Cefuroxime and Cough: What Users Say

• Tee...
• February 27, 2020

For Upper Respiratory Tract Infection "I've been fighting a bad infection in my sinuses and chest for 3 weeks. I'm on day 2 of this drug and coughing up mucus now, and hoping this is normal. I feel a lot better and can breathe while lying down. What a relief!"

• Pye...
• August 22, 2016

For Sinusitis "I've been suffering from acute sinusitis for 13 days now. The doctor gave me antibiotics to nip it in the bud before it becomes chronic. I'm on my 6th day of cefuroxime axetil (500 mg 2 x per day), and I feel no better. In fact, my condition continues to worsen. There is more greenish-yellow mucus, I'm beginning to cough up mucus, and sinus headaches are starting. My doctor refuses to change the antibiotic because he says it can take anywhere from 1 day to over a week to work. I have to give it 3-4 more days. Truly disappointed with this medication."

• Anonymous
• November 9, 2012

For Pneumonia "After 1 day, I noticed my lips burning, thought it was just chapped lips, bought a tube of lip balm. On day 2, I noticed tiny blisters forming on my bottom lip, and by the end of the day, my bottom lip was beginning to swell. I quit using the lip balm, but my lips continue to swell and burn. I developed a terribly deep but empty cough, which I did not have before starting this prescription. This cough occurs while at rest, not while talking, eating, or exercising. Also, soaking night sweats, mainly from my head. I did not read the side effects on the prescription."

• Vuv...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 5, 2020

For Bronchitis "My second day in, I feel like I’m not getting any better. Chills and fever have gone away, but still coughing heavily and feeling really tired. Also, no appetite, really. Maybe I just need to finish the course."