 5 days 25 1X day | 4/9/2023 | 1 | Strep | No appetite, severe anxiety, nausea. Can't sleep. This is is the worst I've ever felt in my life. I'm a mom and cannot even parent my kids right now. I wish I'd known more about this before agreeing to take it. | I will never take this again. | F | 40 | 5 days 200 mg 1X day | 2/6/2023 | 1 | Sinus infection | First few times taking it I didnt have any notable reaction but I skipped a day and took another dose and the following day I felt so uneasy. Incredibly anxious, eyes feel heavy and like theyre moving slow, dizzy, lightheaded, shocks through my brain and body, weakness, feels like my heart is pounding but my heart rate is normal, head feels swimmy and the last two nights when I try to lay down for bed I have panic attacks and have an extremely hard time settling enough to sleep. I stopped taking the meds but its only been a full day since taking last dose. Almost went to ER last night because I was convinced I was having an aneurysm or something | How long do the side effects last after taking last dose? I feel certain everything Im experiencing is related to the drug | F | 28 | 3 days 500 1X day | 1/29/2023 | 1 | Covid | Severe anxiety, heart palpitations,chest tightness, whole body felt like it was vibrating or on pins and needles, insomnia, headache, neck pain, can hear my heart beating and feel it in my throat. Belching and stomach gurgling. Not able to eat much | Have taken it before with no issues. Prescribed 500mg for 4 days and 250 for 4 days. Had to go to ER on day 6 with the heart palpitations felt like I was having a heart attack. Vitals were not too bad, blood pressure a little high, EKG and chest x-rays were fine, blood work was good. Given Ativan to help with the anxiety. Dr. at ER said that was way too much and to stop taking it. It is now day 6 after last dose and am still having the anxiety and lack of appetite. How long will this last? Lorazepam is helping with sleeping. | F | 52 | 4 days 500 1X day | 1/6/2023 | 1 | strep throat | This was genuinely one of the worst experiences of my life. About 4.5 hours after I took the first two doses I tried to go to sleep as I had not slept well the night before. For about 20 minutes I laid there and started seeing weird things when my eyes were shut. I immediately felt a rush of adrenaline and my entire body started hyperventilating . For the rest of the night I was flushing with anxiety and a rapid heart rate. It didn't kill me (and it won't kill you) but you're not crazy- although this drug makes you feel this way. Lasted about a day and I didn't sleep. I'm never touching this stuff again. | F | 26 | 1 days 2X day | 1/6/2023 | 1 | Bronchitis | I started this med because I had bronchitis. I immediately started with insomnia and stopped on the 4th day. It'¢s been 2.5 weeks and I'¢m really scared. My anxiety is horrible. I feel crazy. I'¢m glad I found this website to realize these are only side effects. | F | 23 | 250 1X day | 1/2/2023 Patient History | 1 | Flu A | Severe anxiety, fear, shaking, and I thought that I was going crazy until I found this page and read the side effects. | F | 36 | 3 days 1X day | 12/28/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection | Complete mental breakdown. Wanted to die. Frightened me to death! Anxiety! Panic attacks! | Never give to 80 year old female with depression issues. | F | 80 | 3 days 250 mg 1X day | 12/23/2022 | 4 | strep | Made me really really emotional. Hard to catch my breath, Isomnia , dizzy , confusion , loss of appetite, made me not feel like myself | it helped my sickness go away but wouldn't recommend this antibiotic bc of the side effects | F | 16 | 6 days 250mg 1X day | 12/20/2022 | 1 | Strep throat | Severe Anxiety. Heart beating out of my chest, feels like my entire body Is shaking inside and out. I went to the ER to have my heart checked because I was certain I was dying. Chest pain, insomnia, no appetite and when I would make myself eat I'd throw it up. I went from 213lbs to 202 lbs in less than a week from getting so sick. I feel so ill. I already have anxiety and depression so at first I thought it was just that but it won't stop. It's been 24/7 Since Monday (Now Friday) and I started this med Sunday night. Wish I would have seen these reviews before I took it. I read it can take 2 weeks to feel ok again. I can hardly function. I will never take this again. | This drug shouldn't be allowed. I can't hardly describe how terrible I feel. It's debilitating. I have 3 young kids who watched their mom think she was having a heart attack all because of this drug. Never again. | F | 33 | 5 days 1xD 1X day | 12/9/2022 | 1 | Upper respiratory infection | Nausea, vomiting, red face and some upper body redness. I finished the med 4 days ago the red face came back and I had flat red spots on face and some spots on arms, chest and stomach. Feel bad anxiety, feel empty and like my personality is gloomy. Insomnia with racing thoughts. Can't eat much. Body pain. Burning body. Feels like a sunburn. | I had side effects with first dose. Wish I stopped taking it then. Worst antibiotic ever. They should warn people of these side effects. | F | 60 | 5 days 250 1X day | 12/7/2022 |
AZITHROMYCIN (AZITHROMYCIN): Azithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. It is a macrolide-type antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This medication will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Unnecessary use or misuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness. FDA Approval Date: 2006-07-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)