BIAXIN XL Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 2.5 (160 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BIAXIN XL with similar:
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| 1 | Chest Infection | Mental and Physical. Tremors, Psychosis, severe generalized anxiety. It took a very long time to recover from my reaction. | another website for information and to share your story is antibioticawareness.com | F | 34 | 3 days | 2/7/2009 | 4 | acute bronchitis | Bad taste in mouth, waking up to pee a lot. Some intestinal cramping when I don't eat enough of a meal with it. 10 days 500 (8 so far)Taken with Methylprednisolone for 6 days. Prescribed inhaler and cough medicine but didn't need them. | Sure bad taste, peeing and wooziness are bad but I was sick for 3+ months with serious bronchial infection that was deceptive -- went away -- came back -- but always worse. It racheted up to the point I collapsed in the street, had heart palpitations, could NOT breathe (try that for discomfort and embarassment). I cannot take penicillin. I had tried Azithromcin 250 for 5 days at the outset of this mess. I did not take care of myself (seems to be a modern thing to never be sick in bed).At least this drug has so far kicked out whatever was in my lungs. I can climb a flight of stairs and not worry about gasping and passing out at the top of them. | F | 56 | 8 days | 1/7/2009 | 5 | Sinus Infection | Very little stomach discomfort - take on full stomach. I have been taking it for 11 years as I develop sinus infections flying or in the office environment. By the 3rd day I feel great. The generic brand gave me a very bad reaction - be careful if you are prescried that stuff. I have had very good luck with the 2x 500 doses per day!!! | I woke up Monday with lots of sinus draniage, sore throat, ear plugged - had 3 500's left from last time. Took one every 12 hours - going to the doc this afternoon for another 2 week supply until it clears. God bless this stuff. I am allergic to everything else. | M | 53 | 3 days | 10/1/2008 | 1 | tonsilitis | psychosis schitzophrenia, insomnia, halusinations, hearing voices, sweating, chalky taste in mouth, | do not take this medication, if your prescribed this drug RUN SCREAMING... | M | 17 | 5 days | 9/27/2008 | 4 | Strep Pyogenes(pharynigits) | Not great taste in my mouth but just rinsing with water mixed with salt and baking soda help get rid of that and soothe my throat. I feel very lethargic but no worse than I felt when I wasn't on the pills! | Cleared up my painful canker sore after first day! I was quite happy. I like the smell and taste (smell like rockets or vanilla)! I found it odd that the doctor gave me chlarithromycin considering I had no allergies to B-lactam antibiotics. A cheaper medication would have been ampicillin but Oh well. | F | 21 | 7 days | 7/21/2008 | 1 | chest infection | Go to www.lawyersandsettlements.com to lodge a complaint. The mental effects of this drug nearly destroyed my life. And it didn't take just a few days to recover. It took nearly a year. You are not crazy if you are having severe anxiety and mental issues. It's this drug. | F | 34 | 3 days | 7/17/2008 | 4 | Lung infection ans sinus infection | My husban and i where both on this med at the same time, we both had upset stomacks and hot/cold flashes, difficulty eathing and had gas more then usual. My husban kept telling me it was the meds but i didn't belive him till i read this site. He tryed taking half in the Am then the other in the PM it didn't help. | Both of are infections are gone but the empty gut feeling is still there 2 days after the meds are done. My husban feels better and is able to breath better but in the end he's not a pill person and i don't think after this he'll be willing to do it again. | F | 28 | 10 days | 3/25/2008 | 1 | strep throat | DISCUSTING taste in my mouth. Nightmares (actually dreamed I was being poisoned...probably because the stuff leaves that taste in your mouth). Very light headed and jittery. Mild stomach upset. Looking for an alternative to treat my strep...I WILL NOT TAKE BIAXIN AGAIN. | F | 33 | 1 days | 3/20/2008 | 4 | sinus / respiratory infection | metallic taste in mouth, extremely mild loss of taste, mild nausea day one, groggy/drowsy feeling. | This is one of the most powerful antibiotics out there and consistently rely on it to get me through those tough infections.. however it does really suck. The metallic taste in my mouth is REALLY annoying, but not enough to make me want to stop taking this stuff. I do get a little groggy and tired but..all in all, i felt better within 2 doses of this medicine and it has worked great for me consistently. I have never experienced any of the other symptoms these people write about. i also ALWAYS take with a full meal. | F | 32 | 4 days | 3/9/2008 | 4 | chest/sinus infection | I have a HORRIBLE taste in my mouth. Hopefully it will go away as soon as I'm finished! I can't fall asleep at night and when I do, I have very vivid dreams. I'm also experiencing drowsiness, but I feel like someone has propped my eyes open with tooth picks. It's strange. I feel wired and tired all at the same time. | seems to be helping my congestion | F | 31 | 7 days | 2/25/2008 | 4 | Sinus infection | Some stomach discomfort. First time i took the pills i didnt ate enough. Today is the 2nd day and i ate a lot more, but i have to keep eating all day or i'm getting nausea. In fact, it's pretty strange but i'm always hungry with this stuff. Losse stools also here. This drugs makes me dizzy/lightheaded. Use of alcohol seems to have no interaction. Metallic taste also. | It seems to work. I anticipated side effects, but after 2 days, i feel a lot better overall. Will post again if something bad happens. Prescription is biaxin xl 2*500mg once a day. | M | 27 | 2 days | 2/3/2008 | 5 | sinus infection | Taking 500 mg 2X per day. Side effects very minor - some difficulty getting to sleep, long vivid but not unpleasant dreams (hadn't thought about that girl in high school in a long time), seemed to get a good flush of the lower GI but nothing out of control. Cannot take flouroquinolones without going totally crazy and miserable for months, and for me, this was perfect. | Sinus infection had probably been occurring for 2 weeks before taking medication. Within 1st 24 hours, discharge from sinus was massive (dark mucus and blood) with hard nose blowing, lasted about two days, and felt totally clear. Accompanying nagging cough went away as quickly. I will not take anything else if this happens again (although I will get treatment earlier). | M | 55 | 7 days | 1/8/2008 | 1 | Bronchitis and Sinus Infection | Very fatigued. Zombie like. Shaky almost dizzy. So sleepy that I couldn't stay awake, but then at night I would wake up every 30 minutes to every hour just shaking. Also, diarrhea on the 6th day. | This drug is not one that I will ever take again. My sinus infection/coughing is not gone after 6 days of 1000 mg. I have felt shaky, jittery, sleepy, zombie like for the entire time. I have not slept well even though I can't hold my eyes open. I do not have the metallic taste, but I just feel very fatigued. It bothered me so much that I found this web site and felt much better knowing that I wasn't the only person that felt this way. I will NEVER take this medicine again. On day 6 after all of these side effects, I now have had diarrhea 4 times and feel sick to my stomach. Never take this medicine! Most medicines do not bother me, but this one has! | F | 36 | 6 days | 1/2/2008 | 5 | sinus infection | the metallic taste and abdominal pains. | This is the 2nd time I've taken Biaxin XL...both times for sinus infections. This time I requested my Dr. to prescribe it!! Everybody gives it a low rating...but honestly, it takes care of the infection. The other side effects I know about and can live with. | F | 60 | 3 days | 12/21/2007 | 5 | Sinus Infection | Metallic Taste (but not bothersome) And VERY VERY VERY happy happy happy moods while on Biaxin XL. Each and everytime I am prescribed Biaxin XL, the second day on it, I get suddenly very giggly, happy and euphoric! I love this drug so much! Its too bad I dont get sinus or ear infections any longer since I had Gallbladder surgery (stomach issues are related to ear and sinus infections)cause Id love to have some happy Biaxin! | LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! | F | 40 | 14 days | 11/16/2007 | 4 | tiny cough wheezing lower chest | Just finished 20th dose over 10 day period. it seems to help. My only bad side effect was a terrible bitter taste right on my tongue during the whole time. | M | 60 | 10 days | 11/11/2007 | 2 | upper respiratory | Nausea,abdominal pain,bitter taste in mouth,pulling sensation in whole body that made me very anxious.It makes my head feel like I am lightheaded and my balance is off. It is a horrible drug. I am on it only 2 days. I feel better but I am going to play doctor and reduce the dosage to 1/2. | M | 70 | 2 days | 9/22/2007 | 1 | Strep throat | The first day I took I only felt a mild rash, but 7 hours after my second dose (2x500mg),th rash covered my entire body and then my throat started to swollen so badly that I had great difficulty breathing and I has to rush into the emergency room. I'm not allowed to take this medication anymore...it could have killed me!! | This is the worst medication I had ever had, I wish that someone would have told me about the risks associated with it. I would NEVER recommend this drug to anyone. They swith me and now I'm on Novamoxin and I still have to take Benadryl to make sure that what ever is left of Biaxin in my body won't cause me anyother allergic reaction! | F | 26 | 2 days | 8/25/2007 | 4 | chronic sinusitus flare up | all mentioned on this site. Dizzy. Mental changes/anxiety/depression ( pronounced). Cognition problems. Almost feel like passing out. Many of these also accompany sinusitis itself, but these are definately pronounced and beyond. FYI, I believe all antibiotics cause some depression. I suspected it years before I found this site !!!! | M | 53 | 21 days | 8/23/2007 | 1 | strep/bronchitis | I was prescribed 500MG, 2x a day for 10 days. The first couple of days I was fine, no problems. But entering into day 3 I started to have very loose stool, diarrhea, stomach cramps, a feeling like I was completely "out of it" w/extreme lack of concentration (my boyfriend says my eyes are all glassed over), and total lack of appetite. I've also started having trouble sleeping through the night, feeling restless; I panic easily and have hot flashes/sweats. | I thought I was going crazy until I found this site thanks to Google. I'm allergic to amoxicillin so I am often prescribed antibiotics I've never heard of to clear my infections. This is the LAST TIME I will ever take this drug. I know I need to finish it to clear up my infection but the side effects are really outweighing the benefits. At first I thought it was the combination of the different drugs I was on to clear this up, but now I know that's not the case. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE! | F | 26 | 6 days | 8/20/2007 |