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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bronchitus | The first night i took them,i couldnt sleep and i had the metal taste in my mouth.The other nights i couldnt sleep,i had to pee all the time,i had headaches,i was tired all the time,i was constipated,bloated,gasy,always hungry,but then felt sick to my stomach.I had a dry mouth.The pills made me want to take naps all the time.I got off the pills 2 nights ago and i still have the metal taste in my mouth,i cant sleep,im still constipated,and gasy, and ontop of that,i missing my period,i was supost to get it yesterday. | I regret taking biaxin. Worst antibiotic ive ever taken. | F | 16 | 10 days 2X day | 10/24/2010 | 2 | lyme disease | terrible metallic taste in my mouth, stomach problems, terrible insomnia. I wake up a few times a night and often can't fall back asleep after 2:30 or 4:30am. | F | 29 | 2 months 500mg 2X day | 10/22/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | my doctor recommended this meds for 7 days. I took my first dose yesterday evening and later that night I started having shooting gas pains all over my body and stomach in the night. I finally slept after tossing and turning for hours. It is now morning and there is a tight feeling aound stomach area and I keep burping. I called my doctor who advised me to stop taking it right away. Thank God. The way I was feeling is much worse than my sinus problem. | The side effects are not worth the benefits for a sinus infection. | F | 44 | 1 days 500*2 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 3 | Bronchial Infection | Ghastly metallic taste, increased thirst (drank over 9 pints of water on fourth day), severe stomach pains, leg cramps, lower lobe lung tightness, mild headache, lethargy, exhaustion. | I was prescribed Biaxin XL for Bronchial infection. I have severe asthma, rhumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, sjogrens, and some lupus symptoms and gerd. I was told to take this medication in one dose per day. It seems to react badly with nexium, and plaquenil. The lung infection is much better, but I think in the future, I will stick with a Z-Pack for this type of illness. Much less pain and complications from the meds. Would recommend if you are very likely to develop pneumonia, is very fast acting antibiotic. Not sure if I will continue RX. Speaking with Dr. office this afternoon. | F | 55 | 4 days 500mg X 2 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 3 | bronchitis | Very metallic taste - bought breath mints and couldn't taste them. Crazy dreams - very vivid and strange. | F | 33 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 10/17/2010 | 1 | Bronchitis | Extreme nausea and vomiting, intense, sharp stomach pains, insomnia, bitter taste in mouth, heightened sense of smell. | Currently on day 5 of Biaxin and I have to get off of it...woke up this morning unable to move because I feel like I'm being stabbed in my stomach, I have vomited 3 times due to this medication, and my cough is not improving. Looking at the comments, it seems this medication effects women MUCH more strongly and negatively than men, in general. I just regret not getting off of it sooner. | F | 19 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 10/17/2010 | 1 | pharyngitis | Bitter taste in my mouth ALL the time, can't sleep, crazy dreams, headache & can't focus in my work. | I have taken 3 pills but I really think I want to stop. The bitter taste is so bad until I woke up from sleep because of that. I thought crazy dreams were due to something else but now that I've read this website I would say that this drug is causing it. These crazy dreams were always about something that make me feel frustrated & depressed when I woke up. I can barely sleep though. I woke up every 1-2 hours & that left me dizzy & lightheaded at work. | F | 35 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 10/15/2010 | 4 | pneumonia | confusion,diarrhea | This medicine worked really good for my pneumonia but i would not suggest eating big meals while taking this because of the mild diarrhea. It was also the first time that i felt confusion/felt weird off a antibiotic. | M | 35 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 10/14/2010 | 3 | sinus infection | metal taste in mouth, extreme lower body pain, constant headache, fatigue, depressed/upset/felt like I was on the verge of a breakdown | I have been taking Biaxin for at least 10 years now, probably twice a year for sinus infections. I was always on 250MG twice a day and I only ever had a little bit of an upset stomach. This is the first and last time I have ever taken this does. I was prescribed it for 10 days but I have stopped after completing the 7th day. My sinus infection symptoms were completley gone by day 4 and the non-stop migrain I had was gone by day 2 so it did work and I can't complain about that. I would have liked to have finished the 10 day course but I was at the point of seaking stress leave from working because I felt like I was having a mental break-down, I never thought it was the Biaxin until I found this site. I have RSL, fibro and a history of stomach ulcers but never had a problem with Biaxin at 250MG and I will continue to ask my doctor for the lower dose each time I get a sinus infection, which is every year. It's a great drug for my but at a lower dose. I have been off Biaxin for about 36 hours now and I still only taste metal but the pain and all other symptoms are gone. | F | 33 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 10/7/2010 | 5 | Severe chest infection, bronchitis | None. Maybe the thing about the vivid dreams, but nothing scarier than a lost wallet. | Awesome. Back at the gym on Day 4. | M | 55 | 4 days 500 MG 1X day | 10/3/2010 Patient History | 4 | sinus infection - bacterial | awful metal taste, burping,sick stomach,diarrhea,shooting pains in my back and flank area, headache,dizziness...the sinus infection is gone on day 5, but I am sicker than a dog taking the meds with all the other side effects!!! | the meds work, but the side effects are terrible!!!! | F | 40 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 9/26/2010 | 4 | mycobacterium abscessus | Exteme metallic taste, nausea, dizziness, & itchiness. Need to be on 3 more months. Am cancer patient (myeloma), chemo postponed because of lung infection. VERY grateful for the medical field and their advances in medicine despite uncomfortable side effects. Also have 4yr old with cystic fibrosis, who perseveres with taking 6 medications/day (one which is given with every meal), and respiratory therapy 2x's a day. Life expectancy is now 38yrs old for people with CF (was in the teens when I was a kid). For my cancer, life expectancy used to be 3 yrs is now greater than 10. So I thank God for these drugs that have lenghened my son and my life. Deal with the side effects. | F | 43 | 2 months 500mg 2X day | 9/15/2010 | 3 | Bronchitis | Extreme nausea, increased appetite, fatigue, anxiety, itching on my legs, dry skin, horrible taste in my mouth, blurred vision, heightened sense of smell, diarrhea. | This is the only antibiotic I've ever taken where I actually really experienced negative side effects. After the first day my symptoms were almost completely alleviated, but the side effects are so bad! I thought I had the stomach flu or I was pregnant until I skipped one dose and felt fine... I'm on day 3 but I really don't think I can last all 10 days! | F | 25 | 10 days 2X day | 9/15/2010 | 3 | Acute Bronchitis | Horrendous taste in my mouth! | I was weary of taking the medication because of the side effects that others had listed here but I didn't have any other side effects besides the awful taste in my mouth. I did take probiotics with the medication as suggested on this site. | F | 40 | 7 days 2 x 500mg 1X day | 9/13/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | Dizziness; non-stop horrible, strong bitter taste in mouth that makes everything taste terrible, even the air; itchiness on hands, arms, legs, bottom of feet; nausea; vomiting when cough from the underlying chest infection; vivid dreams. | My fever did go away within 24 hours from starting this but these side effects are terrible-- is this necessary?? I am on day 3 now. I feel terrible. I hope that I can change to something different immediately. I have never had this type of experience with an antibiotic before. | F | 29 | 10 days 2X day | 9/6/2010 | 2 | sinus infection & bronchitis | Very bad taste in mouth, especially in the morning. Weakness, fatigue, depression | I quit this drug after 6 days, was prescribed for 10 days. I am not sure I was diagnosed correctly. Before seeing the doctor I had a 24/7 headache for 5 days and a hacking cough. The day after starting this drug my headache finally went away, but the cough got worse every day. I saw no reason to continue to take a drug that was having no positive effect. I felt shaky and weak and a couple times I suddenly lost my balance. I was particularly annoyed with my husband and I think this might have been from the drug. From the beginning I took an acidophilus capsule every time I took the drug, and I ate 2 containers of yogurt (without artificial sweeteners) every day, so I did not have any digestive symptoms other than one day when I accidentally ate yogurt with Splenda, and that day I had horrible attacks of bloating and gas. Maybe an interaction? | F | 60 | 6 days 500 mg 2X day | 9/1/2010 | 3 | Bronchial infection | Tummy pains which led to diarrhea. | I'm currently on my second day of Biaxin. My pills seem to have a pleasant citrusy coating on them, so no bad taste as I swallow my humongous pills. My first day went fine, no symptoms that I can recall, but today I had severe diarrhea. Initially I thought I was feeling a bit better...but my hacking cough still persists throughout the day and night. I also feel fatigue, but it may be due to the heatwave. I still have 8 more days to go, and my symptoms don't seem to be bad enough to stop, so I'll keep trucking along... | F | 26 | 10 days 1000 1X day | 8/17/2010 | 1 | sinus and eare infection | I have experienced shortness of breath, sharp pains in chest as well as a dull itching in the center of my chest. stomach pains and nausea as well as diarrhea. | I will never ever ever take this drug again. I would recommend that anyone whos doctor hands them a prescription for biaxin. that you throw it back in there face and tell them to try again. this was the worst experience I have ever had in taking any drug for any reason. dont take this drug unless your pre-drug symptoms are the same as the side effects. seriously | M | 28 | 5 days 2X day | 8/17/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection & Server Bronchitis | BIAXIN is horrible!! The taste is the worst when waking up it was so bad I almost vomited.This was after the first night of taking it. I felt very sick to my stomach about 3 days after talking it. Very tired as well. | The side affects are horrible. If you can take something else I would strongly advise you to ask your doctor for something else! It did work though... minus all the side affects!!!! | F | 22 | 15 days 500 MG 2X day | 8/15/2010 | 1 | Biaxin XL throat infection | I thought I was pregnant! My sense of smell was intensified and everything was pungent. My sense of taste was sickening. I would open the cupboard, hungry, but could not find one thing that looked okay to eat. Nausea. | I had stomach pains and at one point, severe stomach pain.Daily headaches. Extreme fatigue. Anxiety... I had to leave a movie (on a date night with my husband) because I could not take the "stress" of the movie... crazy? Yes! I will never take this drug again. I am taking someone's advice on these posts and calling my pharmacy to make sure this is blocked from my account. Horrible, vivid nightmares. | F | 37 | 10 days 1000mg 1X day | 8/9/2010 |