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 | Strep Throat | Injection itself was not that painful. Pain at injection site (butt cheek) after injection that lasted about an hour. That was it. | My injection also included an antibiotic and I was amazed that just after four hours of getting the injection, how much better I felt. My throat and ear pain had reduced drastically. | F | 1 days | 2/21/2016 | 5 | Severe strep | Slight pain, burning, and now the spot is sensitive to the touch but what spot isn't after shoving a needle into your skin. | In addition to my side effects I would like to add that my strep was so severe the doctor even felt bad for me. I walked into the room and she looked at my throat and gasped. My tonsils and throat were so red and swollen I was gagging and choking on my own saliva. I was forcing myself to drink water because it hurt extremely bad to swallow anything. And I definitely couldn't eat anything. After getting this shot I am not able to eat certain things. And I can most definitely drink liquids with no problem now. I am extremely satisfied with this medicine. It has helped me so much! | F | 23 | 1 days 30 mg | 2/19/2016 | 1 | kidney infection | severe bruising and I'm very dark skinned. a knot that got bigger each day. extreme weakness in the leg the shot was given. calf spasms soar throbbing pain in hip. | it hurts | F | 32 | 1 days 1 injectio | 1/24/2016 | 1 | Uti | A few hours after receiving the injection my hands began to swell, noticed a burning feeling under arms, burning in my inner thigh area, feet swollen tingling and red. Mild headache for 3 days after, muscle aches and over all ill feeling. I will not take this again | Do not take it! | F | 42 | 1X day | 1/22/2016 | 1 | Bronchitus | The WORST PAIN I have ever experienced!! I have a high tolerance for pain but this was unbearable shooting pains along my back and side. I think the nurse used sterile water to mix it rather than lidocane and/or she hit a nerve when injecting. The extreme pain lasted for almost 4 hours, and the medium pain lasted for a couple days. It felt like someone was pouring alcohol into a large open wound every minute. I was sweating, had shortness of breath and thought I was going to pass out from the pain. I called the nurse back and asking if this was normal, since I thought this must be an allergic reaction. And she said "yes, pain in the injection area is normal and lasts 1-2 hours." I never post on boards online but this experience was so horrific that I can't imagine this drug hurting so bad and it being normal. | Received the shot at a small walk-in clinic to treat Bronchitus | F | 34 | 1 days 1X O | 12/28/2015 | 1 | strep throat | My daughters leg at the injection site is red and tight. She is in SO much pain and cant walk. It was given in her right upper right thigh last night. She screamed when they gave it to her and now she is in extremely severe pain, 1 day later, and cant even move her leg. I Had another daughter get one the same night for strep as well, and shes fine. | F | 7 | 1 days | 12/24/2015 | 1 | Bronchitis | Injection horrible pain when injected and now experiencing horrible Lowe back pain and injection site stil sore after two weeks | F | 66 | 1 days 250mg | 12/23/2015 | 1 | for a uti | When the nurse put that medicine in me it was the worst pain I have ever felt I have five kids and it hurt worst than child birth | DON’T TAKE IT | F | 29 | 1 days 1000 mg | 12/19/2015 | 1 | bronchitis/upper respiratory infect | I received the rocephin injection in my dr's office to treat bronchitis. By the time I got home (about 10 min), palms of my hands started itching and turning red, welts started popping up on my wrists, and my face and lips started swelling. I had to race myself to the ER and got there shortly before passing out. I went unconscious, BP dropped to 52/30 and I almost died from an anaphylactic reaction to the injection. My veins were collapsing and fluids had to be pumped into my veins so I could receive an epinephrin shot to reverse the reaction. I spent the next 3 days in the hospital with intravenous steroids and benadryl. | I had received rocephin in the past help clear upper respiratory infections and had never had a problem with it. Now I can not have any cephalosporins or penicillins or carbapenems. Learning to live with this and wondering which antibiotics will be safe in the future. I am also allergic to Sulfa. | F | 63 | 1 days injection 1X O | 12/10/2015 | 3 | Possible kidney infection/UTI | Injection was painless. I began having chills and drowsiness within two hours of injection. I also began feeling like the skin down my leg (same side as the injection in my hip) had a chemical or sun burn. There were no markings or rash or redness. The same burnt feeling began happening in my vaginal area and inside my buttocks cheeks. Five days later, the skin inside my buttocks cheeks peeled off, like dead skin. I have had Rocephin in the past, and never experienced this. | F | 39 | 1 days unknown | 11/23/2015 | 3 | severe sinus infection. | Severe Prolonged pain all over my body. Which includes my muscles, joints.hips,back,neck and hands. | The shots helped my sinus infection some but I have suffered with excruciating pain all over my body ever since the first shot. At first it was just in my hips and back. I thought it would go away. But it has now been 6 days since my last shot and I am still hurting to the point that I have been having to use a heating pad and my electric blanket. | F | 3 days 3 shots | 11/9/2015 | 1 | Bronchitis | The most painful thing I have ever experienced! I has unbearable pain shooting up my back after shot was given in my hip. Unable to walk or sit... cried the whole way home. | F | 43 | 1 days 1X day | 11/9/2015 | 4 | strep throat | No side effects so far. | The burning sensation lasted for an hour then nothing. Not too bad. | F | 30 | 1 days 250mg | 10/14/2015 | 4 | Respiratory infection ad strep | Severe headache - I am prone to migraines | Shot was not bad at all other than the fact that it took so long to inject the medicine in to me. Nurse had me lean on table and take pressure off the leg on the injection side. Felt a stick, but that's really it. Stayed at office 20 minutes to watch for adverse effects. I'm nursing, and I do have to dump milk for next eight hours since it passes to milk. That's the biggest downfall for the moment. | F | 37 | 1 days | 5/23/2015 | 5 | Pneumonia | Had two hospital-strength shots of rocephin mixed with phenergan. So painful they told me I had to wait 30 minutes between shots. | I got up the next morning completely recovered from pneumonia, enough to take a law school final exam. | F | 55 | 1 days | 4/27/2015 | 5 | Bronchial infection | No side effects at all! I was on day three of the Z-Pac was still miserable so I went back and I recieved the one time only Rocephin shot in the left hip. With in two hours I could feel a big difference in the way I felt!! Thank you for giving me the shot!!! | Guys the shot is not bad at all..... Bigger needle doesn't more pain!! Suck it up and get the shot....,If you want a shot that is painfull get a nerve block to one of your fingers...needle so small you can barely see it but hurts 100 times more than any anti- biotic shot you will ever get!!' Hope this will give at least one person who reads it the confidence to just get the Rocephin shot.... I promise you will be glad u did!!! | M | 37 | 1 days | 4/15/2015 | 5 | Chronic Infection | None | I was terrified that this would be painful. Mine was mixed with sterile water/no lidocaine to numb the pain of it. It was not bad at ALL. Very mild pain. Nothing to be fearful of with this shot. | F | 30 | 1 days 250 | 4/10/2015 | 3 | Flu | The shot itself did sting a lot,it made my blood pressure drop, I blacked out momentarily, was made to lie down with my feet propped up until I could stand up again (roughly 10 minutes). It has been almost 3 weeks since I received it, but a week after the injection a knot formed in my right butt cheek and is still there. It's sore to touch if some pressure is applied but otherwise I'm okay. It does concern me because I have never had this happen with any other medicine. | F | 34 | 1 days shot | 3/29/2015 | 4 | Strep throat | Rocephin shot in my left butt cheek. Wasn't that painful receiving the shot. Soreness immediately that lasted about an hour. Few painful twinges later in evening. Not that bad at all. | F | 1 days not sure | 2/26/2015 | 1 | infection | Excruciating pain, Could barely finish full shot. Back and leg pain, hurt to put pressure on leg, Could not walk or sit had to stay in Dr office for another 45 min (crying my eyes out in severe pain) till I could finally walk out on my own and drive. | DO NOT EVER GET THIS SHOT....HORRIBLE HORRIBLE VERY PAINFUL!!!! | F | 35 | 1 days 40mg | 2/25/2015 |