AUGMENTIN 875 Reviews (AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (964 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AUGMENTIN 875 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AUGMENTIN 875 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | severe sinus infection | diarrhea, loss of appetite, rash, feeling light-headed, very strange vivid dreams | I ate yogurt every day but still had diarrhea, though probably not as severe as it could have been. No cramping though. The first 4 days my skin on my face, neck, chest, and upper arms was red and felt hot to the touch. I have been having very weird, vivid dreams for the entire 10 days, which is very unusual for me. At times I have felt very light headed and have even felt like I could not focus or concentrate. Have been having bouts of tiredness. The first few days I had no appetite at all, then I got a HUGE appetite. (Maybe my body thought it was STARVING since everything passed through it so quickly!!...) In spite of all this, it DID knock out my nasty sinus infection very quickly. Glad the sinus infection is gone, but I will ask the Dr. for something different in the future... | F | 23 | 10 days | 4/25/2009 | 1 | sinus infection | marked fatigue, joint pain, dry red eyes, and, worst of all, loose stools for the entire 10 day course of treatment, with severe diarrhea following both the first full day of treatment and yesterday, the last full day of it. | I was unable to make it to my primary care physician when I was unwell and had to go to the local immediate health care center (affiliated with one of the nearby hospitals). the physician there diagnosed me with a sinus infection and wrote me a script for Augmentin 875. given how I was feeling and that it was the Easter weekend, I had no choice but to start taking the stuff. that said, I'm not sure if my sinus infection has been fully cleared up, I feel, in many respects, worse than when I started on the drug, and will probably need to see my doctor tomorrow. I wonder if he would have written the same script ... I know that I will never willingly take this stuff again, for I have never, ever felt as worn out from a drug as I have from this one. just terrible... | M | 34 | 10 days | 4/21/2009 | 3 | sinus infection possible bronchitis | Hallucinations, strange dreams, stomach cramps, very hot, heartburn, not able to sleep, loss of appetitie (plus for me), weakness, and cramping. (I always took with a large meal- no stomach upset). Lump in throat tightness in chest. | My dose- 875 mg pill 2times/day for 10 days. First day- weakness and cramping. That went away but by the second day I had the weirdest dreams. The pills were quite large for me. I would wake up in the middle of the night the few nights I could sleep with hallucinations. Very alarming. Not able to focus correctly. Seemed to work slowly. I had a loss of appetite which I actually appreciate, I had a huge lump in my neck, tightness in throat. Ended up mixing it with Steroids to help. | F | 35 | 10 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | sinus infection | I have experienced the most sever diarrhea I have ever had in my 60 years of life. I'm also exhausted and am battling bouts of "the blues." I can't go to work--this is worse than the sinus infection. | I will NEVER take it again. | F | 60 | 2 days | 4/11/2009 | 1 | Severe sinusitis | Fatigue, nausea, headache, itchy skin, dry mouth, feeling faint, diarhea, loss of appetite, and worsening heartburn. | I'm on day 9 of a 21 day regimen and I don't think I'm goingto make it. Called the doctor and he prescribed an anti-nausea drug. Not helping. Tried taking with a meal, eating yogurt every day...nothing is making it better and I still feel the same pain and pressure in my sinuses as before I started the augmentin. Not willing to take again. | F | 36 | 9 days | 4/9/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Messed up dreams like I was hallucinating=very disturbing, extreme shortness of breath, felt like chest pain-scary | I called my doc after taking 2 pills and they switched me to clarithimyacin, much better. I could not bare to go to sleep because the dreams I had were THAT disturbing and vivid. The shortness of breath scared me, thought I might have been having a heart attack if I kept taking. My doc thought I was crazy but switched me anyway, thank goodness. No more shortness of breath or dreams that kept waking me up every 1-2 hours and made me question my sanity. | F | 37 | 1 days | 4/8/2009 | 2 | Respiratory Infection | Nausea, bloating,watery stools 6X/day,loss of appetite, headache,and a terrible metallic taste | I had to stop taking after the 3rd day due to side effects. | F | 50 | 10 days | 4/6/2009 | 1 | Sinus infection | loose stools, intestinal cramping, loss of appetite, elevated liver enzymes | My liver enzymes sky rocketed a week after finshing my 10 days. I now have to see GI and I am not happy that this may have given me liver damage!!!! | F | 37 | 10 days | 4/4/2009 | 5 | severe re-occuring sinus infection | very very mild diarrhea, yeast infection | because i have severe re-occuring sinus infections, i've built up a tolerance to many antibiotics--biaxin, cipro, amoxicillan....you name it, i've done it. as far as antibiotics go, augmentin at 875mg is top-notch in that it really kills bacteria, bad or good--hence the disappearance of my severe sinus infection and the unfortunate appearance of a yeast infection (which is annoying, but obviously, very treatable within 1-2 days). of course, as the doctor and all of the labels on the bottles warned, i did have some very very mild diarrhea, but nothing serious. so yes, there are unfortunate side effects, but nothing unexpected and they only occurred for the duration of the medication. in my experience, there were no side effects so horrible that i wouldn't take augmentin again. after all, it did the job, and i'm even somewhat resilient to antibiotics in the first place. | F | 22 | 24 days | 4/2/2009 | 2 | Sinusitus | Horrible stomach pain and cramps, constipation and diarrhea, aching all over stomach area and back, insomnia and extreme tiredness, difficult breathing, chills, disorientation...probably more I can't think of! | I took this once for a sinus infection, and don't remember it being so bad, but it didn't clear my infection up completely. This second time around, though, it has been a nightmare. My GI tract has NEVER been so messed up! I thought I was getting the flu or a killer virus for a while, or maybe becoming a hypochondriac. Thank God I called my pharmacist and found this website. This has been the worst experience I have EVER had taking a medication, and it is not worth the side effects. Request something else ASAP!! I cannot believe I have made it through 10 days as of today---it feels like an accomplishment---which should tell you something. | M | 26 | 10 days | 3/28/2009 | 4 | sinus infection | extreme tiredness, bloating | if you're taking augmentin, be sure to EAT YOGURT and take the pills every twelve hours EXACTLY! it's a life saver. i took this pill about six months ago and had horrible nausea and a yeast infection, so this time i loaded on the yogurt, took the beast pill every twelve hours on the dot and was fine. with that unpleasantness eliminated, the side effects were tolerable... for the first few days, i was so exhausted it was debilitating; i slept for nearly 20 hours a day. that ended after about 3 days, leaving me just obnoxiously bloated. not my favorite pill, but it always seems to clear up the sinus infection. | F | 16 | 10 days | 3/21/2009 | 5 | infection in my hip | I feel extreme exhaustion a lot of anxiety. I have been sleeping for 18 to 20 hours a day. That is odd for me since I normally struggle with chronic insomnia. | I have been taking this antibiotic for a Staph infection in my hip I got following a pneumonia shot. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 3/15/2009 | 1 | non allergic rhinitis | rash developed after 4 days of taking Augmentin - on the body core - below the breast and on the middle of the back. Rash went away when I stopped taking the Augmentin. | F | 73 | 4 days | 3/11/2009 | 4 | severe sinus infection | diarrhea, headache, eyes have a dry and tired feeling, insomnia, lost of appetite, stiff neck, lower back pain | I started to feel much better on day 2, but then the diarrhea, my eyes feeling dry and red kicked in...it makes me not want to complete the antibiotic..I'm on day 5 and the diarrhea awful feeling.....I have to take these pills twice a day for 10 days.... | F | 32 | 10 days | 3/6/2009 | 1 | sinus infection/bronchitis | Diarrhea for two 15 days | Visit the ER twice in a week for dehydration from diarrhea.I have no idea why doctors prescribed this medication when they know it has so many side effect. Shame.. Shame.. I am now on flagyl and probiotics with acidophillus.This medication was to taken twice a day for ten days, had to stop on the fifth day. | F | 46 | 5 days | 3/5/2009 | 4 | Sinus infection | Runny stools 4 times a day, queasy stomach | In a three week period I had a bad cold followed by the flu followed by a sinus and respiratory infection. Took Augmentin along with Prednisone (steroid for my sinus inflamation issues). Since my flu had already cleaned me out, the runny stools caused by this medicine were just another chapter in the story. Funny thing though, as long as I had a full stomach I didn't have much of an issue with it but then the number of the runny stools picked up. To stop the runny stools I cut down on the "grazing" I was doing but then my stomach issues started again. I wished I had heard of the yogurt solution before now. 8 days down and 7 to go. I recommend you buy lots of extra soft Charmin and take all of the medicine you've been prescribed. I do feel much better than I did before but I just wish I could sit in a chair. | M | 54 | 8 days | 3/4/2009 | 3 | Throat infection | Stomach cramps, light-headed, headache, insomnia | Had a 10-day course after my infection proved resistant to z-pack. The side effects were fairly awful, and I struggled to complete the course. Taking a probiotic helped, but just barely. (Due to a milk allergy, no yogurt for me) That said, it's a drug that does what it's supposed to do. After 48 hours, the infection was under control. It seems like any bacteria in my body was absolutely obliterated by about day 5. I imagine any stubborn infection can be taken care of at the price of all stomach comfort for a few weeks. | M | 24 | 10 days | 2/27/2009 | 3 | Sinus infection | Bloating, loose stool, lightheadedness/minor headaches and the worst side effects: lower abdominal pain/bladder spasms (spasms and stabbing pains) with slight burning when urinating | I started taking A875 2x/day with plenty of food and milk followed by yogurt with a probiotic a few hours later as I knew going into it that I'm sensitive to antibiotics. A couple hours after taking my 10th dose (evening time) I started having terrible bladder spasms and some burning when I urinated. Then started the stabbing pains in my bladder along with the spasms. In the morning I felt like I had to urinate even when I didn't actually have to and I kept experiencing the spasms/pain. I realized that I hadn't been drinking enough water over the last couple days so I immediately started downing water and DID NOT take my morning pill. Over a few hour period the pain lessened and the spasms subsided with only having intermittent minor spasms every so often by the afternoon. I had called my prescribing doctor in the morning to tell her about the side effects and she said the reaction was very unusual (read: "yeah, right") and told me to stop taking the medication since my si | F | 40 | 5 days | 2/16/2009 | 4 | pneumonia | Out of body, waves of weakness, chills, numbness in my face, itchy | I have been on this since Friday, today is Tuesday and for the first time woke up with better respiratory conditions, but started to itch, yuck This is definitely a very strong medicine but I was real real sick so its working and i am glad, better this than the hospital | F | 53 | 4 days | 2/10/2009 | 3 | sinus/ear infection | loose bowels, stomach cramps, diarrhea, haziness, vaginal tingling and itching, pelvic discomfort, head pain | Was given Erythromycin for my ear/sinus infection initially, however, had to discontinue after only two doses due to severe pains below ribs and heart palpatations. Was put on Augmentin 875 2x day for 10 days. My ear and sinuses started feeling better after the third day, but that was also the day I got the severe diarrhea. The BRAT diet seems to help as does taking Organic Ginger Aid tea (by Traditional Medicinals)a half an hour before antibiotic. Wish my DR. had told me about Acidophilus, as others say it really works to keep digestive bacteria balanced. Am planning on still taking it afterwards...or at least eating Stonyfield Farm Yogurt. Have three days to go, hope to finish it. Don't think I'll take it again, however. | F | 58 | 7 days | 2/10/2009 |