ZITHROMAX Reviews (AZITHROMYCIN DIHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (1276 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZITHROMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZITHROMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Ear infection | My son took his 1st dose at night and it kept him up all night with crying fits. I decided to give it to him in the afternoon to see if it made a difference and he got really dizzy. He couldn't stand or walk without swaying or falling. | M | 1 | 2 times 1.5ml | 1/3/2012 | 1 | prevent whooping cough | ringing in ears, diarrhea, heart racing. Glad I found this site so I knew to stop taking. Those of you who have been through this--does the ringing in the ears go away? | would never recommend to anyone--should not be prescribed | F | 44 | 1 days 500 1X day | 1/1/2012 | 1 | sinus or cold/cough | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! My 73 yo dad took for a cold and ended up in the hospital on Christmas day while we were on a trip. He was doing fine then all of the sudden began having explosive bloody diarrhea. His blood pressure bottomed out and we ended up in the ER. He lost a lot of blood and almost had to have a transfusion. He is better but will never take a zpack again. What's wrong with taking a slower antibiotic for a longer period of time? Be careful older people. | NEVER AGAIN! | M | 73 | 3 days 250mg 1X day | 12/28/2011 | 2 | sinus infection | started with Anxiety, and feelings of weirdness, and panic. Added dizziness and generally NO energy. Would have rather had the infection back. The generic maker is in INDIA so I will NOT take this again!!!! I will say I have taken the brand name w/little to no complications. | M | 35 | 5 days 250mg 1X day | 12/27/2011 | 2 | Brochitis | Similar to a lot of ppl. Moody, ichy skin, body aches, stomach problems, and breathing. Had to go to the ER. The most alarming thing was when my bloodwork came back my liver function was 3x normal and I don't drink plus I just had yearly physical 4 month prior with everything normal. Now I have to go back in a month for a second blood draw follow up to make sure my levels have returned to normal. | M | 40 | 4 days | 12/24/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | Took first two pills. Six hours later, I had explosive pain and diarrhea, almost fainted. Had bloody discharge all night Feeling weak and depressed. Felt like it was the right med 4 infection but had to stop. | F | 60 | 1 days 250mg | 12/24/2011 | 5 | severe strep throat | No side effects whatsoever. I had a high fever and couldn't move and swallow, after the second dose I was a new women! This drug is great and I wish everyone could tolerate it, works fast and easy on the body. I've tried so many other antibiotics and they all give me ridiculous side effects ! | F | 25 | 6 days 250 mg | 12/9/2011 | 1 | Bug/Flu type symptoms | I woke up and was feeling extremely fatigued, but tried to tough it out. After a week I felt a little bit better, but still sick. Decided to go to the doctor on my day off, which was now almost 2 weeks since waking up sick. He prescribed me a Z-pack with 5 doses and the 1st dose being 2x250mg tabs and 4 more 250mg tabs over the next 4 days. I felt better the day i took the double dose. The next day I felt a loss in appetite, severe sweating, shakiness, extreme dizziness confusion and anxiety. Fast heart rates. I had my blood work done, nothing wrong. No fever(my temperature is actually lower than normal) No high blood pressure, no low blood sugar or high blood sugar. I'm still waiting for the Z-pack to leave my system. While at work I have onsets of high anxiety, dizziness and light headedness and feel like I'm going to fall over and pass out. I would not recommend taking this and i won't take this antibiotic ever again. | M | 35 | 5 days 250mg 1X day | 12/8/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | ANXIETY. My 12 year old son started taking Zithromax on Sept. 22 for a sinus infection. He immediately had side effects of anxiety, doom and gloom and horrible crying fits. He could not function at school for the first 3 weeks and it has effected him playing sports. This drug has effected his life and his is still struggling. | I had to move him out of his room closer to my room because he was afraid of his room he was in. I cannot believe what he and us as a family has been going through. Any help out there because his doctor want to put him on a low dose of Zoloft. | M | 12 | 5 days 250mg 1X W | 12/4/2011 | 4 | sinus infection | None so far. I have taken it before and it worked. My sore throat was pretty much gone after the first dose. The headache is there but I think it's from the sinuses.I never had a problem before. I wonder if everyone was taking the brand name or generic. I always insist on abrand name. It has made a big difference for me in the past. | F | 48 | 2 days 250 MG | 12/3/2011 | 3 | Sinus infection | My daughter has been extremely upset,her right eye,mouth,and legs have hurt,every time she tries to fall asleep she jerks herself awake the irritability was instant,but the other symptoms started on the third day! | F | 2 | 4 days | 12/3/2011 | 1 | upper resp. inf. | day 1...STARTED WITH A FEVER, 2 DAYS IN I NOW HAVE LESS OF A FEVER, BUT ADDED COUGH, SORE THROAT STUFFY NOSE AND EXTREME SWEATS. day 3....confusion, headache, gas, bloating, irritability, crazy taste in my mouth, cough feels like bronchitis? still sweats, fever gone. don't plan on takin' "day 4" | after reading through the other 20,000 posts, one thing is for sure!!!....they grossly under estimated the "side effect" percentage. the info pack claims only 5% will get head/stomach problems, from these posts, it appears totally opposite, 5% have no effects | M | 29 | 4 days 1X day | 12/3/2011 | 1 | It was prescribed for minor cold | This drug is extremely dangerous, if possible stay away from this. My mother ( who didn't even have cold in reality) was given this drug in ER, and within minutes she suffered cardiac arrest - survived the event that day after CPR to live only few days and died from it in few days. | F | 72 | 1X day | 12/2/2011 | 3 | sinus infection | nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain. felt like I traded in my sinus infection for the stomach flu. lost 10 pounds and now I look like a skeleton, but my sinuses are clear... I guess it did what it was supposed to do... | F | 19 | 4 days 1x Day | 12/1/2011 | 4 | Upper respiratory infection | Zpack knocked out my infection but 2 days after finishing it I broke out in hives. Went to my Dr and he gave me a steroid allergy shot and told me to take any OTC allergy pill. Took Benidryl. He also prescribed Tagament but my stomach was fine. Hives are now gone after a few days but today my stomach got really messed up so started taking the Tagament. Hope it works. Will ask for regular penicillin next time. | M | 42 | 4 days ? | 11/30/2011 | 1 | sinus | out of reality, crazy thoughts, insomnia, diarrea, am now in hospital due to heart racing, naauseous | F | 43 | 6 days | 11/29/2011 | 4 | Strep Throat | Bloating, Nausea, Headache | Med seems to be helping but the headaches from it are intense. | F | 24 | 2 days 500 1X day | 11/27/2011 | 2 | Sinus infection | Diarrhea, chest pressure, emotional roller coaster with body. Not feeling myself at all. Didn't take 5th day. Sinus is good but my irritability is at an all time high. Not happy. Depressed. | M | 33 | 4 days 1250 total | 11/25/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Insomnia, diarrhea | While I was on the drug I could not sleep at all, and now that I am off of it I have projectile diarrhea. For the past three days I can been constantly shitting my brains out! I will NEVER take it again. | F | 18 | 5 days 250 MG 1X day | 11/21/2011 | 1 | bronchitis | I was given this medication through an IV in the hospital, where I had gone due to bronchitis which I had had for several days. I went to the ER because it was a weekend. After being misdiagnosed with asthma with the initial physician, I again went to the hospital because the treatment from the initial visit did not help and made my bronchitis symptoms worse. I was finally correctly diagnosed with bronchitis (not asthma, although I do have allergic asthma) and admitted overnight for the Zithromax IV. I felt much better when I left the hospital but ..... | I was prescribed a 500 mg. dose to take for five days after I left the hospital. Within one day, I began to have panic attacks and the stomach bloating, gas and constipation was horrible. Thinking it was from the oral steroids that I had also been prescribed, I went back to the ER complaining about severe anxiety and the fact that while my blood pressure was LOW, my heart was pounding and I was having severe anxiety attacks (something I have never, ever had before). The ER put me on Xanax, told me to stop taking the steroids, and instructed me to continue taking the Zithromax even though at that point, I had begun to suspect that the problems I was having was not solely due to the steroids. I went to my primary care who promptly took me OFF the antibiotic, and said that my symptoms would subside. There was, in her opinion, no reason why I was given such a strong oral dose of this antibiotic after having had it via IV in the hospital (I weight only 104 pounds). Well, it's been six months later and I still feel lousy. Not from the bronchitis, but from the constipation, gas, bloating and the constant feeling of anxiety and panic. I can't even touch something like coffee now; the end result is not good. My Xanax is long gone and my GP wants to look for other causes of the problem; they refuse to believe that the Zithromax could have these long lasting effects on my health. I would never, ever take this medication again. The side effects are way too great and they conti | F | 54 | 5 days IV/500 mgs 1X day | 11/19/2011 |