ERYTHROMYCIN Reviews (ERYTHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 1.9 (999 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ERYTHROMYCIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ERYTHROMYCIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | throat infection | Nausea, stomach cramps, vomitting, diahorreah, and asthma becomes irrated. Works but side effects are almost as bad as the infection | F | 24 | 7 days 500mg | 1/13/2012 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | nausea, back pain, increased heart rate, extreme fatigue followed by insomnia, cramping in stomac, dizziness, loss of appetite | Took two of the pills at about 12.30 in the afternoon, by 1.30 had my head down a toilet, did not get sick thank goodness, felt weak, dizzy, exhausted, had back pain, felt like I was going to die, severe cramps, that was enough for me, am not taking the rest of this antibiotic, not worth it, it's 5am and I have not slept a wink tonight due to fast heart rate and cramping stomach, DO NOT TAKE THIS, ITS NOT WORTH ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS, there is no way I could take this for the recommended 6 days, going to try more natural remedies, this should be taken off the shelves, awful | F | 29 | 1 days 800 mg 2X day | 1/13/2012 | 3 | Strep throat (allergic to penicill) | Extreme nausea, very tired, headache, bad stomachache, backache, insomnia | F | 25 | 7 days 500 Mg | 1/8/2012 | 3 | Viral Infection | Bad Flatulance, Drowsiness, Hunger, Smell around the genitals | F | 28 | 8 days 250 4X day | 1/4/2012 | 2 | Blepharitis & Rosacea | For the first two months I was fine on it ,then gradually into the second month I started to become extremely fatigued to the point when I had to take notice of what was going on. I think that the medicine became toxic to my system, since I noticed roughly the samish side affects having been on Oxytetracycline for 3 months on 1 gram per day. | I have been off Erythromycin for about 11 days and am not so tired, however the rosacea on my face is threatning a return, so I will just have to see how bad it becomes before seeing about an alternative treatment from my doctor. Unless you are very fortunate with these man made medicines there is really no such thing as a free lunch. | M | 49 | 3 months 250 2X day | 1/4/2012 | 4 | Acne | I was fine up until about 15 weeks into taking Erythromycin. I became extremely nauseous and my bowel movements were all messed up. I've been off it for three weeks and while I'm getting better, I still get nauseous every now and then. If I knew that this would've happened, I would've never taken this medicine! | It did a good job clearing up my acne, but frankly I'd rather have acne then be nauseous. | F | 26 | 4 months 2X day | 1/1/2012 | 2 | Staph infection in throat | Woke up early (4 am) the first day I took it-some insomnia. The worst part is nausea (rushed to the toilet because felt like I was going to vomit twice on the 2nd day) and diarrhea (had to rush to a bathroom once on 2nd day). | I took the tablets (not coated in anything) with food to try to avoid nausea, but apparently the strategy isn't fully helping. The medicine may well be getting rid of Staph bacteria, but I fear what other good bacteria it is wiping out in my GI tract. I've heard-take probiotic pills or yogurt the whole time while taking this med! | F | 27 | 2 days 500 mg 4X day | 12/30/2011 | 3 | Infected cut - allergic to penicill | Very upset stomach, which has lasted 3 days since stopping taking the medication | F | 35 | 7 days 50mg | 12/29/2011 | 2 | Bronchitis, Sinus infection | My bronchitis seemed to get better by the 2nd day, but the side effects were not worth it. I had extreme stomach cramps, and my mouth kept watering as if I was going to vomit. | F | 31 | 7 days 500 mg 3xD | 12/29/2011 | 2 | Acne | Nausea, hunger pangs, dizziness, insomnia, malaise | F | 27 | 1 days 500 | 12/21/2011 | 3 | dental abcess | Severe nausea, hunger pains, shakiness, bloating and severe stomach cramping after just 5 doses of 500mg a time. I can't physically bring myself to take another dose, I feel dreadful. But it does seem to be working. | F | 25 | 7 days 2G | 12/19/2011 | 5 | Strep throat | Vomiting, severe stomach cramps, hunger, bloating, flatulance, tiredness, insomnia,nausea | Erythromycin is EFFECTIVE, however, high doses will make you feel absolutely terrible. My advice(ive taken it for over 7 years, long term and short term) 1. Drink loads of water with each tablet(s) you take 2. Eat so you have something in your stomach(even if you cant be bothered) 3. If the high dosage makes you feel terrible, reduce it slightly 4. Your body WILL get used to it, initially you will feel terrible. I used it previously for a sinus, chest and ear infection...within two days the infection was clearing, erythromycin is fantastic for acne and getting rid of infections but theyres the side effects. Its worth just battling through it...you should feel better by day 3/4. If you are on it, i would suggest taking it easy and drinking plenty, such as teas, water, juice etc. At night always have a bucket at the ready as it does make you vomit quite badly...i was puking up bile. I find i can cope with 5 tablets of 250mg per day...no more than that. If you need to lower it, speak to your doctor though. Erythromycin is strong and even when i reduced it before(with those 3 infections) it worked perfectly fine. | F | 21 | 7 days 500 4X day | 12/13/2011 | 4 | acne and rosecea | Sickly feeling, upset stomach | F | 26 | 6 months 4 per day | 12/13/2011 | 1 | sinuitis | Nauseated,stomach cramps, now incantation eat nothing since taking this medication. I wouldn't suggest anyone taking this medicine. Seems to me instead of healing you it destroys you. Can someone please help me I need to eat since taking this I stay so sick and nauseated. | F | 39 | 10 days 250mg 4x | 12/12/2011 | 3 | Chest infection / Strep Throat | Stomach cramps, waves of nausea | This cured my strep throat but didn't touch my chest infection, which got worse. The doctor swapped me to another antibiotic for this. At first I got bad stomach cramps and nausea after the third tablet and it was worse in the second day. But when I read back a few pages on this site I found others have had this trouble and recommended probiotic natural yogurt to help. I have to say that this REALLY WORKS. I can recommend that if you're having any sort of stomach, sickness or diarrhea problems, that you get to the supermarket and get some probiotic natural yogurt, eat this and it should help (it really helped me) - good luck. | M | 27 | 3.5 days 250mg 4X day | 11/28/2011 | 1 | gum abscess | headache, dizziness, ravenously hungry, inability to eat, heart palpitations, extreme fatigue, shakiness, hiccups, swollen feet, severe indigestion | I am allergic to penicillin. I have taken erythromycin before and have had the nausea and starving feeling plus severe indigestion each time (worse when I take a generic brand) but the normal dose I have always taken was 250mg 3 times a day. This time the doctor doubled the dose. Usually the digestion problems were bearable as long as I took them in the middle of a meal and if it was bed time I sat up for half an hour but this time I felt so dizzy I almost fainted after the first dose. I took in total 5 doses but 5 hours after the 5th dose I had awful heart palpitations. They started about 10 minutes apart and progressed to about 2 minutes apart and lasted about 4 hours. They tapered off just after I would have been taking my next dose. I haven't taken any since. The abscess is still there though smaller but I am too scared to take any more. I get SVTs and am also on Isoptin (verapamil) and I have since read the 2 drugs increase the risk of fatal heart problems when combined from this website http://canlyme.com/erythroheartfailure2004.html. I am thinking about restarting the erythromycin tomorrow morning but at the 250mg 3 times a day dose though I am still really scared. Even 25 hours after my last dose I still feel shaky and tired. | F | 50 | 1.5 days 500mg 3X day | 11/27/2011 | 4 | Acne | Upset stomach | M | 36 | 2 years 500 2X day | 11/26/2011 | 4 | Acne | The first few days of taking this drug i had very bad diarreha. For the past few weeks i've been feeling very dizzy, anxious and depressed. As i do suffer from depression and am currently taking anti-depressants i was blaming the anxiousness and feelings of depression on them even though i never felt like that before while taking anti-depressants. This morning the dizziness and light headedness was so bad i decided to check the internet for information. Thankfully i found this web-site and now it has become clear that all these effects are probably due to Erythromycin and not my anti-depressants at all. I will stop taking them straight away and hopefully the dizziness will pass because it has been a horrible experience and i think the feeling of been so dizzy has contributed to me feeling anxious as i didn't know why i was feeling so bad. The medicine did improve my skin but i feel i can no longer take it due to the side effects. | It worked for me but can no longer put up with the side effects and i probably wouldn't have taken it for as long if i had of realised it was the reason for my dizziness. I will post again to let people know if the dizziness stops once i stop taking it. | F | 31 | 70 days 500MG 2X day | 11/26/2011 | 1 | strep throat | Extreme naseua and vomiting, intense upper chest pain, watery diarrhea | F | 19 | 4 days 2000 mg | 11/24/2011 | 1 | Ear infection | Excruciating stomach cramps, nausea, insomnia. | F | 29 | 2 days 2 tabs 4 x | 11/23/2011 |