AUGMENTIN XR Reviews (AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.1 (192 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AUGMENTIN XR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AUGMENTIN XR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus Infection | Insomnia, very bad nausea, stomach pain and horrible acid reflux | I will never take this medication again. I could have probably handled some nausea and stomach pain but the acid refux it gave me was horrible. I thought my throat would errupt into flames. I could not take it any longer then 7 days. | F | 41 | 7 days 874 2X day | 3/1/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Extreme joint pain occurred the 4th day. Lasted for four hours almost cried it was so severe. Faded as the medication was withdrawn. I did not take any more of it. Very frightening. | F | 41 | 4 days 875 2X day | 2/9/2011 | 2 | Sinus Infection & Ear Infections | I'm on my 6th day of taking this antibiotic, and I am feeling: Jittery, Nausea,Loose BM,Elevated Heart rate,Lethargic,Loss of appetite,Dizziness, Confusion, Cloudy feeling as if under water, Emotional, weight loss, mild cramping, dry mouth, Tingling on my left arm to my hand, painful Urination, and Coughing up clear phlegm. | I don't even know if this is all normal or not, but I will give it my try to finish this ABX (4 more days to go) and HOPEFULLY all of my Infection related symptoms will cease, if not I fear I will end up with a more severe Infection and maybe hospitalized. Still waiting for the Yeast Infection to pop up... ;/ | F | 32 | 10 days 875MG 2X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | throat infection | chills, feverish, pain, rash, stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea (INTENSE), migraines, tired, pain all over body, severe anxiety/depression. | I am currently on day 5? of Augmentin, and I have 5 more days... UGH This is the worst antibiotic EVER! I feel worse then I did before taking it. I am suffering right now as I type this... I don't know how I'm going to make it through another 5 days. I also ALREADY have anxiety/depression, and my medicine for those can't even battle off the anxiety that comes with this medicine. It's horrible! | F | 20 | 10 days 2X day | 1/30/2011 | 1 | originally sinus infection, UTI | Immediate stomach ache several hours after taking, even with meals. Later in course incessant hives/ithcing all over body, hands. Tingling lips | I have had this Abic several times and liked it as didn't get yeast infection. Apparently it was responsible for an idiopathic hive response at the end of dosing (10 days) last spring that went on for weeks and only ended with steroid treatment. Fexafenadiene couldn't stop it. I thought I was reacting to contact with a snail enzyme preparation in the lab, but now with this last reaction and checking back on the occurence, I can link it to the augmentin. | F | 55 | 10 days 875/125mg 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | Depression, sleepiness, anxiety. The side effects did not hit me until day 5. I thought I was just feeling down. I continued the medicine, and side effects got worse. I stopped after day 8 and it took about 4 days for my mood to return to a normal level. I researched the drug. It turns out that they are doing clinical trials on clavulanic acid, which is part of the drug. Evidently it has had some antianxiety reactions on primates. If a drug can produce antiaxiety reactions, it can produce anxiety reaction also. Look up the side effects of antianxiety medicine. I will never take any antibiotics that are coupled with clavulanic acid unless there are no other options. | Thanks to everyone who shared their experience. I hope if you experience adverse side effects you will share also. I am also curious the mg of augmentin administered in clinical trials? I bet there is some threshold that the medical community is ignoring? 500 mg 2 times a day maybe? | M | 34 | 10 days 875 1X day | 12/4/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | After a few days on the medication, I began to feel extremely fatigued. It was very difficult to move my arms and legs. I stopped the medication, but the symptoms continued for months. I'm glad I found this site because I began to think I was going crazy. Spent thousands on tests and went to multiple doctors because doctors didn't believe it was the medicine. It's been 5 months and I'm still not 100%. | Would stay away from this antibiotic. | F | 30 | 3 days 875 mg 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 5 | chronic sinusitis | None | Augmentin XR1000 has been my only saving grace at keeping my chronic sinusitis under control. I at least can taste and smell and there is no discharge when using it as a prophylactic.Sinus surgery was unsuccessful as well as numerous other attempts such as allergy shots, Medications that were vaporized,etc. Thousands have been spent with this condition. My fear now is that the Augmentin is losing the sinusitis war as I have just had a tube put in my left ear. Extreme Congestion is also recurring. I will continue with the sinus irrigation and hopefully find a doctor that can help. | M | 52 | 16 months 1000 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 3 | Sinusitis | Feeling very tired with nauseatic feeling. Feverish with headache and overall lathargic feeling. I will end my course today so I am hoping that I will feel better. My sinusitis is better though. | M | 47 | 7 days 1g 2X day | 10/10/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Jaundice. Liver disease. Projectile vomiting. Extreme fatigue. Vertigo. | I was prescribed Augmentin in 1994 when I was 13. The first side effect that I remember was when I was kneeling on the floor getting a book out of my locker and I literally thought that my school was being turned upside down. Everything in my view suddenly flipped sideways, I became very dizzy, and then it flipped back again. I think that happened one more time. After I had finished taking all ten days of the meds, I became very nauseated and began projectile vomiting. This led quickly to jaundice, liver disease, dozens of blood tests, weekly+ doctor visits, 3 months in bed and out of school, and my weight dropping to around 78 pounds; and these are just the things I remember immediately about something that happened to me as a child, 16 years later. Not sure if this is a coincidence, but I didn't grow anymore after that. I would NEVER give this medication to a child or in any situation that did not already pose a threat to life or limb. | F | 29 | 10 days unknown 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 3 | sinus and right ear infection | insomnia, anxiety, restlessness, itching, extreme blurred vision which I still have after being off for a week. My brain feels off. Memory loss and just feeling wacky. Also a vaginal yeast infection although I take a lot of probiotics. | It did clear up the infection, but it is a wicked drug. | F | 56 | 10 days 875mg 2X day | 9/10/2010 | 3 | Sinus infection | The works .... Hot sweats .. Severe headaches joint pain exhaustion | Hey just thought I'd share my experience was taking this drug for sinus infection like most people experienced severe headaches . Joint pain. Back pain .., dizziness. Loss of appetite etc etc . Within the second day I couldn't get out of bed due to feeling so yuck thought screw it I'm gonna go cook a massive meal ... Even though I struggled to eat ... I had fruit rice steak bread etc within 1 hour I was feeling so much better and was able to sleep ..... So I just started doing that procedure throughout the 5 day course of taking 2 tablets a day ... I ate ... Then ate ... Ate ate and ate ....... I made sure I was always eating good sized meals and I drank 3 litres of water a day and let me tell you it worked ..... I had still had side effects but they were no were near as powerful from the first couple days ........ At times I would literally have to force the food down my mouth with alot of water and it worked good ....... You won't feel like eating at all but .. Force at least 3 meals a day not snacks but proper portioned meals .,... And add all you can ... Eggs steak bread vegetables fruit and WATER ... Hope that helps | M | 23 | 5 days 2X day | 9/6/2010 | 3 | post op infection | Nausea, anorexia, dehydration, severe indigestion, bloating, abdominal pains, severe joint pains. | I was prescribed augmentin 15 days post op as I collapsed with rigors. I took it religiously but spent virtually all day in bed for a week with nausea and little energy due to not eating or drinking. The joint pains started on the 2nd day. At first I thought they were due to a bacteraemia. They became so severe that I could barely walk. My doctor prescribed dihydrocodeine. I finished the Augmentin 2 days ago and my joints are so much better. | F | 50 | 7 days 625mg 3X day | 8/16/2010 | 1 | Chronic sinusitis | diarrhea (even after taking with food); stomach pain; nausea; joint/tendon pain in legs, foot, and elbow; constant fatigue; insomnia; yeast infections that began after 3 days and continued for the entire 6 wks plus another 3 after I finished the course (OBGYN prescribed Diflucan during the 6wk course to treat and prevent yeast infections, but it had no effect at all) | I will NEVER EVER take this medication again. I had been on Keflex before for a similar problem and thought that was horrible, so the doctor substituted Augmentin. 9 weeks of constant yeast infections and tendon pain are more than I intend to endure again. The tendon pain is still around 5 months after finishing the dosage. They sent me to a physical therapist for the tendon pain, which they were unable to diagnosis, but to no avail. I blame the Augmentin because I had not pain or previous injuries to the affected tendons before taking the drug. The side effects were way worse than my original sinus infection symptoms. As someone previous said, I would rather DIE than take this drug again. | F | 30 | 6 weeks 500mg 2X day | 8/16/2010 | 1 | severe ear infection | Horrible joint and muscle pain, pouring with sweat, very blurred eyesight, constant breathlessness, exhaustion, can hardly walk. Feel terrible. The infection has got worse, so all this agony is for nothing. Am, stopping the Augmetin and just hope that these effects won't last too long, but am afraid they may, as had previously been poisoned by a fluyoroquinolone antibiotic. | Will never take it again. I'd rather die. | F | 63 | 4 days 62.5mg 2X day | 8/12/2010 | 3 | infection,swollen throat | Horrible side effects!I was prescribed this after having been sick for 2 months with severe sore throat,severe cough,fever,congested chest,ear infection,etc.I was given azithromax first,which caused numb feet/hands after first day,was switched to Augmentin,which had crazy side effects.I ate yogurt and probiotics every day,and ate it with a meal,but still had horrible headaches,burning skin,sensitivity to sun,looser stools,what feels like lymph swelling(skin still tender 2 WEEKS after being off it),body aching(and still does),painful itch/burn around girly parts and when having bm.Also,my heart pounded while on this stuff,had heartburn all the way into throat,stomach pain,pain wrapping all the way from abdomen around to back,really unpleasant.Not fun,this medication seems to have cured what I had in some ways,but caused other problems that I am still having.My skin still burns, hurts and feels tender,and I really hope that goes away. | Only take this if you have a REALLY tough stomach,and are desperate to get rid of an infection-be really good about probiotics daily,they help with stomach side effects.I would never give this to a child. | F | 39 | 10 days 1000 mg 2X day | 8/6/2010 | 3 | 2 Teeth removed | Hives, very bad headaches, thrush on my tounge, and emotional | Only on my 4th day and I cant take it! I had two teeth pulled and a sinus closure. This stuff is really strong. Not having the bathroom issues so I guess thats good. I have never experienced headaches like this before and its 20 min after I take the pill (Its NOT from the procedure I had otherwise it would be constant) | F | 26 | 12 days 325 2X day | 7/19/2010 | 1 | UTI | extreme diarrhea, nausea, dehydration; developed C.Diff infection; nearly died. | Easily THE worst antibiotic I've ever taken; it nearly killed me. I was put on it after a course of Cipro didn't clear up the UTI I'd been fighting for nearly 2 weeks. Within days, I was vomiting, blacking out, serious runny diarrhea, even WITH food. I was rushed to the hospital after 5 days on the medication and was admitted due to extreme dehydration and non-stop diarrhea. I developed C.Diff (a life-threatening infection of the colon due to the good bacteria in the digestive tract either dead or injured by excessive doses of antibiotics; often leads to septic shock) and came VERY close to dying before the doctors were able to turn everything around. Truly one of the scariest medications I've ever taken. | F | 46 | 10 days 850 mg 2X day | 7/13/2010 | 1 | Sinus/upper respiratory infection | itching, rash, bloating, nausea, face swelling, jaundice, pain in upper abdomen, weight loss, loss of appetite | These symptoms appearing within a day or two of the end of the course of Augmentin - horrible itching, feel tired all the time due to lack of sleep, yellow skin and sclera, bloating, nausea... the list goes on and on. The symptoms do not ease over time. Now it appears there is liver damage due to this antibiotic. Testing starts today to determine the damage. Augmentin should be banned from use. | M | 61 | 14 days 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | urinary tract infection | horrible depression, fogginess, nausea | F | 48 | 1 days 850 1X day | 5/29/2010 |