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 |
| 1 | Preventative after dental surgery | BLOATING - I look like I'm 5 months pregnant, sweaty crappy feeling while having pains in my stomach, intense hunger where I felt so hungry I was almost sick | I think I'm going to call my dentist to change the prescription since I look pregnant and am 5 lbs heavier than when I started taking it. I'm not sure what other options I have since I am allergic to penicillan but this is a bit ridiculous. | F | 31 | 4 days | 7/13/2007 | 4 | sore throat allergic to penicillin | loose bowel movement on first morning reckoned that was the medication getting rid of all the impurities in my gut. hot sweats again I put that down to my body fighting the infection. hunger pangs. | I had cold like symptoms without sneezing or runny nose. My throat felt very rough and sore and I was producing green mucus. My upper chest was tight and painful. However I noticed an almost immediate improvement taking this medicine and I hope I don't experience any of the dreadful side effects that others have written about! I eat yogurt almost everyday anyway so maybe this helps. I have not had any tummy pain or wind. | F | 58 | 2 days | 7/6/2007 | 3 | | 7/3/2007 | 1 | Chest infection | Appalling stomach cramps, stomach bloated to twice normal size, indigestion beyond belief and not relieved by burping, nausea to the point where I cannot put anything in my mouth, horrible taste in my mouth. Pain partially relieved by taking paracetamol, but swallowing the pills is difficult without vomiting. Have not slept. It really hurts! | The chest infection does seem better, and it had been pretty bad. I have had problems with other antibiotics and this was my first time with erythromycin. I don't want to take any more tablets, but I don't want the chest infection back either. Tricky one. | F | 39 | 2 days | 6/30/2007 | 1 | bronchitis/lung infection | Nausea, vomiting, severe stomach pains, explosive diarrhea. Nausea and severe stomach pains when taken on an empty stomach; vomiting and extremely urgent diarrhea when taken with food. Two weeks later and my digestive system has still not recovered from taking this crap. | I was taking this drug for bronchitis, and was prescribed it because it's not very expensive. You definitely get what you pay for! The past three weeks have been hell; the first week AFTER I stopped it I had diarrhea and stomach pains every day; into the second week now and the diarrhea has stopped but still getting the stomach pains. I have overactive digestion as it is, and this medication has almost completely killed my stomach. Definitely stock up on probiotic yogourt, as you need to eat it at least 3x daily restore the good bacteria in your stomach that this crap kills off. To top it off, I now have to start a new script (different medication thankfully) to treat my bronchitis, but I have to wait until all my side effects have subsided, hopefully by the end of this week. I'm one of the lucky ones who has taken this medication; my aunt was on it for the same reason, and was hospitalized after a few days because her stomach began to bleed. | F | 25 | 3.5 days | 6/25/2007 | 2 | Bronchitis/Sinusitis | hunger pangs, loss of sleep, bloating | this is only my 2nd day and im calling the doctor to switch medications. side effects are intolerable for me. | F | 28 | 2 days | 6/15/2007 | 1 | Swollen Lymph Node | Terrible stomach pains- like I am hungry all of the time. Taking it with meals does not help. The gas is unbearable! | Would never take it again! | F | 27 | 3 days | 6/14/2007 | 1 | Abscess Ruptur Infection Precaution | Prescribed to take 500mg in tablet form 4 times daily for 14 days. Took for 6 days. Slight abdominal discomfort from day one, However, on day 6 started to suffer severe upper right quadrant abdominal pain (liver). Returned to doctor, awaiting results of blood tests to access any damage to liver from this drug | This drug is prescribed far too easily and without clear and concise instruction from G.P's as to what to expect from this drug. It is not generally used as a front line drug, and it is easy to see why. Whilst side effects may be non-existant for lots pf people, I can only suggest you quiz your G.P when he/she prescribes this drug to you. | M | 36 | 6 days | 6/12/2007 | 1 | Acute infection | Sever stomach cramps, insomnia, wind, sickness, awfull diarhea, loss of appetite. feelings of sever hunger and very bloated tummy. | I am allergic to penicilin so was prescribed erythromcyin instead, I would not recomend taking this drug. I feel worse now that I did before I started taking it. Have stopped taking it and am now taking a course of cefalexian. | F | 23 | 5 days | 6/12/2007 | 5 | spots | err....been taking erythromycin for more than a year now and have had no side effects.....i think,although i do get a lot of stomach pains however i do not think this is linked to the medicine. | it works well! | F | 17 | 1 years | 6/9/2007 | 3 | Broken Toe, Nail Bed Broke | I had a little diarhea. I had stomach cramps. | You need to take it with Yogurt. You also need to not take any caffeine. You can reduce your dosage. I have a few times on this medicine. | M | 43 | 7 days | 6/6/2007 | 3 | Swollen neck gland/dental infection | Stomach pain, diarhoea, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, lethargy, bouts of anxiety and rapid heart beat | Like a lot of folks complaining about this drug, I'm allergic to Penicilin, so 500mg 3 x day was prescribed by my doctor for my problem. Absolutely fine for the first couple of days, yesterday I began trumping like a whoopee cushion, accompanied by lovely diarhoea and this morning I thought I was going to die with anxiety and rapid heart beating. The pains and gut rot are tolerable, but the psychological effects are appalling. Had no idea antibiotics could make you feel so bad. Never had trouble with any antibiotic until last year when I reacted to Amoxycilin, despite taking it before without trouble. Will finish the 7 days dose if the symptoms do not get any worse but will ask for an alternative next time. | M | 37 | 3 days | 6/4/2007 | 5 | sinus problems | I had absolutely no side effects whatsoever | After reading this page of comments I nearly stopped taking erythromycin. Luckily I stuck with it and it completely cleared up my painful sinus problem that I had had for two weeks. Obviously everyone is different so I think you have to try this to see if you have a reaction. Luckily I didnt!! | F | 39 | 5 days | 6/3/2007 | 1 | Lung infection | Nausia, "not really with it", depression, tiredness, snappy, heat sweats. | The side ffects of this on this were close to the symptoms of my infection so kept taking it. My cough got worse and added penicillin to my list, that quickly cleared up. I stopped this antibiotic as soon as I realised it was it causing the problems. I'll have my doctor put it on record never to give it to me again. | M | 28 | 4 days | 6/2/2007 | 1 | Throat infection, cold and cough | On the second day I was experiencing bad stomach cramps that would come and go. A sharp pain in the stomach. Had an exam the next day was NOT impressed! | I stopped taking them erythromycin as soon as i realised that was the cause of my stomach pain it got rid of my orginal symptoms but the side effects were MUCH worse than the original problem. what a waste of time!! | F | 20 | 2 days | 5/31/2007 | 2 | acne | feeling sick, loss of appetite, stomach pains, chest pains, Diarrhea, sleeplessness, headaches. | This was quite easily the worst medication i have ever taken, within only a few hours of taking the first pill i had severe stomach cramps, and within a day the sickness and diarrhea started. This was followed a few days later with chest pains which is when i decided enough was enough and threw them in the bin! The unfortunate thing was that they did actually seem to be clearing my skin up quite well (hence the 2 out of 5 instead of 1) but i just couldn't put up with the horrible side effects. I did not feel completely well again until about a week after i stopped taking them. | M | 25 | 7 days | 5/30/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | Vomiting, nausea, stomach cramps | Have only been on this drug 24 hours and i am going back to gp to get a different one, i have vomited about 8 times and i have the most intense stomach cramps had no sleep whatsoever | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/30/2007 | 1 | Dental infection | EXTREME nausea, EXTREME back pain, diarrhea, awful stomach pain, feeling "hungry" yet when I ate it did nothing to help, then after three pills persistant vomiting. | There is no way I will take this pill again. I took three 500mg pills (every 6 hours) and that is when the vomiting finally kicked in - (forgive the details here but I could see that I vomited up the medicine..not to mention any little thing I had tried to eat with it) Drinking milk with the pills did not help, yogurt did not help, eating small meals did not help. I literally don't know if I have ever felt that physically bad , ever. I also don't know how successful this medication is for most, but there is no way any possible benefits are worth what I went through. | F | 31 | 2 days | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Campylo Bacter Infection | Diarrhea. Vaginal infection. | It was a bit hard on my stomach, but I continued the med because of the severity of the campylo bacter. I had to take it twice as long as normal to get rid of the infection. | F | 54 | 10 days | 5/24/2007 | 1 | Possible Strep Throat | Constant starvation feeling, feel sick to stomach, bloated, just felt 'weird'. | Horrible medication, I have NEVER had any side effects from any medications, and I have taken alot of medications over the years. This is the first and it was awful! | F | 35 | 1 days | 5/21/2007 |