BIAXIN Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 2.3 (1247 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BIAXIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Systemic Infection | Anxiety (briefly when I first began it). | Biaxin has been a very tolerable antibiotic for me. I've taken MANY for a chronic infection. | F | 27 | 4 months 500mg 2X day | 3/15/2013 | 1 | Walking Pneumonia | Pounding heartbeat, metallic taste in mouth, increased hunger, insomnia, auditory hallucinations, flatulance, jittery | F | 19 | 6 days 500 2X day | 3/13/2013 | 1 | suspected chest infection | Extreme anxiety, depersonalisation, adrenalin surges, nervous disorders, insomnia, depression, suicidal ideation. | This drug has wrecked my life, and changed my mind and nervous system fundamentally. I took it 6 months ago for a very unpleasant chest virus, which the doctor decided must be an infection. I took it was 6 days and the dose was too high for my body weight. The effects three days in were horrendous, however as I was already feverish I only realised too late that I was losing my mind, totally terrified and as if in a dream. The worst thing was and is my inability to step back from this and to feel ant pleasure in life. I felt as if I was in hell, contacted a private doc and got a prescription for Lozapam. One month on the symptoms were no better (except for the duration of the benzo) and doc prescribed an antipsychotic, which I could not tolerate. Then went on to Diazapam (supposedly to withdraw more easily) and five months later stuck on it! As I withdraw so the original symptoms get worse. Not able to return to work due to diagnosis of severe depression/ anxiety due I know to my extreme stress reaction to everything. I can only say that it is a living nightmare. I suffer day and night and I hope one day will end. | F | 57 | 6 days 2X day | 3/10/2013 | 2 | sinus infection | son took this and had too fast heartrate over 100 resting also chills | M | 15 | 2 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/7/2013 | 1 | sinus infection | Went to walk in for a bad reaction to cold pills and had an extreme back ache though I didn't remember doing anything. Gave me steroids for the reaction and this for sinus infection, this was Wednesday. My back pain only got worse, actually unbearable. By Saturday my chest hurt so bad along with my back I felt like I could die. Went to E.R. was checked out and doctor said I messed up a muscle that wraps around my ribs causing back and chest pain. Gave me muscle relaxers and said keep taking other meds. I woke up today Monday feeling okay. I came home after taking kids to school and took this with in 30 minutes my chest and back were killing me and that's when I it occurred to me it was these pills. | F | 32 | 4 days 500mg | 2/25/2013 | 1 | skin infection | dizziness, rapid heart rate, headache, nausea, stomach pain, anxiety, insomnia, foul taste in mouth | I will never take this drug again. It is very toxic to me. Only was able to take 3 doses before common sense said to stop poisoning myself and get something else. NEVER had this reaction to any other antibiotic. | F | 50 | 500 mg 2X day | 2/20/2013 | 1 | Uterine Micro Polyps | headache, severe dizziness, diarrhea, gas, skin rash, sweats, chills | This is horrible drug. If you do your research you will find that it can cause liver problems. I didn't last 2 days on this. There are lots of other antibiotics out there. I would ask your Dr for something else. With that said, my husband is also on this and has had no symptoms so far. | F | 31 | 2 days 500MG 2X day | 2/5/2013 | 5 | Bad sore throat | Other than the metallic taste noted by others and a little fatigue, particularly in the morning, I had no real side effects. I have been sure to take the medicine after eating and, as with all antibiotics, supplementing mt diet with probiotics to keep gastrointestinal issues to a minimum. On day 8 of a 10 day course right now and throat was clear by day 3. | M | 50 | 10 days | 1/30/2013 | 1 | Bronchitis | Increased heart rate, chest pain, chest tightness, feeling of being out of breath, mood swings, mental agitation, out of character violent reactions, dizziness, diarrhea, stomach pain, tremors, metallic taste. | At some point, the chest pains and the tightness got so bad, I had to go to the ER. It seemed like I was having a heart attack. Also, I was out of breath and my heart was racing at 100 beats a minute just sitting down! The doctor told me to stop the medication at once. I was on my 11 th day out of 14. The symptoms appeared after about 4 days of taking the meds. I NEVER WANT TO TAKE THIS MEDICATION EVER AGAIN. | F | 39 | 14 days 500Mg 2X day | 1/23/2013 | 1 | sinusitis | Omg terrible metal taste in mouth! Nausea, stomach cramps, shakiness, fast heartbeat, insomnia, diarrhea, and got beginning stages of yeast infection. Stopped taking after a week. Couldn't handle it. Never experienced those side effects on ANY ANTIBIOTIC. WORST EVER | F | 28 | 10 days 500 | 1/22/2013 | 2 | Ear infection, bronchitis | Metallic/bitter taste in mouth entire time, especially at night. Diarrhea, dizziness. | F | 36 | 10 days 250 | 12/29/2012 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Constant headache. Dizziness. Diarhea. Nauseous. | This is the worst antibiotic that I have ever taken. Stopped taking it after 3 days. | M | 44 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 12/23/2012 | 3 | bronchitis | Very bad insomnia!!!! Didnt sleep all night, bad taste in mouth,fast heartbeat,weakness. | F | 42 | 7 days 2 D | 12/21/2012 | 4 | Severe Chronic Sinusitis | Bad taste in mouth (like hairspray is a great way to explain it) - occasionally woke me up at night, some trouble getting to sleep, slightly increased heartbeat noticed, loose stool (nothing to write home about) | After the first 3 doses, I noticed an improvement in my infection, which had been unsuccessfully treated with 10 days of Augmentin previously. The side effects are noticeable, but did not affect my ability to function day-to-day normally. | F | 25 | 14 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/19/2012 | 1 | Chect infection | First day of taking this pill the side effects hit me. I began to feel dizzy, stomach cramps, confusion. I took the pills a second day thinking they were only beginning side effects but things got worse. Horrible stomach pains, so bad I couldn't move even, frequent trips to the bathroom, I couldn't bare to eat anything, I felt like hell. I had body pains like never before, I was so dizzy I couldn't lie down as I felt like I was spinning. The metallic taste worsened, almost like my tongue was coated in this potent, stingy rotting oil that's caused such a horrible smell and taste in my mouth ugh it's disgusting. I stopped taking these meds after the 3rd pill. (2 pills/ day) so on the second day I stopped. I couldn't deal with these side effects, they made me feel even more horrible then my infection does. I have 40 pills I'm supposed to take, the entire bottle over the 20 day period but I can gaurentee I am NOT. I can't handle these pills, they're wrecking havock on my digestive s | If your doctor prescribes these pills, ask if there is anything else. Even if you take biaxin WITH food, it still gave me these horrific effects. I tried taking a single pill without the food, my stomach pains were so severe, like a knife was gouging out my stomach. I couldn't move for like 15 minutes. When I could move, I couldn't even eat or drink anything, as these pills made me so dizzy and queasy my stomach constantly felt like it was curdling. These are horrible pills. I'm not impressed with this. | F | 19 | 2 days 2X day | 12/17/2012 | 3 | Bad sinus infection | Felt good until day 4. Sinus infection is getting better but my stomach is so sore! I read it can cause psuedembraneous colitis and I have experienced that after a drug I was prescribed after I had my wisdom teeth out, not fun. I would seriously recommend taking probiotics at the maxim dose if you are on Biaxin. | F | 31 | 4 days 1000mg | 12/6/2012 | 1 | ear infection | Some idiot doctor at a walk in clinic prescribed this for my 18 MONTH OLD daughter. She freaked out at the first dose and we thought she was just cranky from fever and being sick. We forced in a second dose and she gagged and threw up. I then tasted it and completely understood why she was so adverse to taking it. Because of this she was refusing to take Advil & Tylenol (which she has always taken with NO PROBLEMS) and she was running a fever of 105.1 that we HAD to get under control. WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANY DOCTOR PRESCRIBE THIS TO A TODDLER? I am so furious right now. | F | 1 | 7 days 3mls 2X day | 11/30/2012 | 5 | h. pylori | Nothing. It was fine. Bitter taste at the back of my tongue, sometimes a little nauseous. Took probiotics aswell. May have cleared up infection but its hard to say until I've been off them for a while. My final dose is tomorrow morning. | F | 20 | 7 days 2X D | 11/20/2012 | 5 | bacterial gastroenteritis/h. pylori | Maybe soft stools... Probiotics helps. This site has scred me off many drugs now, but when I saw all the bad feedback on this one I couldn't believe it. I have taken this antiobiotic countless times now, for tonsilitis as well as those stated above. It has always done the trick and I've never had side effects I couldn't handle, in fact I hardly noticed them. Anyone reading through all these posts, remember, majority of people bothered to post on here are those who have had bad side effects, others who haven't usually just get on with their lives. I'm about to start another course of this for h. pylori and thought I would look on here. This is a beaut drug. Take probiotics, look after yourself, drink plenty of water and eat right and you'll be fine. And if you get bad side effects, for godsake, go to your gp instead of continuing with your script. Alot of people on here sound like they didn't go back to their doctor when they should've and they've let their symptoms get worse. | Great little antibiotic. Be aware of possible side effects but don't let them play on your mind. Just relax and get better :) | F | 20 | 7 days 500 2X day | 11/16/2012 | 1 | Streph Throat/Sinus Infection | I felt ok for the first couple of days, it took away the sore throat, but as I continued taking them I felt so nauseated, chills, weak, nervous feeling, Insomnia and I cannot smell or taste anything, I am now off them 4 days now but I am still not feeling well, this infection started a month ago, so today I am back to the doctor again | Biaxin is the worst drug I have ever encountered and I would not recommend it to anyone, it should be banned. (More trouble than its worth) | F | 46 | 4 days 500 2X day | 11/9/2012 |