ERYTHROMYCIN Reviews (ERYTHROMYCIN)

Average Rating: 1.9 (999 Ratings)

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ERYTHROMYCIN  (ERYTHROMYCIN):  This medication is used to treat acne. It helps to reduce the number of pimples. Erythromycin is an antibiotic (macrolide-type). It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. Some brands of this product contain a large amount of alcohol, which dries extra oils from the skin.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Dental work done Severe stomach cramps, nausea, loose bowels, and flatulence. I am allergic to penecillan, so my doctor decided to give me this medication. This drug is worse than the pain I initially had in my mouth. I have 5 more days left before I'm finished with this med. I feel like I'm being tortured. F 40 2 days
500mg 3X day
8/19/2011
 2  acne Difficulty breathing, Chest pains and vomiting. Worst experience I've ever encountered with antibiotics. Not going to touch this anymore . It however does reduce my acne redness by a little. F 18 4 days
25 4X day
8/18/2011
 5  Periodontal/dental infection First 2 days, extreme hunger. No big deal. Some tummy gurglings, again, no big deal. I have taken this medication in the past due to allergic reaction to penicillin. I have experienced nausea in the past from erythromycin, but on subsequent occasions, took probiotic capsules and also made sure food was in my stomach (not necessarily a full meal) and the nausea did not occur. This drug has helped me a lot in the past. At the moment, I am on day 3 of a one week course, and the first 2 days I felt so hungry I thought something was wrong with my blood sugar. Today, that has subsided. I have a few tummy gurglings, and some loose bowels, but nothing that cannot be coped with. If you think how before antibiotics existed, you could die with many minor things (such as a tooth infection), in my opinion, side effects, if not too horrendous, are better than the alternative of dying. F 57 3 days
250mg 4X day
8/14/2011
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 1  chest infection Extreme intestinal pain.nausea followed by vomiting.Irregular heartbeat.fever,headache,dizziness and extreme fatigue four weeks later Toxic,poisonous muck M 72 2 days
240 4X day
8/13/2011
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 2  Chest Infection vivid nightmares, cramps, upset stomach, thrush Taken this drug before and I don't remember it having this effect. F 31 2 days
500 4X day
8/7/2011
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 5  strep throat Extreme fatigue, pain all over, drowsy, dizziness, heartburn, nauseous, headache and lack of energy and diarrhea Although its horrible side effects, it really works! Be strong enough to finish your prescription! F 25 5 days
250mg 4X day
8/5/2011
 1  Chest infection Upset stomach for the first few days, then developed an itchy, burning rash/hives on chest and neck, and in ears. I stopped taking it 4 days ago and my allergic reaction is even worse now. Steroid cream and antihistamines do nothing. I have never been allergic to any medication before, I would NOT recommend this to anyone! F 28 7 days
unsure 1X day
8/4/2011
 1  Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Hunger Pangs Stomach Pains Diarrhoea Dizzyness Ive been taking Erythromycin for 4 days now to treat an infection in an open leg ulcer and so far am not enjoying my time on this drug. Im getting sevear hunger pangs, like ive not eaten for days and a constantly gripy stomach with bright yellow diarrhoea 6-7 time's daily. Constant feeling of im not done and need to go toilet again. Not nice at all. I have another 4 days left of my treatment which I have to endure as I cannot start my next lot of treatment (Azathioprine) until this infection has disapeared. F 23 4 days
250mg 4X day
7/29/2011
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 1  Infected elbow bursitis I took the required amount for twenty four hours. Through the night I was up because I was absolutely starving. Woke the next morning and began trying to be sick ...... dry wretched until after lunch. Spoke to my doc and he told me not to take anymore and I'd be ok by teatime. Thankfully, he was right. Evil stuff. Will never take an antibiotic again.... I'd rather die!!!! F 54 1 days
500 4X day
7/26/2011
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 1  Upper Respiratory Tract Infection They made me violently ill - passing out, puking trouble breathing. I ended up in the hospital for 3 days. TERRIBLE DRUG NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET F 33 1 days
250mg 4X day
7/25/2011
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 1  Tonsilitis Severe stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea My mom asked me to take this med to cure my tonsilitis. I took three tablets, and on the third tablet I had severe stomach pain. I was sent to the hospital and was injected some meds and went back home. When I got back home, I had another more severe stomach pain. I puked and couldn't eat or even drink water. I was sent to the hospital and was confined for three days. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE! F 20 2 days
500 mg 3X day
7/23/2011
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 1  Chest Infection Shortness of breath, sickness, hurrendous stomach pains, loss of feeling in legs, palpitations, hallucinations, extremely tired DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE. Absolutely terrible after only one day I am not taking any more. Cant possibly be any left i my stomach after the amount of vomiting I have done but I still feel more ill than i did before taking them. Thought would have to ring for ambulance through the night. Couldnt breath and fainting. Not good. Why are doctors prescribing this? F 35 1 days
500mg 4X day
7/19/2011
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 1   extreme nausia, vomiting and cramping pain can not understand why this would ever be prescribed my advice would be to avoid it !!!! F 56 2 days
500mg 4X day
7/17/2011
 4  strep throat hunger pangs, nausea, stomach cramps, back pain, dizziness, loose bowels, tiredness with insomnia, vivid dreams, painfully swollen stomach, thrush. Side effects were worse for the first few days until I learnt how to manage them but were never completely debilitating. I found that taking the medicine just after I started a meal helped, as did staying upright and distracted by something for 30 mins after taking it. I tried a probiotic yoghurt as I was feeling so unwell (usually dubious about these things) and I felt so much better, it sorted out the painfully swollen stomach and to some extent the nausea. I have slept better with my head slightly elevated with one extra pillow (so three in my case). Its not the nicest anti-biotic but its definitely doing the trick on my strep throat. F 29 10 days
500 Mg 4X day
7/16/2011
 1  Sinus Infection Serious stomach cramping possibly gas but so painful it takes my breath away, can't function at work or at home. I just laid around. I tried taking a walk to work through the pain but it did not improve. This was a replacement for penicillin. I pray there is another medication that works as well but doesn't create havoc on the body. F 50 3 days
250 4X day
7/14/2011
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 1  Tonsillitis Vomiting, Nausea, Diarrhea I'm allergic to Penicillin so my doctor prescribed me with Erythromycin and it's the worse thing I have had. I couldn't stomach anything, everything I ate came up. I called the doctors and they gave me some stomach settling tablets taking half an hour before I had food with the Erythromycin. Still this didn't work. In the end they told me not to take anything and if I was still sick I would have to go to hospital. I would never take this again. My mother also had this for a swollen foot and she had the same side effects as me. F 19 2 days
250 2X day
7/13/2011
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 1   Stomach pains, stomach cramps, ripping in stomach, vomiting anod dizziness Worst drug ever why do they give it to you and say nothing about the side effects. I got this drug and the first day I felt like I was going to faint but I just thought it was my anemia:/ I thought nothing then started to get bad stomach pains and vomited Could not eat anything. But then you get a erge to eat loads off food.. middle of the night I woke up loads with dizziness and stomach cramps. The morning I wad fine until I took the next dose and it started again... I have stopped taking them because the stomach pains were becoming really bad and couldn't take it :) if the doctor gives you them refuse F 19 5 days
8X day
7/10/2011
 1  Ear Infection Extreme nausea, dizzyness, hunger pains, flu like symptons, no sleep! AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL! Was prescribed this due to being allergic to penicillin. Within the second dose extreme nausea came on. I was up all night with cold sweats, sickness and halucinations. Rang the drs who told me to carry on taking it, which i did (stupidly). After another day i couldnt take it anymore so have stopped taking it. Ear infection has worsened and now i have all this other stuff on top of if...nice one. F 23 7 days
250 2X day
7/4/2011
 1  big (unknown) lump behind ear back pain feeling really sick so so tired constant hunger pains (even after i just ate) increased wind i have used this drug for many years now and i have always felt so bad on it but this time it is the worsei can't take it anymore its so so bad and i can't take penicillin as im allergic to it F 25 5 days
500 mg 4X day
7/2/2011
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 1  Acne Depression, stomach pains, weakness, erratic sleeping, and skin problems My acne wasn't even that bad when I started taking this, but then the Erythromycin totally dried out my skin and made it worse. In addition to this, I began feeling depressed and weak, which was completely out of character for me. If you don't take it right after or before you eat then you experience horrible stomach pains. I went to see a dermatologist and she told me to stop taking it ASAP and once I did, every psychological and physical problem that I had recently been having seemed to go away. If you value your mental and physical health at all, then do not take erythromycin. F 16
1X day
6/24/2011
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