BIAXIN Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)

Average Rating: 2.3 (1247 Ratings)

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 ANTIBACTERIALS, MISCELLANEOUS

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BIAXIN  (CLARITHROMYCIN):  Clarithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial respiratory tract infections. Clarithromycin is known as a macrolide antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1991-10-31 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 4  Sinus Infection Metal taste in mouth,could not get rid of it! Stomach pain,nausea, and mood changes. Biaxin did help get rid of my sinus infection very quickly. But the side effects were enough not to take it again! F 28 10 days
6/22/2009
 2  strep throat 5 days in and no relief. Cotton mouth, insomnia, but sleepy during day and had to pull over 2 days to take a nap in my car, loss of sexual dexire, sensitve to sound - watchn tv on mute, eyes burn, irritible and antisocial, no bowel movement in 4 days, sweating like crazy taking 800mg 2 times a day F 29 5 days
6/14/2009
 1  Bronchitis Dry mouth and terrible bitter taste starting about the third day on the prescription Woke up often during the night. I just tossed the last pill of my 7 day run in the trash as I absolutely can't handle the taste. Although this medication worked to clear the infection, I would rather take something maybe less effective for a longer time and avoid the bitter taste. As I write this, it's really annoying. F 55 7 days
6/10/2009
 5  Sunus Infection Bad taste in mouth; drowsiness, sleepiness in daytime; lethargy; heightened depression symptoms. 2x per day for 10 days; Dr. said I needed something stronger this time. I am under Dr.'s care for depression, so the side effects were confusing - I slept a lot, but it did take care of the infection. F 54 10 days
5/25/2009
 5  sinus Very strong metallic taste in mouth, extremely hungry, very dry mouth at night, and REALLY HAVE TO PEE A LOT! Even though I have these side effects, I gave this drug a 5 because it made me feel better. I am allergic to many other antibiotics and usually take this one when I'm sick and it works very well. My husband and I were both sick at the same time and on different antibiotics. I felt better days earlier than he did. F 37 10 days
5/25/2009
 5  strep throat completely cured my strep throat, but has left a bad taste in my mouth during the entire 7 days I was on it F 38 7 days
5/24/2009
 4  strep throat and conjunctivitis metallic taste, vivid dreams, lethargy, sadness although the side effects were unpleasant, I felt it was important to finish the medication as it was making me better. F 53 7 days
5/22/2009
 1  sinus biaxin almost killed me ,I had 4 panic attacks and aniexty I thought I was going insane my whole face went numb and my head was tingling ,I thought I was having a stroke every other side effect you can imangine I had it . Please do not take this medication It it pure rat poison It will make you very sick It is not o.k. Do not Take it If you are taking it sssssstop!!!!!! F 3.5 days
5/18/2009
 5  Sinus Infection None. Not even a bad taste in my mouth besides what the infection was causing. I was checking on the drug to see if it was also used to treat an ear infection because I think I might have one as well. Found this website with mostly bad reviews and figured I should add a positive one for potential uses of this drug. 3 days ago I could hardly stand up due to severe pain in the back of my head, jaw and throat. Doctor prescribed this and within 8 hours was up doing house work and on day 2 was out of the house feeling 80% better. I agree most people leave comments if they had a bad experience but there are probably 20 times more people who had positive experiance. M 29 2 days
5/17/2009
 1  Severe Chest Infection Bold metallic taste, extreme vomiting, nausea, loss of appetite, insomnia. I also have Chronic Bronchitis and have been prescribed this medication multiple times, i hate it, it ALWAYS makes me sick and i can't stop vomiting. F 19 10 days
5/16/2009
 1  Bronchitis headache 5mins after taking it, night sweats,woke up several times during the night with dry mouth and just plain not being able to sleep! woke up with my legs covered in rashes and dark urine this happened after taking just one pill!!!!! F 17 1 days
5/14/2009
 5  sinus infection Just the bad taste in my mouth but cured my sinus infection right up. F 55 7 days
5/13/2009
 4  Lyme disease The only side effects I have had are hunger in the mornings and a slightly bad after taste, mostly after I go to bed. I am on a coated version of the medication and it tastes like vanilla. I know I come to this site when I am checking a drug that I think I might be reacting to. Not everyone has a bad reaction to a medication and I caution anyone that comes on here and warns people not to take a certain drug. You don't want to discourage someone of trying something that may help. I take 2000 mg of this drug a day and it seems to be helping with my Lyme disease. F 56 58 days
5/7/2009
 1  Tonsillitis Really bad taste in mouth; racing heartbeat and heart palpitations; elevated bp (mine is normally very low); bad dreams (when I could sleep); nausea(even taking it with food didn't help the nausea); insomnia (very ususal for me I am usually out as soon as I lay down at night!); dizziness (extreme); some chest pains (probably from the racing heart rate);Feeling like I could not catch my breath; depression; feeling like I was going to die; will not take again EVER! I will never take this medicine again, took it for 7 days before I could not stand it anymore. Nurse at drs' office said it was an allergic reaction to it. Guess I will add it to the ones I can not take (like any form of penicillin) Took about a week to fully clear the stuff from my system (this was not the generic form either) I just wonder if I would have had hives from it too if I had not been taking my Zyrtec for my allergies too. F 39 7 days
5/6/2009
 3  sinus infection/bronchitis strong metallic taste in the mouth, nausea, sleeplessness, vivid dreaming, loss of sense of smell, feelings of dread It is more than 2 months since my prescription finished, and I am still experiencing loss of taste and smell. I suppose it helped prevent a secondary pneumonia, but these lasting side effects are difficult to deal with. I have an appointment with an ear-nose-throat doctor to see if there is anything else going on. I've read that biaxin can cause a secondary yeast infection, which may be the cause of the lingering dimished sense of taste. F 55 10 days
5/5/2009
 4  yes nausea, hedaches, nightmares, bad taste in mouth, fatigue and after 6 days i couldnt sleep. I felt completly unaware of anything and unwilling to to anything however, biaxin cleared up the infection very fast, so all the side effects i can handle even the ones that made me feel like i was going crazy. i told the pharmacist how alot of anitbiotics like penicillin and biaxin cause me to have a bad taste in my mouth and he said to take it with orange juice and drink that if i had a bad taste in my mouth, now i dont really like orange juice but it deffinatly helped :) F 18 2 weeks
5/2/2009
 1  Sinus Infection I was up for three days straight. It was HORRIBLE! Get off this med right away. I was going crazy. I have never had any side effects from a drug. This was the most horrible experience of my life. I didn't sleep for two nights straight. I started to think it would be better to die than to continue like this (I have no depression problems). I finally figured out it was the drug and stopped taking it. I was able to sleep the next night. M 30 3 days
4/28/2009
 2  Sinus Infection Extreme Nausea, little appetite, fatigue/weakness, mild diarrhea, bloating, bad nightmares (which I never have). The pharmasist told me to take it with food (which I did) but did not help. I have only been on this for 2.5 days and never had so much side effects with an antibiotic before:( M 36 2 days
4/24/2009
 5  upper respiratory infection The horrible metallic taste....always keep breath spray or tictacs handy. My doc started me on Levaquin. Many side effects...and I specifically asked for Biaxin as a replacement. I've taken it before and knew how my body would react. But it's better than the respiratory stuff. As so many of you have stated, Biaxin is hard to tolerate. But in my opinion, it works for me. F 62 7 days
4/19/2009
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 1  bronchitis Panic attacks when I try to sleep. The only way I can cope is to plan to stay up all night. I can handle the bad taste and stomach upset, but I need to stop the adrenaline rush! Unless you're desperate, ask for something else! F 48 5 days
4/13/2009

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