Azithromycin for COPD, Acute User Reviews
Brand names: Zithromax, Azithromycin Dose Pack, Z-Pak
- shi...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- March 13, 2016
"I was prescribed this about Nov 2014, 1 tablet a day. After two weeks of being afraid to step over the doorway, I stopped taking it, it caused severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, and nausea. My consultant had prescribed it to try to stop me from getting infections and possibly reduce my steroid intake (maintenance dose of 20 mg per day, been on them daily since March 1992 for asthma). Last month, he persuaded me to try again but to take alternate days for a month, and then if okay, ask my GP to add to my prescription. From the start, the nausea, diarrhea, and stomach cramps came back, followed by itchiness, headache, and shooting pain in my right ear. I have persevered for the month but will not be asking GP for more."
- Fre...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 9, 2019
"Why does this medication cause chronic sinus pain? Sinus pain that is so severe it wakes me up in the night with a headache like a migraine. I had to stop taking it. Yet it is prescribed for sinusitis? Why would it affect my sinus so severely?"
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- Ann...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 22, 2019
"Zpack OMG!!! Took it once I got home from the ER, and 30 min later I've got stuff coming out both ends and just wanna lay on the bathroom floor. Hot baths or showers relieve the pain temporarily. The abdominal pain and sweating is insane. My hubby thought I was dying, it was scary!"
- shm...
- August 12, 2015
Azithromycin "Have used this med for lung infections a few times, and each time it helped improve my breathing and helped eliminate excessive wheezing."
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"Before starting azithromycin, I was using a nebulizer (4 times/day), Symbicort inhaler (2 puffs, 2 times/day), and Spiriva (1/day), and used xxxxxx rescue inhaler frequently, but still had difficulty getting enough air. Primary care physician recommended 1 pill of azithromycin (250mg)/day. Immediately, I could breathe much better, stopped the nebulizer treatments altogether, and use the rescue inhaler very infrequently. Chest feels much less congested. I wouldn't be able to function without it."