OMNICEF Reviews (CEFDINIR)Average Rating: 1.8 (201 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OMNICEF with similar:
Type: Brand name discontinued; available as generic
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR OMNICEF | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus infection | Horrible burning stomach pain. Nausea. Felt like throwing up. | Would never take again. | F | 57 | 7 days 50 mg | 8/22/2016 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Persistent Diarrhea, Nausea, Rapid Heart Beat., Sweating, etc Reported to Doctor who let me terminate after 5 days of pills (10) but the side effects continued, - felt sicker than before taking the pills. I would never take this Rx again - NEVER | This is an awful drug - with dreadful side effects | F | 71 | 5 days 300 mg 2X day | 8/21/2016 | 4 | chronic sinus infection | tired | This medication is great. Only thing that worked for my sinus infection. 2 other stints on other antibiotics would not even touch it. No diarrhea, no yeast infection. Now I will say that I took a lot of probiotics while on this medication. All females should take probiotics while on any antibiotics as it keeps the yeast build up at bay. Im sure it also helped with the regulation of the diarrhea. | F | 34 | 21 days 300 2X day | 6/24/2016 | 1 | Sinus Infection Kidney Infection | Nausea, Foggy Feeling, Lower Back pain, Anxiety, Diarrhea, Mucus in stool. total loss of appetite | I took the generic version of this drug Cefdinir for a combination of a sinus infection and a kidney infection. I noticed improvement on both infections within one day. By the end of my seven day run on this drug my infection symptoms seemed to be gone, with only a bout of anxiety on the 3rd day. Also on the fifth day kind of lost my appetite a little. Things stayed like this through the rest of the prescription until the last day. That's when everything seemed really foggy, and I just really felt drained of energy. This set off a pretty bad panic attack. Also had horrible back pain (Lower.) Diarrhea intensified on the 1st day after completing prescription. I am now 4 days after completing the 7 day round of this antibiotic and all the symptoms remain besides the anxiety. My description of events does not do the discomfort I have been feeling from this drug justice. I would never take this drug again or suggest it to anyone. Tomorrow will be 5 days after finishing this crap and I still feel like death. | M | 42 | 7 days 300 MG 2X day | 5/30/2016 | 1 | sinusitis | Excruciating stomach pain. Intense crawly itchiness, deathlike feeling, heart palpitations, depression, consistent headaches nausea diarrhea | Worst ever. Immobilized. | F | 35 | 5 days | 5/17/2016 | 1 | Strep Throat | Extreme nausea, can not keep medicine down | I can literally not keep the medicine down, can only throw it up, causes extreme nausea. This drug should be taken off the market! | F | 10 | 10 days | 5/14/2016 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Although the medication has seemed to make the sinus infection subside, I have had a severe headache for the past 7 days I have been on it. I have a pounding sensation in the back of my head and no Advil Tylenol etc is helping to make it stop. The few times it did subside the pounding in the back of my head was replaced with a migraine in the front on the left side. This drug has made me feel awful and I am dreading taking it for three more days. | F | 21 | 7 days 30 MG | 4/27/2016 | 5 | bronchitis and pneumonia | slighly looser stools | after having sinus surgery and having complications from it that other antibiotics were unable to cure, i developed bronchitis and pneumonia...this antibiotic is amazing! Finally got everything cleared up after 2 months of constantly being sick. | M | 45 | 14 days 300mg 2X day | 4/11/2016 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Diarrhea, Anxiety, Foggy, Loss of appetite, Dry Mouth, Slight cramping, Vaginal Itching. | I have taken Omnicef before, more than 10 years ago and I dont remember the side effects being this severe then. But this time around I have felt absolutely horrible. First I had an "accident" where I couldnt make it to the bathroom in time, even tho I was home it was horrifying. I called Patient First where I asked if I could take Imodium to help with the diarrhea, they said they wanted me to finish the course of the medicine and if in 2 days the Imodium didnt help to come back in. And it did get better with the Imodium combined with the yogurt (Activia) The anixtey/dpression started about 3 days ago and I didnt even think that it might be caused by the medicine until reading all of the comments on here that sound identical to my symptoms. I have been a sufferer of anxiety before but it has been more than 9 years since Ive had any issues with it. But the last few days on this medicine have just been horrible. I feel foggy, not confused but just like something isnt right. Its sad because it knocked the Sinus Infection right out a few days in, but now I'm left feeling anxious, no appetite in 3 days, and very loose stools. I have been eating yougurt with probiotics which seems to help with the frequency of the diarrhea. I have been telling my boyfriend for days I cant wait to STOP this mediciation to feel better mentally. I know its never good to stop an antibiotic before its stupposed to be stopped but I'll get something else if I have to. I will NEVER take this medi | F | 31 | 7 days | 4/6/2016 | 1 | Cold to Double Ear Infections | Severe, throbbing, unrelenting headache in the back of the head. | Someone brought their sick kid to work who projectile vomited all over me in the elevator. A week later I was sick and had double ear infections. I went to the doctor and was prescribed Cefdinir for 10 days. I went back to the doctor 3 days later because I had developed a severe headache in the back of my head, nothing helped with the pain. My vitals (blood pressure and heart rate) were so high the doctor sent me straight to the emergency room. At the ER they determined that the pain was causing the high blood pressure and rapid heart beat (rather than the other way around) and attributed the headache to the bacterial ear infections and told me to finish up the antibiotic and come back if the headache didn't go away. After 8 days of suffering tremendously with the throbbing, debilitating headache I read about how severe back of the head headaches was a side effect of this drug. I stopped the drug after 8 days and on day 9 there was significant improvement. The headache is not gone but ibuprofen 1000mg and hydrocodone are somewhat managing it now. From what I've read the headache can last two days to a week after stopping the drug. I've never had an allergy or reaction to any medication before in my life. Shame on the FDA, this drug should be taken off the market immediately. | M | 39 | 10 days 600 1X day | 3/23/2016 | 3 | Strep Throat | I had no side effects until day 8 of a 10 day course. Suddenly I felt very chilled, and all my joints ached, especially shoulders/back, knees and wrists. Felt like I had the flu. The following day I had the same, but additionally watery diarrhea with reddish color, and the most horrible stomach pains and cramps. They had me doubled over in pain. After that I started getting an itchy rash and hives broke out on my legs, forehead and scalp. I also had developed some small white sores on my lips. I finished the course because I was at the end. But I would never take it again. | Don't take it if you have another option. Side effects were ridiculous. | F | 40 | 10 days 2x day | 3/21/2016 | 2 | Tonsillitis | I got a horrible yeast infection that was literally unbearable and now horrible stomach pains with constant diarrhea. | F | 19 | 10 days | 3/5/2016 | 1 | Sinus infection | Vomiting, horrible stomach pain, diahrrea | Was supposed to take for 10 days. Barely managed 4 and had to be taken off. He missed school and was in horrible pain from this medication. When a 14 year old boy sits and cries over how much his stomach hurts, you know it's a problem. I would NEVER recommend this med. | M | 14 | 4 days | 2/29/2016 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Nausea, stomach cramps, headache, vaginal burning. Diharerra. | I will never take this medicine again, made me feel worse then what it was prescribed for. | F | 64 | 2 days 300 2X day | 2/26/2016 | 1 | Pneumonia | Hives, rash, joint pain, fever, stomach pain, headache, swollen throat | M | 8 | 10 days 250 MG 1X day | 2/24/2016 | 1 | impetigo | My son contracted impetigo and with this medication, he experienced severe vomiting (to the point stomach acid was coming up), headache, diarrhea, and putrid smelling gas. | I would not recommend this medicine to anyone. I have never seen such horrible side effects before. | M | 9 | 1 days 150mg 2X day | 2/20/2016 | 2 | Respiratory complicated with cold | Could not sleep from unbearable leg and thigh cramps. | F | 65 | 3 days 30 mg 2X day | 2/19/2016 | 2 | Strep | Headache, Foggy Feeling, Horrible Anxiety, Restless | It worked great on killing the strep but made me completely miserable in the meantime. It made me so depressed and made me feel like I was literally dying. | F | 31 | 10 days 300 MCG 2X day | 2/4/2016 | 1 | Yes | I was prescribed the generic version: Cefdinir - The first night (second dose) I experienced horrible diarrhea. I have been off for 1 day and I am still having diarrhea. I would not recommend taking this drug! | Doctors should warn patients about the serious side affects before prescribing this drug. | F | 51 | 2 days 300 mg 2X day | 2/4/2016 | 1 | ear infection | Anxiety, heart palpitations, vertigo, yeast infection, dizziness, feverish, joint pain,irritability | This drug does not need to be on market by far!!!!!!!!! | F | 32 | 10 days 300 2X day | 1/18/2016 |