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 |
| 4 | Bronchitis | None so far | Its been over 24 hours since the first dose and I was expecting to have horrible side effects as described by other users but I have not even had any stomach discomfort. I did have a horrible anxiety attack after taking it last night but I suspect it was generated by my fears of taking this medication. One thing I don't like about this medication is the length that it stays in your system, and the relatively long half life. I'm not on a high doseage but someone taking 500mg each day might have horrible side effects due to the addition of more medication. | F | 20 | 3 days 200 1X day | 5/22/2010 | 5 | Little bit of lethargy, but nothing otherwise. | Have taken 'Z-Packs' at multiple points in my life, have never had any side effects. Great antibiotic *for me* (but maybe not for you). | M | 28 | 4 days ? 1X day | 5/21/2010 | 4 | Low grade fever/sinus infection | Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, loss of appetite, brain fog | I had a low grade fever. It worked immediately, after the first dose, I was already better the next day. However, this medicine gave me diarrhea, not bad, but still annoying. I had a major loss of appetite; I had to force myself to eat meals, because I am not hungry what so ever. I lost about 5 pounds this week. And about 2 hours after taking the medicine, I would get horrible, terrible abdominal pain for about an hour, but then it would go away. I would say this medicine certainly does a number on your stomach, so take alot of food with it. Otherwise, it did get rid of my fever. | F | 19 | 5 days 250 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 4 | Bronchial Infection | anxiousness, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite | Had a sore throat for two weeks and a cough that followed, for about a month. Didn't have insurance, so I dragged my feet when it came to seeing a doctor. The cough got worse so I saw one, and he prescibed me a z pak. On the first two days, I experienced mild diarrhea and anxiousness. Reading the reviews on this site and others probably added to the anxiousness. The first night's sleep was very vivid and weird. I think that's because I took two pills that day. By day 3, I started feeling much better, and started coughing up all the mucus that was making me cough. I vomited in the morning a few times, but it wasn't substantial and mostly had to do with my coughing. I highly recommend taking a pro biotic 2 hours after taking a z pak pill, because the antibiotic gets rid of the good bacteria you need to digest things properly. It could help prevent stomach pains and diarrhea. Also, eat yogurt regularly. Especially AFTER you're done with the z pak cycle, to help get your digestive system back to normal. At least for the first week after your cycle. I also highly suggest chamomile tea for the anxiety, it helped me. Good luck to those taking the medicine, it was definitely frustrating to get used to but I felt much better after. | M | 23 | 5 days 250 mg 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 4 | Inner ear infection | I had some extremely intense stomach pains the first day of taking the medicine, but after taking a nap for a few hours, they went away. | After having to be rushed to the ER from a horrible reaction to another medication I am thankful for my z-pak. Sure I had some bad stomach pains for a few hours but they were absolutely NOTHING compared to the effects from the other medication. Also, the inner ear infection that was causing dizziness/ severe headaches for 3 weeks is now gone! WOOHOO! (the doctor at my University is a moron and couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and just put me on some random medicine she hoped would work so I got stuck with the ear infection for weeks + the worst pain of my life from the other medicine). I would take zithromax again in a heartbeat!!! | F | 19 | 5 days 1X O | 5/14/2010 | 1 | Bronchitis | Headache, stomach pain and extreme fatigue. I felt like I was in a fog all the time and could not think straight. After I discontinued the drug after 4 doses (should have taken it for 5 days),I also began to have heart palpitations a few days after the last dose, or in other words feeling like my heart is skipping beats. | I wish I would have done much more research on this drug. I will never take this again. I took my last dose about 2 weeks ago and have been struggling with heart palpitations ever since. I have mitral valve prolapse, and this drug seems to have set off extreme heart palpitations. My doctor assured me this would be safe. To all people with Mitral Valve Prolapse, avoid this drug. Do not take it. I hope these palpitations stop soon. They are usually short lived for me, but after this drug they have lasted much longer and been much more extreme. | F | 47 | 4 days 250 MG 1X day | 5/5/2010 | 1 | STD | Horrible Drung! after the 2nd day off taking the Drug, I started feeling Tired and Sick, then day 3 began to hit me hard where I could not Sleep, Eat, constanly going to the toilet | Horrible Drung! after the 2nd day off taking the Drug, I started feeling Tired and Sick, then day 3 began to hit me hard where I could not Sleep, Eat, constanly going to the toilet, after day 7 all Physical side effects cleared, though now after 3 weeks Anxiety or Not getting a good night sleep plus ear sensitive and blocked has still persisted... I would like to ask anyone who has experienced the same side effects how long it takes to clear from your system!!!! PLease Help 31 yr Guy It has now been 7 weeks - I have tried to email ppl on this website though email not going through please Email me at [email protected] | M | 31 | 1 times 500 x 2 1X day | 5/5/2010 | 1 | strep infection | My 6 year old daughter has had a TERRIBLE reaction to her Z-pack. She has been vomiting for 5 days straight. | The strep cleared up immediately, but 1 day after the last dose, she woke up vomiting, and hasn't stopped yet. It has been 5 days. Her dr. said it stays in your system for 5 days after the 5 day dose, and we are finally on day 10! I really hope she feels better tomorrow, because she has missed school all week. If she doesn't stop by tomorrow we have to take her to the ER for an IV. She has had some diarrhea, but mostly severe stomach pain, vomiting, extreme fatigue and anger (don't blame her). I'm trying to give her probiotics, but she can't keep them down! After it's out of her system, I will give big doses of probiotics to get her system back to normal. Next time I will ask for a milder antibiotic if possible--this one is too strong for a strep infection that could be knocked out by milder ones. All antibiotics cause negative side effects though. Never take them unless you have to! | F | 6 | 5 days 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 1 | Abcess Tooth | If you are reading this, you are probably taking this stuff or want to know what to expect. I did the same thing but now believe I should have been more concerned about the aftermath of taking this drug and try to prevent it! I now have a C-difficile infection of the bowel because I took this antibiotic. You do not want this infection! Knowing what I know now, I would have made absolutely sure that I was taking probiotics with it. I would have tried to start taking the probiotics before taking Zithromax. The 2 I am using now to help rid myself of this infection are FloraStor and Accuflora (they both have different contents and effect and you can get them at drug store over the counter - and both I believe have clinical work showing effectiveness). It can be used before and during your course of Zithromax for protection from this bug. You can get this infection if you already have some C-Diff in the bowel (you could pick it up in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, even hotels | The symptoms of my infection started about 7-8 days after I completed by course Zithromax although some people get their infections months after so be aware of what your body is doing. My advice is over the year following taking this stuff, if you feel like you are getting the stomach flu and have diarrhea (i did not vomit), do not wait to see if it runs it course. Go directly to the doctor and get a stool sample done to check for C Diff. Demand the test so you can start therapy. I should have done that immediately and should have taken the probiotics BEFORE and DURING the course of this drug. I want to pass this along in hopes that you guys can avoid my fate!!!!! | M | 52 | 6 days 250mg 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 4 | Ear Infection | Update: It has now been a week since I was put on one large dose of generic Zithromax. I still have had no negative side effects beyond what I shared earlier. | F | 32 | 2500 mg 1X day | 4/19/2010 Patient History | 1 | Respiratory Infection | Anxiety,loss of appetite,tinnitus | To the male that posted on March 13th, that suffered tinnitus, email me if you would like to chat. I have been dealing with this for 18mths now. | F | 49 | 5 days 250 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 4 | infection | F | 25 | 5 days 30 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 2 | my son for sinus infection | My sons behavior was out of control and he kept crying for no reason very very emotional. Called the doctor he said its nothing probably acting out but I know my son he is not like this! he would cry and say he doesn't know why he is crying!!! I quickly started giving him VitC and mutli vitamins with magnesium and with in five days he got better. NEVER again for my son | M | 5 | 3 days 1X day | 4/12/2010 | 4 | infected tooth | diarrhea, muscle pains, weakness, flu like symptoms, tiredness | I was originally on Amoxicillin but switched to azithromycin because of stomach issues. At first, my stomach was okay, but after three days, the pains started. I am now taking acicopholus. I feel so sick from this medication. But it did make my toothache go away. | F | 39 | 3 days 250 mg 1X day | 4/7/2010 | 5 | Bronchitis and Ear infections | Some gas and stomach cramps, very minimal. This drug works very well for me. | I read these comments regularly because my daughter had a severe rection to this drug that affected her for over a month. Gastric was moderately severe but her brain was the most affected. If this drug works for you great, it does for me. If you have a reaction do not take it again. Azithromax can make you feel as if you are going crazy, and brings out any latent mental illness that might me lurking at the edge of your consciousness. They do eventually go away so have hope. | F | 49 | 5 days 250 mg 1X day | 4/1/2010 | 1 | Clamdia | Horrible Drung! after the 2nd day off taking the Drug, I started feeling Tired and Sick, then day 3 began to hit me hard where I could not Sleep, Eat, constanly going to the toilet | Horrible Drung! after the 2nd day off taking the Drug, I started feeling Tired and Sick, then day 3 began to hit me hard where I could not Sleep, Eat, constanly going to the toilet, after day 7 all Physical side effects cleared, though now after 3 weeks Anxiety or Not getting a good night sleep plus ear sensitive and blocked has still persisted... I would like to ask anyone who has experienced the same side effects how long it takes to clear from your system!!!! PLease Help 31 yr Guy | M | 31 | 1 days 1000MG 1X day | 4/1/2010 | 5 | Sinus Infection | Slight stomach problem | I,m very sensitive to alot of Antibiotics.I hate to take them and wont if i can do anything else but i suffer with chronic sinus problems so sometimes there just isnt an alternative.All the nasal flushing and spraying in the world wont do anything.This Antibiotic doesnt cause me any problems except by maybe day 2 or 3 i'll get some stomach cramping .I can live with that. I was given Biaxin and Avalox at one time..Now those are some poweful drugs...I had a severe reaction to Biaxin and ended up in the ER.. Avalox gave me some pretty severe side effects within 45 minutes. So for me the Z pack and another one ,Vantin dont give me so much trouble. | F | 51 | 7 days 1X day | 3/31/2010 | 2 | severe sore throat | Nausea and vomiting after second dose, followed for a couple of days of hypertension and pulsating noise in head. | I felt too nauseated to continue the prescription. | F | 74 | 2 days 250 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | acne | Horrible stomach cramps, diarrhoea, pain in jaw, dizziness, SEVERE nausea and fatigue. | Do not take this drug!! Within 3 hours of taking it I had horrible stomach cramps. Later on in the evening I had v bad diarrhoea and my urine was bright yellow . I woke up thinking I was going to vomit because of the nausea and I've been drinking water to flush this horrible drug out of my system !! NEVER AGAIN. I will not be taking the second dose!!! | 27 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 3/30/2010 | 5 | Strep throat, sinus infection | First day body felt a little uncomfortable, palms were excessively sweaty, but with in 24 hours I was already feeling much better. I experienced a little bit of ringing in the ears but it was tolerable. Muscles a little sore but don't know if it was necessarily from the medication. This is the second time I've taken this medication and Its worked very well. | F | 34 | 4 days 200 MG 1X day | 3/29/2010 |