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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus Infection | I have recurrent sinus infections and have taken this antibiotic many times over the years with ZERO side effects. However, 20 minutes after my first dose, I had EXTREME diarrhea. This has never happened to me before. For the next 3 days, I experienced diarrhea 6-7 times a day, my stomach was jumpy, I had NO appetite, and I began having INTENSE anxiety followed by messed up dreams. It almost felt like I was hallucinating. After the 4th dose, and losing 5 pounds, I stopped taking it. I was a ball of anxiety who should have gone to the ER but was too anxious to get in the car and drive. This was an extremely frightening experience. My doctor then switched me to arithromycin, but the extreme anxiety returned. At this point, I am scared to death to try anything else. Something is different with these drugs. I do not know what happened here. Different pharmaceutical companies perhaps? Did they change the formula? Something is not right because, like mentioned earlier, I have taken Biaxin many times throughout the years. | F | 59 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 4/29/2023 | 1 | Bronchitis sinusitis | Insomnia,clumsy, wrecked my car, acute anxiety, racing thoughts, word salad, 2 ER visits. Ended up on psych ward. Now on mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, anxiety meds. Still have memory speech and insomnia | I will never take again I think it helps infection within 3 days, but I got toxic They need to re evaluate dosing at the very least | F | 45 | 9 days 2X day | 9/28/2021 | 1 | Ear infection | Metallic taste all day, feels like I'm being positioned. Dizziness. | On day 3 of taking Biaxin I went to the E.R at night because my ear started to swell out of nowhere. The E.R. prescribed an antibiotic ear drop called CIPRODEX and pus was completely gone & swelling went away the very next morning. | F | 28 | 5 days 500 2X day | 9/28/2020 | 1 | Post nasal drip | I experienced an allergic reaction. Hives and my lymph nodes became swollen and hardened for years. Shortly after taking Biaxin I started losing my hair and my voice. Still haven't recovered either. This drug f**ked my life. May the wrath of God descend upon big pharma and the doctor who prescribed the drug for me in an under 5 min visit. | M | 22 | 3 days 30mg 1X day | 9/9/2020 | 1 | Chest infection | Worst side effects ever I finished taking this in November 2018 and I'm still struggling with the side effects. I feel like I'm tripping on some hard drugs all the time With tinnitus, headache Awful anxiety and spinning sensation. I had numb body parts for a long time but that seems to have stopped now. I'm sensitive to light Got eye floaters Terrible neck and ear pain. Hallucinations are getting better But I still have moments of intense fear. I'm always thinking stuck in some fight or flight response. Sore throat crying for no reason but has got better than it was. O dont feel like me anymore I feel my personality has shifted. I used to be a happy hard working guy I now have left my job and trying to get my life back. Anyone else recovered ? | Never touch this my life is ruined I'm doing my best to stay positive that I will be myself once again | M | 25 | 7 days 500mg | 6/28/2019 | 1 | Chest infection | The worse thing I did was take this. It has been 5 weeks since finishing the course and I'm full of anxiety and tinnitus and my heart palpitations hurt. Really spaced out and scared of everything I hope this wares off. Really re consider these side effects. I don't know if I'll ever recover. | M | 25 | 7 days | 12/24/2018 | 1 | Bronchitis, prevent pnuemonia | It helped with infection, but the side effects are so not worth it. Anything that gives that much of a toxic taste in mouth cannot be healthy at all. Upset stomach, headache, unusual heart rate, psychosis (seeing things, dreams, fears). Took 3 days, never again. | F | 44 | 3 days 500mg x2/d | 12/8/2018 | 1 | To prevent pneumonia | Taken together with pheniramine and another pill, caused severe arrythmia. Specifically, after doing a light exercise my heart rate went up to 180 bpm, then back to 0, then back to 180 bpm, etc. More moderate arrthythmia continued for 2 days after stopping the drugs. NOTE: the effect may have been exacerbated my drinking grapefruit juice. | It has been half a year after taking the med, and I can not play sports like soccer, because once I run I have rapid heartbeat. This situation has not happened before. I believe that clarithromycin is at least partly responsible for this. | M | 32 | 5 days 1X day | 3/9/2018 | 1 | Recurrence sinus infection | Very bad taste in my mouth , feeling tired but anxious at the same time I suffer Anxiety and PTSD as it is not a good drug to take would not recommend this Antibiotic | F | 39 | 3 days 500 | 10/13/2017 | 1 | H pylori | Bloated. Shaking severe anxiety rash weight loss extreme fatigue leg cramps tingling eye lid twitch dizziness. been ten months i havnt recovered | Its poison | F | 40 | 7 days | 8/21/2017 | 1 | Excess mucous for a period of time | Drug gives: acid reflex, depression, upset stomach, mood swings, loss of appetite. It makes you feel yucky. Not good drug. | F | 2 weeks 500 | 7/5/2017 | 1 | pneumonis | Horrid nasty vile taste, not slept properly,vertigo like dizziness, headache,I already suffer anxiety & depression its definately made that worse. Just about cleared my chest but now I feel ill with anxiety. It's poison ! | Never again I'm sure its poison ivy ! | M | 63 | 7 days 50mg | 4/28/2017 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe abdominal pain an hour after the first pill, nausea first 6 days, constipation, on day 6 skin very sensitive to touch losing feeling in upper arms, fatigue, restlessness due to elevated heart rate and palpitations, yeast smelling urine and itching | I will never take this medication again. My skin aches my stomach is in so much pain yet i feel hungry all day long. My bronchitis symptoms are clearing up but slowly I probably couldve been better off on something else | F | 25 | 10 days 500mg | 3/29/2017 | 1 | Sinus infection | Talk about emotional! Extremely tense, confusion, crying and stomach pain. Had me suicidal! This drug is dangerous!!! Doctor said was not Biaxin side effect but nothing else had changed in my life. | F | 54 | 7 days 500mg | 3/28/2017 | 1 | Sinus infection/double ear infectio | Metallic taste in mouth, diarrhea, headaches. The week after I stopped taking it I have EXTREME fatigue & it's difficult to function but I have to work. | Never again! | F | 42 | 10 days | 3/15/2017 | 1 | Sinus infection/Extreme coughing | Diarrhea was extreme right from the start. Made me nauseous even when taken with lots of food. I missed 5 days of work. Metallic taste showed up in the 3rd day. Stopped taking them after 5 days. WILL NEVER TAKE THEM AGAIN. | M | 60 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 2/28/2017 | 1 | Pleuritis | Horrific nightmare Terribly bad metallic taste in mouth | F | 64 | 4 days | 2/7/2017 | 1 | Inner ear and sinus infecrion | I am a nervous person, and do have panic attacks, but after taking this antibiotic I had 2 very frightening feelings. | I see a lot of people have the bad taste, which was not too bad , but the horrible feeling that it was not agreeing with me frightened me so much I stopped taking it. | F | 63 | 250 1X day | 1/24/2017 Patient History | 1 | Bronchitis | Nausea, extreme fatigue, chills, sweats, depression, lightheadness, vertigo, yeast infection. | Never again. I feel like I'm dying. I'm not coughing up phlegm anymore, but I can't go on like this. | F | 30 | 2 days 500 2/D | 12/31/2016 | 1 | Recurrent sinusitis | Horrible taste in the mouth and loss of sense of smell, some headaches. | Concerning that from others' comments that their sense of smell has not returned after 6-8 months. | F | 70 | 3 weeks 500mg | 12/30/2016 |
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)