OMNICEF Reviews (CEFDINIR)

Average Rating: 1.8 (201 Ratings)

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OMNICEF  (CEFDINIR):  Cefdinir is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. This medication is known as a cephalosporin antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-12-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  sinusitis and bronchitis Horrible diarrhea and started having panic attacks where I couldn't breathe through nose with pressure in back of neck. Stopped after 5 days. Now 9 days latter panic attacks finally stopped but diarrhea on and off. Never again will take this drug. Horrible! !! F 47 10 days
300mg
10/30/2014
 4  pneumonia Vaginal itching/ burning, after day 5 , bad indigestion. It helped my condition but the side effects of the medication caused a more intense problem. Never had this with any other antibiotic!!! F 40 9 days
300
10/2/2014
 1  Throat infection First dose caused food regurgitation, headache, extreme muscle aches, confusion and extreme fatigue. Shame on you FDA! M 52 1 days
300
9/16/2014
 1  Ear Infection Flushed, Hot flashes, severe sweating, chills, agitation, rapid heart beat, palpitations, dark green watery diarrhea. Felt like skin and head were burning. Took this as a third round of antibiotics for fluid in ears and ear infection. Diarrhea started on day two, but all other symptoms started on day 4, had major panic attack and almost went to ER but decided to wait and not take for two days .. started to feel better and diarrhea started getting better, Then ear started hurting again so thought i would try and finish the Ten day course ...NOT GONNA HAPPEN!! Will be calling dr. for a different AB asap. F 42 5 days
250mg 2X day
8/3/2014
 5  UTI No side effects. UTI symptoms were gone after 2nd day of drug. M 43 10 days
300 3X day
7/15/2014
 1  sinus infection and bronchitis Headaches stiff neck joint pain nausea dizziness couldnt sleep. Stopped med after 4 days finally beginning to feel like I can maybe get back to normal. Will never take this again..horrible side effects! F 65 4 days
300mg x 2
5/8/2014
 1  Ear infections Intestinal cramping and watery diarrhea. Called MD. Told me to discontinue Omnicef and prescribed another antibiotic. I have never had any side effects from any other antibiotic. F 57 2 days
600 MG 1X day
3/28/2014
 1  skin issue One pill and felt like a truck hit me sudden fatigue headache in the back of head in and out of sleeping foggy head 33 1 days
300mg
3/5/2014
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 1  sinusitis Thanksgiving & out of town. previously i was sick for 1 mos. w/ coughing/sinusitis. after that time, went to PCP, he Rx for Omnicef. i took for 10 days, 2 days after dosage complete, the itching began w/ welts on back of my head. hives spread to underarms and backs of knees, bilaterally. my back & face had hives, and i'd trouble w/ breathing. ER visit- i was out of town- confirmed allergic reaction to Omnicef, but MD wasn't sure (seemed MOST obvious since i'd just finished it on Weds., this was Friday, 11pm). IV steroids and prevacid (H2 blocker/antihistamine); brought hives down & released. went to my mom's, slept for 6 hrs., & packed for 10 hr. drive home w/ my mom & my 2 boys. about one hr. from home, severe itching resumed (i'd taken benadryl & prednisone that ER MD Rx'd me). this was approx. 24 later after initial allergic response. around midnight Sat., i couldn't sleep, my breathing was OFF, my lips/tongue/throat started to tingle and swell. lips were i probably didn't even need to be on this Rx after all, b/c it was more than likely, a viral infection or bronchitis. please ask lot's of Q's before you go to the MD and use garlic. it is one of nature's natural antibiotics. i wished that i had taken it like i had before in the past!! F 39 10 days
600 1X day
12/11/2013
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 1  sinus infection Horrible headache after taking for 5 days, had to stop taking. The headache lasted for over a week with nausea and vomiting. Pain was bad, like a migraine and nothing worked to take it away. Also gave me a yeast infection and I was given Diflucan and here I am 10 days later and still have a rash and itching...this is terrible. I will never take this again. Have never had a problem with Amoxicillian or Penicillian or Zpack or anything else. I'd rather have just suffered through the sinus infection. F 35 14 days
300mg 2X day
11/12/2013
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 1  Sinus Infection My son took this horrible antibiotic for 3 weeks and I absolutely feel sick myself for letting him take it for this long. On this medication he had severe headaches, severe nausea and severe abdominal pain and pain in his neck, especially when he looked down. He also had joint pain in various places on his body. He missed 18 days of school. He had a CT scan that showed he had a very bad sinus infection, so we knew he needed to be treated with antibiotics. While taking this medication I had to take him to the ER twice. The last time we went they kept him over night and the next day to observe him. The pediatric neurologist came in said he was having migraines and abdominal migraines and would need to take a preventative for the migraines. My husband and I did some research on this antibiotic and also fell upon this webpage and truly believed it was the antibiotic that was the culprit. I had a hard time believing that my very healthy boy before this sinus infection happened....who was playing soccer, no health problems so far could just develop migraines. I'm sure it happens, but we had a feeling it was the medicine. As soon as we stopped the antibiotic he slowly started feeling better. Today is day 4 off of antibiotic and he is back to his silly, bouncing off the wall, energetic kid again. The headache is completely gone but still having just a little but of abdominal pain. This poor kid had MRI of his head, CT scan of his abdomen, a bunch of blood tests to rule ou M 9 3 weeks
10/26/2013
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 1  Prostatitus Only could last 8 days taking this medicine though was supposed to take for 30 days. The headaches got increasingly bad and felt tired and in a "fog". Heachaches were not normal, the were in the back of the head near the neck area. Felt pressure and increased headache when bending forward/leaning foward. My thought is maybe it affected my blood pressure? Anyhow stopped taking and starting to feel more normal. M 42 8 days
300mg 2X day
10/16/2013
 1  Bronchitis I got a bad headache from the first dose on and it got so severe by the fourth dose I had to stop. I had terrible reddish diarreah, massive bloating and all sorts of weird intestinal noise all day long. Severe backache; joint aches. Nausea to the point of not wanting to eat. It's been a full 48 hours after last dose (2 days) and I still woke up feeling like I had a massive hangover. I felt so awful, that I would rather cough and have drainage any day. My stomach still hurts. And I still feel nauseated and sick like with the flu. I feel like my stomach is all messed up from this medicine. I wish I had spoken up to my doctor that I did not want such a strong awful medicine. Never again will I take this and only hope my stomach will go back to normal. F 51 2 days
300 mg 2X day
8/30/2013
 1  Recurrent sinus infection Started the first dose before I went to bed and woke up with nausea, headache, and acid reflux. I took another dose the next day and could hardly sleep for the nausea and stomach pain was so bad. I could hardly eat or get out of bed all day. I had previously been on the z-pack and steroids but they were not strong enough to get rid of the infection. I would not recommend this to anyone with a weak stomach. F 22 2 days
8/12/2013
 1  Swollen tonsils/ear infection Yeast infection /UTI like symptoms. Never have these symptoms with penicillin drugs or zithromax. Was tested for YI, BV, UTI, and other STDs with negatives for all of the above. Hoping this stuff works out of my system quickly. Used for 5 days then stopped because of YI/UTI symptoms. Treated, then began antibiotics again, back with same symptoms. F 36 10 days
300 mg 2X day
7/12/2013
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 1  sinus infection vaginal irritation-still having and finished meds 10 days ago-was treated for yeast infection (diflucan) but still having the vaginal irritation-how long until this med gets out of your system and I stop feeling this way F 39 10 days
300 mg 2X day
6/27/2013
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 5  Sinus Infection None. I'm usually very sensitive to antibiotics but did great on this one. F 53 10 days
300 2X day
4/22/2013
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 1  a sinus infection Vomiting, HORRIBLE diarrhea,headaches.....and i was very fatigue this is the wrost medicine for me although it might work for others but I'm in bed on Thanksgiving....what a way to spend my holiday! F 33 10 days
300 mg
11/22/2012
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 1  Bronchitis Horrible diarrhea, severe dehydration, severe rapid weight loss Caused c-diff. Got th RX from an Urgent Care Facility. Thought I was going to die! Horrible diarrhea, got severely dehydrated, couldn't eat, could hardly get off the couch or bed to use the bathroom, lost 12 lbs in one week. Thank God for my regular Internist. As soon as I called him with my symptoms, he immediately ordered test for c-diff, and it came back positive. He treated me with Flagyl for ten days. A few days after that I got much worse. He admitted me to hospital for severe dehydration and started me on Vancomyacin and probiotics to get rid of the c-diff. I will NEVER take OMNICEF ever again, and I warn anyone out there to BEWARE of this drug! BTW, c diff CAN kill! My late husband died from c diff related complications! BEWARE!!! F 55 10 days
2X day
7/30/2012
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 1  Upper respiratory inf. Anaphalatic shock F 35 1 days
2x
5/19/2012

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