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 | Bronchitis | Anxiety, Muscle Pains, Generally felt bad. | I was prescribed this because I was sick with brochitis the week of my wedding. I have had this before BUT NEVER THE GENERIC. There is something that they put in the generic that is almost like poison. After 4 hours of taking the 500mg dose I woke up in a panic. The next few days were a mixture of anxiety, foggy thoughts, and flu like symtoms (aches and pains). My doctor (who is not the one who prescribed it) said that it had tons of salts in it, and I was possibly having a reaction to that. Also, azithromyocin has a half life of 68 hours so each dose you take takes atleast 68 hours to get out of your system. Luckilly I only took one does and 68 hours later I am finally starting to feel better!! This has to be the generic!! | M | 31 | 1 times | 1/13/2010 | 2 | Sore Throat /Sinus Infection | Upset stomach, diarrhea, severe nausea, headache and disorientation. | I took the first two pills (with a meal) and within one hour I started to feel sick. The following day- I took it at lunch and I had the same symptoms. Years ago I took a Z-pack and remember that I felt very nauseous. I will no longer be taking this medication in the future. It's too hard to function at work when feeling this way. | F | 27 | 2 days | 1/12/2010 | 2 | light-headed, loss of hearing in right ear, hollow stomach, paranoia, diarrhea and disconnection from reality. | I had a SEVERE sinus infection and was given the generic form of Zithromax, Azithromycin. I took one tablet yesterday evening and went about my normal evening routine with no noticeable side effects. I made a light breakfast this morning and took the 2nd of the 3 tablets. About an hour later I became oddly disoriented. Imagine if you normally go through life in the front row of your own movie and now you're closer towards the back. I felt very disconnected and paranoid like something bad was going to happen. As if that wasn't fun enough, I basically went deaf in my right ear and started hearing weird things and then the diarrhea kicked in. I've been on Z-Packs before, but I'm CERTAIN I've never experienced this sort of hellish reaction. Obviously the makers of the generic form need to go back to the drawing board. I'm just NOW starting to feel normal again after 9 hours. I am, however, glad to report that my sinus infection had basically completely went away by early afternoon. Obviously this stuff cures sinus infections, but I would have MUCH rather have ridden out THAT storm as opposed to enduring the side effects I experienced with this drug. YIKES. | M | 27 | 2 days | 1/9/2010 | 5 | Sinus Infection | None | Zithromax is a LIFE SAVER for me every time I get a sinus infection (every few months). A few months ago I was prescribed amoxicillin and had awful stomach complications and problems for weeks after taking the medication. Zithromax has never given me any issues, I am currently on the generic and it seems to be exactly the same for me, clearing up my sinus infection very well (am on day four currently). I've been using it for my sinus infections since I was about 8 years old and I would be miserable without this antibiotic! | F | 18 | 5 days | 1/8/2010 | 5 | Sinusitis | None | Great med works quickly, have taken it many times in the past and only one time with severe pneumonia did it not cure the illness right away. | F | 44 | 3 days | 1/7/2010 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Severe stomach pain, nausea | F | 25 | 5 days | 1/7/2010 | 1 | flu | severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea; tiny pimples/rash/hives on neck, chest, arms | RESEARCH BEFORE USING: I experienced bad cramps and diarrhea daily while taking it. I got depressed each daying knowing I was going to experience the bad symptoms after takeing a pill. Note: I did take strong probiotics while on the medication. Two days after my last dosage I noticed I was breaking out on my neck, upper chest and upper arms. It looked like hives/heat rash/small red pimples with a tiny white head. It has been 4 weeks now and I am still breaking out. They aren't as big but are not going away. When will they go away? I am now doing a body cleanse for 14 days. I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION AGAIN! | F | 50 | 5 days | 1/5/2010 | 1 | Sinusitus/Sinus Infection | itchy all over, rash, nausea, stomache pains, diarrhea, heavy eyes,crazy anxiety & dreaming, having weird delusional thoughts, feeling as though death is upon me, feeling very dizzy like my head is a balloon, Loss of appetite, very weak. | My Doctor prescribed me to a Z-pack about 5 days ago my 1st time ever. The 1st day when I took two at once I felt ok but when I woke up the next morning I felt like my entire world had came crashing down upon me. It seemed like my symptoms had doubled. Constantly dizzy & I had no urge to eat because of my stomach complications. I had weird thoughts like a ghost was trying to get me or something. I told the doctors that my skin was itching & they said that "it was just a minor reaction from the medecine but you will be ok as long as you dont have a rash" That same exact day I broke out with a rash all over my stomach back & arm!! 5 days later I feel better but my stomach has not yet recovered & I still feel like I am a different person almost. | M | 22 | | 1/4/2010 | 5 | Acute Bronchitis & Acute Sinusitis | None. | I have take Zithromax for several illnesses as an adult. This medication has been very effective in everything from UTI's to Bronchitis. For the most part I have never experienced any side effects from Zithromax although the second time I took this medication I did develop a mild stomach ache. If you are truly ill with a bacterial infection a stomach ache should be the last of your concern. I highly recommend this antibiotic. | F | 25 | 5 times | 1/3/2010 | 1 | strep throat | Few hours after first dose of this med (generic version, Azithromycin, 5-day course) I experienced huge anxiety, painful heart palpitations, inability to sleep, horrible burning indegestion/acid reflux -- all of which lasted for WEEKS and some for MONTHS, even though I never took a second dose (they switched me to Amoxycillin). | I ended up with paramedics at my home at midnight checking my heart after just that one first dose, then at doctor several other times over the next week and beyond, checking my heart because of constant painful heart palpitations, miserable existence for weeks after, had to wear a heart monitor for 48 hours, and thinking I was dying from a heart condition. The anxiety was horrible, sleepless nights with continual jumping up out of bed, pounding painful heart, horrible heartburn. FINALLY subsided after more than a month, I began to feel like a normal human being again. THANK GOD I ONLY TOOK ONE DOSE. Do not take Azithromycin. All the docs said these symptoms were not likely from the medication (WRONG!), but they changed me to something else anyway since I insisted. They obviously have a deal with the pharmaceutical companies or have not looked at this site and don't acknowledge how horrible this stuff is for people to take. I will NEVER take this medicine again. | F | 48 | 1 times | 1/3/2010 | 5 | bronchitis | Mild loose stools & mild insomnia | This antibiotic had less side effects of any of the more powerful ones that I have taken over the past two years(Cleocin,Ceftin,Biaxin,Levaquin). I was very pleased with my "Z-Pak" and would recommend it for clearing up sinus & chest congestion. As with any powerful antibiotic be sure to take your probiotic capsules and yogurt while taking this. | M | 54 | 5 days | 1/2/2010 | 1 | sore throat/thick mucus | It started out with dizziness and blurred vision the 2nd day I took it and continued so I didn't take the last dosage. I just had a feeling it was related to the drug. I then had severe abdominal cramping, watery diarrhea and vomiting 4 days after stopping with a fever. I have constant nausea, even water tastes bad. I have been very out of sorts, where I don't feel like myself and have been very depressed and weepy. I have been sleeping a lot. Today the back of my neck has been very stiff. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me but have never felt like this before so I decided to look up the side effects and came across this site and others with so many people experiencing the same types of problems. Why don't they warn you of all these side effects on the pamplet before you take it. I have taken Zpack before and had no problems. I'm afraid to drive because of the dizziness which will cause a problem since I have 4 kids to get to school in a few days. I'm hoping it wil | F | 43 | 4 days | 1/2/2010 | 2 | Upper Resp. Infection | stomach cramps, gas, bloating, heart racing, itchy and rash, panic attacks, nausea | This drug cleared up my URI but not without a price. I was prescribed the 5 day z-pack. Before I took the z-pack I checked online for patient reviews of the med and was not very impressed with all the negative comments but I was coughing really bad, had a growing fever, congested and post nasal drip was making me miserable. The PND was falling in the back of my throat in globs. Just to be on the safeside, I did not take the two pill dose day 1; instead I broke one pill in half and took it. Within thirty minutes or less I felt the med working, so I took the other half about four to five hours later. Dose 1 (Huge panic attack, slight heart racing), D2 (stomach cramps, gas, bloating), D3 I ate yogurt and it seemed to help the stomach cramping alittle ( gas, slight nausea), and D4 (stomach cramps, gas, bloating, serious heart racing and I kept jumping up out of my sleep.) I had two more days to take the meds but stopped. It was just plain awful and I was scared the entire time I was taking the medicine. I could go on and on about this med but to cut this short..... It really, truly works but not without a price. My URI cleared up in the 4 days I took the meds, I felt much better but I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MEDICATION! One more thing....it has been nearly two weeks since I stopped taking the meds and I have begin to breakout in a daily itchy rash that is driving me crazy! | F | 44 | 4 days | 12/28/2009 | 2 | Bronchitis | Very, very unpleasant stomache pains. The night after taking the first dose, I was woken several times (strangely enough, almost exactly three hours between each occasion) by severe stomache pain. Eating helped for the next few hours. I called my doctor the next morning and he advised me to stop taking it. More than 24 hours later, I am still experiencing this pain. It's keeping me awake. Strange, considering I took the same medication for strep this past summer, with no side effects albeit a rather odeous stench whenever I urinated, and to great avail as far as curing my symptoms of strep. On the plus side, it relieved my even-more-unpleasant Bronchitis symptoms, within hours. | No prior experience with upset stomache after taking medication. No regular issues with upset stomach/ indigestion/any of the other symptoms that pepto bismol claims to remedy. Very unpleasant. Difficult to focus at work today. Next time, amoxicillin. | M | 20 | 1 days | 12/25/2009 | 4 | taking it for ear infection/sinus | I am taking the zpack for a middle ear infection and also have a sinus infection. i have also noticed in the past it really helps my pimples. i am not sure what the difference in the drugs are but for some reason my system handles the kind from cvs, VERY well, but when I try to take it from walgreens I can't stand it, and it just seems way to harsh. Although it helps every single time. YOU yourself, need to decide if your going to take it or not. do you really think a lot of people will come here and say it worked great? of course not! this place is really gonna scare people out of taking medicine they need. Don't read the side effects until you think youve had them. most people tolerate this drug well. | F | 27 | 5 days | 12/22/2009 | 4 | sinus infection/bronchitis | trouble sleeping | DO NOT TAKE THE GENERIC!!!! I've taken this in the past and had been fine. Two years ago I took the generic and had horrible stomach pains for 24 hours and did not finish the dose. I got a really bad sinus/ bronchitis infection and was perscribed the zpac again recently. I had reservations about it but I did some research and found that generic drugs have different effects on the body. Generic drugs may have the same active ingredients, but are not time released or absorbed in the blood stream the same way as the name brand. There are also different buffer ingredients and they are not tested the same. There is an artcle on people's pharmacy.com that you should read, they also have over 1200 stories of patients that have had horror stories about generic drugs. I have a very sensitive stomach with IBS and I didn't have any problems with the name brand of this drug. Just take it with a meal. | F | 31 | 5 days | 12/17/2009 | 2 | H1N1 & Puemonia | drooping eye, blurred vision, head aches, floaters in both eyes | i have had this medicine many times with no problems i read your site and saw another female with the same issues over 35 wh had the blurred droopy eye like me. it is very painful | F | 36 | 3 days | 12/16/2009 | 1 | respiratory infection | dizziness, lightheaded, cramping/mild diarrhea, faintness, legs and arms felt very heavy, tingly and numb, racing heart, ANXIETY, weird thoughts, brain was in a fog with weird tightening in the back of my head. NEVER EVER again!! | I have now been to the ER twice. These meds are HORRIBLE. They can't figure out what is going on since tests are coming back fine. This is unbelievable. I don't normally react to meds but this is bad. One day it will be better, then the next day the bad symptoms are back. VERY scary. If it weren't for this site I would be terrified. I thought I was losing my mind. | F | 28 | 5 days | 12/14/2009 | 4 | Respriatory Infection | Brain fog and constant headache | This is the first time I have taken this medication. I am very sensitive to all sorts of drugs and I am pretty satisfied so far. I have had wierd brain fog and a medium headache constantly that I have been dealing with. I am taking a probiotic with this so may have helped with stomach issues since I have had none yet but this is only my third day on a five day pack. It has helped my infection but I am just feeling the effects today on the third day. I have heard this stays in your system and works up to two weeks after your finished with the pills. I would take it again unless worse symptoms appear. | F | 38 | 5 days | 12/13/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Nervousness, Dizzy, Blurred vision , Acid reflux, much much more Never Ever Ever again.. | CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THESE FEELING WILL GO AWAY AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN TAKE OR DO TO GET THEM OUT OF MY SYSTEM. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT ! | M | 29 | 5 days | 12/13/2009 |