ROCEPHIN Reviews (CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.1 (107 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ROCEPHIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROCEPHIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | undiagnosed medical mystery | i am hypersensitive to meds and this one is wonderful, little to no side effects. slight headache, muscle tighten in abs, foul smelling bowel movements | im on my 64th shot, given by my wife in 2.5 years. I have an unsolved medical mystery that many docs still have not been able to solve. The one thing they all can agree on is this shot helps. It actually helps with lowering my bloodpressure, knocking out the infections, bad smells, headaches, anxiety and severe fatigue. So far..been incorrectly diagnosed with prophyria, hemachromcytosis, pheochromcytoma, cushings, u name it... | M | 39 | 2.5 years | 11/22/2009 | 5 | Lyme Disease | Towards the end, a little problem with loose stools. Mostly alleviated by eating a lot of probiotic yogurt. I also had an allergic rash that was localized to the arm the PICC line was in, and my doctor was unsure whether it was really the Rocephin or perhaps (more likely because it was localized) just the blue dye in the antiseptic that was used on my arm during the procedure to insert the PICC line. | This was my miracle drug. I'd had Lyme for over seven years before it was diagnosed, and I was really sick when it was. I'd started on oral antibiotics, and they were working, but very slowly. So the doc had me taking Rocephin 1 gram per day via PICC line for four weeks, and after those four weeks, while I did switch back to oral antibiotics to finish the job (stopping Rocephin) was dictated by insurance, not my feeling 100% better, I felt like a new woman. I went from having memory problems, problems verbalizing thoughts, feeling disconnected from reality (seriously - it was WEIRD), having mild encephalitis, having photophobia, having severe headaches, having severe muscle pain, and so forth, to feeling like I had my brain and body back. After Rocephin, I could finally read a book and comprehend it again, I could focus on my office job again, my steel-trap memory was back, the encephalitis was gone, I regained flexibility in my muscles and joints, and overall, my pain went from maybe a 9.5 to a 1. | F | 29 | 28 days | 10/11/2009 | 4 | Prophylactically after procedure | Very mild soreness at injection site for about 2 minutes. That's it. | I'm very sensitive to all oral antibiotics except for Cipro, but the docs would not prescribe Cipro. They gave me the option of a one time IM shot of Rocephin, and I had essentially no side effects afterward. The med was in Lidocaine, so it was painless. | F | 31 | 1 days | 1/28/2008 | 3 | lyme disease | skin rash, horible itching!!!! I wanted to peel my skin off. May have been due to PICC line or products used to serilize the entry site? Not sure. I took 1g/day 5 days a week... 28 days total. By the day I had to get the PICC line out I was already in the hospital... I had horible pain right where my ribs come together... diaphram area. Turns out the antibiotics caused stones in my gal bladder and I had to have emergency surgery to get my gal bladder removed!!!!! | Not the first time I have taken Rocephin via a PICC line for Lyme disease. I had taken about 1 month worth about a year prior and it greatly improved my symptoms for about 9 months... The benifits were definately there, but came at the cost of an organ (turns out you don't really need) | F | 20 | 28 days | 7/5/2007 | 4 | bronchial pneumonia | I got a shot of Rocephin. I am allergic to lidocaine so they took that out of the shot. I really had no side effects other than a sore place on my hip where the shot was given. | This helped me to feel better for 1 1/2 days but I have a very bad case that has been going on for one month, three days. Next step--they want to put me on Levaquin. I would take this shot again, though. | F | 65 | 1 days | 3/17/2007 | 5 | Lyme Diease | Slight allergic reaction - itching skin, blotchy skin Take Benadryl to quiet reaction | It has been a miracle drug for me. I've gone from being bedridden for over 4 years to at least being able to go outside once a day. I infuse 2Gm of the antibiotic once a day via a PICC line. I've been using it for over 6 months and will probably stay on it for at least another 6 months. | F | 28 | 6 months | 1/12/2007 | 2 | lyme disease | rash, fevers, general illness | probably good if you're not allergic | M | 35 | 14 days | 1/21/2005 |