AZITHROMYCIN Reviews (AZITHROMYCIN)Average Rating: 1.5 (241 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AZITHROMYCIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AZITHROMYCIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Salivary gland infection | Terrible nausea. Exuberant personality, but turned into a zombie. Diarrhea, insomnia, anxiety etc.... | Highly advise not to take. Plus it takes 2 weeks to leave your system. | F | 64 | 3 days 500 1X day | 10/31/2022 | 1 | Abcess | Pulse shot up, Anxiety set in, Pressure on diaphram, Short winded, Heart pain, Poor appetite. Gurgle gut and mild overnite heartburn were the least of it. | Stopped after 4 days. Week later the pressure, shortness of breath and heart pain persist. Probiotics can only do so much. Im afraid im stuck with this for a while. | M | 52 | 5 days 250 1X day | 10/11/2022 | 1 | Bronchitis | Depression, debilitating anxiety and panic attacks, Inability to eat, felt like I had painful, bad gas in my solar plexus, and someyimes the chest area as well, continuously (which would not go away no matter what I did), weight loss, consistent tickle in the throat which would cause me to heave aggravated by merely speaking, so I basically went mute, also aggravated by pepper in the air while cooking. | Back in 2008, I took this demon of a drug, and if ruined my life. First I felt sort of doom and gloom which went into depression. I had no idea what was wrong with me. Then, debilitating anxiety took over. I could not even go outside to walk my dog. I was afraid of everything. Thought I was going to die. I couldn't even watch shows like American Idol because the tension when people were being eliminated was too much. I cannot explain how horrible the anxiety was and this drug ruined my life for 18 months until someone referred me to a naturopath doctor when nothing from modern medicine was working. I was on 8mg per day of Xanax and 4mg per Dat of Klonopin. Didn't even touch the anxiety. They were like sugar pills against the anxiety these pills caused. The naturopath doctor put me on AMINO ACID THERAPY. I was skeptical as heck, but nothing else was working, so I thought I'd give it a try at least. After 8 weeks, I was remarkably better. I didn't even have to finish all the expensive appointments. I just kept getting better, and now, I'm normally functioning. It did affect me for about 3-4 years, but at least I could work and socialize I just watched Judge Judy and do jigsaw puzzles and pencil puzzles like crosswords for 18 months without speaking to anyone at all. For a while, I would get that knowing tickle in my throat after something stressful or exciting (including my wedding) happened, but I carried a small bottle of honey to coat my throat which worked until the anxiety | F | 43 | 4 days 1X day | 9/26/2022 | 3 | Eye infection from allergy | The pills cured my eye infection promptly. No problem with that. However, I was literally getting hallucinations for 3 nights where people were in my room (terrifying and yeah sounds crazy, and no I don't do drugs or have mental illness. I read online that it can have that effect which seems so excessive). My anxiety ramped up like crazy and feeling so sad. Reading everyone else's experience has brought me comfort cause I know it's all from the medication, so now it's just waiting. | It works but there must be something else as effective. Cause this is ridiculous | F | 44 | 5 days 1X day | 8/3/2022 | 1 | Ear infection/Strep | Nausea, Anxiety, Insomnia, Nervousness, Difficulty Breathing. Weird feeling in my throat as if it feels like saliva is getting into my trachea. | My bad symptoms started approximately 4 days in and it's been a week and I'm still having bad anxiety and unable to relax along with the weird feeling in my throat. How long do the bad side effects last? | M | 28 | 5 days 250mg 1X day | 7/25/2022 | 1 | Pneumonia | Prescribed to take 6 tablets over a 5 day period. Did not experience any side effects until 3rd day after last dose. Anxiety through the roof. Insomnia and shortness of breath. Went to urgent care and all vitals normal. They prescribed Lorazepam for the anxiety. Doing a little better but still experiencing anxiety 5 days after last dose. | Will never talke this antibiotic again. It cleared up the pneumonia but the anxiety and panic attacks are hell. | M | 65 | 5 days 250 mgpmgp 1X day | 7/13/2022 | 1 | Post nasal drip | Extreme anxiety, depression, acid reflux, burning feeling in chest, mucus in stool, heart palpitations, no appetite, weird taste in mouth. | Will never take again. Didn't get rid of my post nasal drip. On day 13 after last dose and feeling less anxiety, more happy mood. | F | 31 | 5 days 250 1X day | 6/11/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe anxiety.. feeling like I'm going to die!last dose 4 days ago- heart palpating- can't sleep-uncontrolled fear- trembling. I leave to go out of the country in 4 days.. I am so scared I'm not going to be better by then. | Don't take this if you can possibly avoid it - the last 3 times I had to take it, I thought I was going to die!. NEVER again and I just have put all those times together and realized it was this dang medication. | F | 36 | 5 days 1X day | 4/22/2022 | 1 | Covid secondary infection | Dr prescribed this awful drug for 5 days (my usual Dr was on holiday) I took it for 2 days had the craziest reaction from the first day. When my Dr was back from holiday I told him what was happening and he told me to stop immediately as it was a classic reaction to this nasty antibiotic. It's been 4 days since I stopped and still feel the same. Heart beats hard and fast, dizzy, spaced out, extreme anxiety, restless, like I'm climbing the walls yet I feel trapped in my own head - unwilling to talk, to eat, to drink. I'm a very chatty happy person and this has almost switched me off I feel like a showdow of myself. Don't want to leave the house. I had bad anxiety in 2017, I'm not sure if it's come back or if these side effects will wear off on their own. | Terrible drug. Don't touch it. | F | 43 | 5 days 500 1X day | 4/18/2022 | 2 | Ear infection | On last day. Horrible anxiety. Whole body keeps shaking. Little hard to breathe. Company is Lupin | Taken it 4 times now. Each time seems different not sure why. | M | 26 | 5 days 1X day | 4/3/2022 | 1 | Bronchitis | Awful panic attacks | F | 24 | 3 days 500 1X day | 3/23/2022 | 1 | Lyme Disease | I wish I had read these reviews when I first started this medication. This has been one of the worst experiences of my life. Panic attacks, insomnia, inability to eat. I embraced death and genuinely believed I was dying. Went to ER with severe tachycardia, admitted 3 days. No one there informed my that Azithromycin can cause these symptoms. I have struggled with mental health issues for my whole life and never felt this terrible. I am so relieved. One week post drug and I am finally feeling back to myself. | F | 28 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 2/8/2022 | 1 | Covid | I have been having panic attacks I don't know if it's from the medication but I haven't had a panic attack in a very long time. I will not be taking this medicine again. | F | 42 | 5 days 250 1X day | 1/24/2022 | 1 | Flu like symptoms | I feel very anxious, can't sleep , strange taste in my mouth , | M | 65 | 3 days 250mg 1X day | 1/13/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection | I would never recommend this medication to anyone. It has caused me to have anxiety, achy muscles, achy joints, general ill feeling, Also feeling tired all the time. This is poison. I took it for one day two pills and then for two more days just one pill I supposed to take it two more times but I stopped it. I am now three days after stopping it and still have the side effects apparently this drug stays in your system for about two weeks. I am hoping that it goes away soon. This is very debilitating. | I've taken it before when I was younger I don't know if it's a new manufacturer or what or just not the name brand if there's something else in it which is a filler but this is horrible. I would not recommend this to anyone and I will never take it again | F | 54 | 3 days 250 1X day | 1/4/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection/acute bronchitis | Doctor prescribed me the z-pack for sinus infection and acute bronchitis. I've taken it a few times before and never had an issue. I was told to take 2 the first day and then 1 a day after until finished. I didn't even go past the first 2 pills because I felt awful. Shakiness in my head, body. I already suffer from anxiety and I feel 10x worse. Dizzy, off balanced, feeling of impending doom, headaches, extremely sore muscles and legs almost making it hard to move, muscle pain and spasms, depression, paranoid, pain and burning by my eyes, hot and cold chills. All I want to do is lay in bed and be miserable. It's been almost 3 days since I took those 2 pills and I'm really hoping the side effects go away soon. I'm absolutely miserable and it's debilitating. If anyone has any advice please let me know! | F | 30 | 1 days 500 1X day | 11/29/2021 | 1 | Sinus infection | I was prescribed Azithromycin for a sinus infection. After one dose, I noticed that I was not feeling well mentally. I have OCD and I take Zoloft. The Azithromycin made me feel not like myself. I have been upset, sleepy but at the wrong times such as during the day, and just down. I do not feel like myself. | F | 24 | 5 days 1X day | 11/25/2021 | 1 | Sinus Infection/Bad cold | I suffer from anxiety and this medication just made my anxiety so much worse. Crying spells, shaking, insomnia. Felt lots of stomach pains, gas, nausea. Diarrhea started a few hours after taking it. | Wonderful to have an antiobiotic that you only take for 5 days, but I think I would rather take it longer at a less dose to less side effects. I have two more days to go and I dread the side effects. | F | 58 | 5 days 1X day | 11/22/2021 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe anxiety, depression, loss of appetite, diarrhea | I will request from my doctor to never take this antibiotic again. Day 3/5, developed severe anxiety and felt very depressed/uneasy. I was anxious and couldn't stop crying and felt like I was losing my mind. I still took the remaining days and today was my last day. Day 4 and 5, the anxiety was still there but not as bad as day 3. | M | 28 | 5 days 250 1X day | 10/4/2021 | 1 | Sinus infection | The worst drug I've ever taken in my life, and I'm in my late 40's. It caused severe anxiety, but not the type of anxiety I've felt before - this was extreme, and debilitating. My insides felt like they were shaking. All of my muscles/nerves were tingling. I didn't think it was the medication - I thought I had something wrong with me, and I've taken this type of medication before, and absolutely no issue. But, as we know medications are made in different places and by different companies. My brand was Teva Pharmaceuticals. I took 2 doses, and stopped. It honestly took about 4 months to recover. I've kept the medication and want to have it tested. I'm so grateful for this website, as I was able to validate what I experienced. Thank you to all that have posted on here! | M | 48 | 2 days 250 2X day | 9/14/2021 |