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 |
| 4 | Perioral dermatitis | dry mouth, stomach only slightly upset when empty, tired feeling- side effects are tolerable | The medication is helping my condition which is a cross combination between acne and exzema | F | 35 | 1 weeks | 6/30/2009 | 1 | allergic to penicillin | Whole leg and arm weakness, couldn't sleep or eat. Body exhausted. Couldn't think or remember names. Spent 4 days in bed. a excrutiating pains in upper back calf.Took 3 paracetomol to get reflief. | PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICINE. DOCTOR TOLD ME IT WAS PRESCRIBED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE AND I NEVER WILL AGAIN. DREADFUL IS'NT THE WORD. PLEASE TAKE CARE!!! | F | 70 | 3 days | 6/29/2009 | 5 | bacterial infection | No side effects. Allergic to Penicillin and Sulfa. Erythromycin has always cleared me of infections promptly without any side effects. | Have taken erythromycin many times, not just one occurence. Dental infection, lung infections, sore throat, etc. | F | 69 | 2 weeks | 6/22/2009 | 1 | Tonsillitis | Stomach cramps, emotional effect (felt extremely depressed whilst taking these), unable to get to sleep and unable to calm my hunger, not exagerating now but after eating a meal, literally five minutes later I felt hungry. Hungry as in with stomach noises and feeling uncomfy. | I was firstly prescribed penicillin, however this made me throw up. These make me feel worse, unfortunately. I really wouldn't reccomend taking these and to be honest, these haven't improved me much. Having my tonsils removed soon, hopefully wont need to take these again for that... | F | 14 | 6 days | 6/21/2009 | 1 | Lung infection for over a month | Feeling of hunger, stomach cramps, very loose clay coloured stool and stinging pain, like haemoroids from child birth. AAGh | I'm not wholly convinced that my chest is getting better, but I'm persevering as the penicillin didn't work. But the pain is awful. | F | 44 | 3 days | 6/21/2009 | 1 | dental surgery | Nausea, SEVERE stomach cramping, horrible gas with intestines twisting in knots, gurgling sounds in my stomach and diarrhea (hadn't eaten but ONE roll so I KNEW this was the medication.) | I was prescribed Erythromycin to take 3 x's a day after dental surgery as I am allergic to penicillin. I was in such pain on Saturday (one day later) that I could not do anything but rest in bed yet sleep wouldn't come due to the pain and discomfort. That night had diarrhea and basically suffered the ENTIRE day. Forcing myself to eat did not help diminsh these side-effects. I decided on Sunday that I wasn't going to take any longer & on today contacted dentist who said I could stop taking. I cannot believe how many more people are suffering with this drug. Never again. | F | 36 | 2 days | 6/15/2009 | 1 | Abscess | Severe tummy cramps, having an empty feeling in my stomach, then when i ate i felt very sick. Never vomited but felt like i needed to alot. Woke up at 2am urging. Lack of sleep, no appetite, feeling dizzy, memory loss | Ive been on this for 3 days and i wish i had never been prescribed them. The pain is so bad i cant sleep. im constantly feeling sick. i do not reccommend this to anyone! | F | 18 | 1 weeks | 6/8/2009 | 2 | Strep throat | Nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, insatiable hunger despite having just eaten, insomnia | This stuff is terrible. I am currently in the process of trying to switch to something else or I may decide to just stop taking it altogether. I am supposed to take 1 pill 3x daily for 10 days (so 30 pills total) but I doubt I could survive through that much of this awful medicine. | F | 21 | 3 days | 5/26/2009 | 2 | dental infection | okay well here I am--- I'm on the 2nd day of the course - with 3 days to complete. I'm taking 250mg 4x per day. I have a horrendous headache, horrible empty feeling in my stomach, aching muscles, shooting pains all over my body and my temp is raised. My reaction to Metronidazole was just as bad... so I thought this one would be okay. I dont know what to do -- shoud I go back to my doctor and ask yet again for antoher antibiotic? Or should I stick this out. God, I feel so crappy. | 48 | 2 days | 5/25/2009 | 1 | Swollen lymph nodes and fever | I feel permanently hungry and hollow inside. My stomach is bloated and painful, plus I'm constipated. I'm also feeling sick most of the time. I'm suffering from palpitations, breathlessness, migraine, dizziness, distorted vision and terrible earache. I'm burning up and feel a bit spaced out, plus keep crying. I've been taking 250mg, 4 times a day for four days now. I feel far worse than I did before being put on Erythromycin! I'm allergic to Penicillin, so there's not much else I can do. | Not to be recommended! | F | 42 | 4 days | 5/24/2009 | 1 | tonsillitis | nausea, constant vomiting, keep needing the toilet, numbness over head and from within chest, loss of appetite and sensation, very bad gas and indigestion, heartburn, lack of energy esp. in legs, irregular heartbeat, lethargy. | was taking in mixture form 250 x 4 spoons a day. took peniccilin before this, hadnt worked. side effects are horrendous, are alleviating but persist weeks afterwards. FOR THE LOVE OF THE LORD AND YOUR LIFE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!!! | F | 25 | 7 days | 5/23/2009 | 3 | dental infection | None yet | just passing to read about the side effects of this drug.... I am so reluctant to take it after reading all your comments. i took metronidazole and felt REALLY ill so this is the alternative. I dont fancy taking this Antibiotic but I have to clear up this infection. wish me luck - I;ll report back later. Jess | F | | 5/22/2009 | 1 | Tonsilitis | Severe stomach cramps, back pain,lethargic, nausea | Feel so ill, can't sleep as I am in so much pain in my abdomen. Also, I feel seriously hungry. I thought the pain was maybe because I hadn't eaten enough and my stomach was rebelling. However, after eating a half a loaf of hovis, I realised that this was not the case as I was still in pain and feeling hungry! I think the pain of the tonsilitis was better than this. Don't take it | 21 | 1.5 days | 5/21/2009 | 4 | Strep Throat | Foggy Head, extreme fatigue, upset stomach | I have to take this drug because I am allergic to Penicillin | M | 37 | 10 days | 5/15/2009 | 1 | acute tonsillitis | SEVERE stomach/abdominal pains/cramps, bloated, gassy, loss of appetite, slight desire to vomit (nothing yet though) | Day 1 was fine, took them with no problems, then on day 2, I felt great, it was treating the tonsillitis extremely well. Day 3, pains started and gradually got worse throughout the day. Now on Day 4, thought I was ok this morning, until I got up and took my next tablet. Have suffered all day. Fell hungry all the time, but thought of eating is sickening. Shooting pains and felt tired. Not sure whether I will continue the course or stop and see the doctor on Monday. | F | 19 | 4 days | 5/9/2009 | 1 | blocked saliva gland | Severe abdominal pain on night 1 (pain kept me up all night), morning 2 and afternoon 3, this was often mixed with a feeling of being incredibly hungry (even though I was eating normally). Feeling of nausea, bloatedness and generally being unwell at all other times for the first 4 days. Felt slightly better for the final 3 days although by no means 100% | Was given because of an allergy to penicillin. It did NOT clear up my mouth infection. Despite the agony these pills caused me, I am still going to have to go into minor surgery. | F | 24 | 7 days | 5/6/2009 | 1 | cyst on thigh | 3 days in 4 x 500mg per day and I feel like im dying!!! Feel like someone has shoved a carving knife in my back and is constantly dragging it around my shoulders, chest then down to my stomach! Have never felt pain like this...Can't get through to Doctors, so desperately want it to work though, maybe just grin and bear it? | F | 34 | 3 days | 5/1/2009 | 1 | throat infection | Severe gastritis causing nausea requiring hospitalization | I should have never been prescribed this for what turned out to be a viral infection in the first place, but I was on 333 mg/3 times a day. On day 2, I became extremely nauseated, then could not stop vomiting to the point I collapsed and had to call 911. Was taken to the hospital, where the ER doctor says he sees this side-effect a lot with this drug, and when they could not get my vomiting under control with several courses of anti-nausea medication, I had to be admitted. It took 18 hours of medicine before the inflammation decreased to the point where I no longer threw up. It also caused liver inflammation. If you have any reaction at all to this drug, stop taking it. | F | 27 | 2 days | 4/21/2009 | 1 | abcesss | After and day and a half of taking 250g four times a day had terrible anxiety, palpatations. Felt like I'd drunk 2 and half litres of coffee. Headache and not thinking straigh. I'm waiting to see how lond these symptom take stop. | Make sure you dentish has all your medical history before they perscribe your medication. I'll be much more careful in future. It appears that this drug has made alot of people unwell. I wonder if it's cheap to perscribe ? | 1 days | 4/16/2009 | 1 | throat infection | Really bad stomach cramps, it felt like squirrels were fighting in my stomach when I took them in the latter part of the day. No matter how much i ate it still hurt. | I got sick after 4 days of taking them and woke up nauseated and then had vomiting and diahrrea. Phenagren helped the vomiting but not the nausea. After being sick for 15 hours I finally went to the emergency room. The doctor said it was a virus but now i think it was the erythromycin, so I stopped taking it. | F | 46 | 4 days | 4/15/2009 |