Clarithromycin for Bronchitis User Reviews (Page 3)

• tinamri
• May 20, 2015

"This is the most vial tasting medication I have ever taken. Seems to be working, but it is disgusting. I have a horrible taste in my mouth all day long, and I've tried brushing/scraping my tongue, eating yogurt, eating strong mints, all to no avail. Man, is is just horrible tasting."

• Littl...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 10, 2014

"Only started taking this medicine today. It's very big and hard to swallow. After about 20 minutes of taking the first one, I was asleep. Makes me feel very drowsy and rather weak, but it doesn't hurt to breathe as much and the tightness in my chest has significantly improved. Before I took it, I had some yoghurt as someone has previously suggested here and have no metallic taste in my mouth, no runs or vomiting."

• UKpat...
• January 29, 2017

"Wow this medication is effective but is the vilest thing I have ever taken . I felt compelled to write on a review on this website seeing others have been through hell taking that it. First off started to have stomach pain, bloating, winds and general " feeling sick " feeling a couple of hours after taking it, 24 hours down the line and after having ingested my 3rd tablet I had the most excrutating pain in the stomach that got me to lie down in a foetal position for 3 hours, it felt like someone was yanking my gut out of my body. I had fever and chills and also the metallic taste has been non stop present as well. This stuff has severe side effects, I'm quitting 36 hours into it as it is unbearable "

• ldydi
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 4, 2016

"Well I'm on this medication because I have a little pneumonia on my upper left lobe. I have a funny taste in my mouth also and the dreams I have are awful. The first day I took this I had diarrea twice. At night for the first few days I could sleep and now it keeps me awake at night although I'm tired. I'm still coughing and I dont know if I should take cough medicine or not I have not any other side affect so far"

• ponte...
• April 5, 2017

"I started taking these tablets for a cheat infection I am on day 4 and thinking of stopping. My mouth tastes vile I am constantly drinking or swilling my mouth out as I have a metallic perfume taste in it, I keep having some weird dreams and I am very restful on a night time since I started these tablets. Another thing is I don't have a appetite at all. I have been taking these tablets for 4 days and the only thing I feel is my chest loosening but everything else I still have and the pain I suffer from in my stomach is not nice. I just say since taking this medication I have felt worse in regards to stomach trouble, not eating or sleeping and the worse thing is the taste in my mouth is really is VILE!!!!!"

• Pops
• February 25, 2020

"Thankfully I’m on my last day of taking Clarithromycin 500mg, 2 a day for 7 days. Feeling better but still not right & the taste it leaves in my mouth all the time is horrendous. I will be informing my doctor that I can’t take these again."

• Anonymous
• January 7, 2010

Biaxin (clarithromycin) "Was given this medication to treat a secondary infection from bronchitis (because the original doctor only gave me 5 days of medicines). After 24 hours of taking this medication a second time I was hospitalized for 5 days with a severe allergic reaction."

• Kox
• May 11, 2017

Biaxin (clarithromycin) "I only have negative reviews for this drug. Avoid !!!! I started with a milder antibiotic finished the course but it relapsed with sinus & chest infection and so I was put on biaxin. My sinus took a month to go but the side effects I could not tolerate were - loss of sleep (NO SLEEP) , no appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, feeling depressed and emotional outbursts. I'm a very happy person & always around people but this medicine made me go into a shell. It took a lot of effort of my friends & family to get me back to my normal state of mind."

• Anonymous
• March 9, 2010

Biaxin (clarithromycin) "This medication made me nauseous and left a hideous taste in my mouth. I only took the one pill, but the negative side effects lasted a full 12 hours. I drank tons of fluids but it did not help. I asked my doctor to give me an alternate antibiotic. The amoxicillin worked great."

• kunim...
• August 17, 2018

"I have bronchitis for 2 weeks, and last week my doctor prescribed me clarithromycin. After 2 days taking it I noticed a super bitter after taste in my mouth, woken up few times at night because of it. I also had both constipation and diarrhea while taking this antibiotics, and occasionally vomiting. I can say that it helped with my bronchitis (though very slow), I can breath better now after taking it for 7 days, and still have 3 days to go. I can't wait until this torture ends."

• Track...
• February 9, 2017

"I started taking this drug for a chest infection 3 days ago. So far .... The taste in my mouth is so vile I cannot even begin to describe it. Every swallow makes me shudder. I feel sick and have no appetite. I have have acute pain in my stomach and side , I guessed from lack of solid food which has left me gasping as the cramps set in. I'm actually constipated, which differs from others experiences, but who knows, its day 3 after all. Sleep is here and there, sometimes I get a solid hour and I just feel exhausted. I've stayed in bed. I have lower back pain, and feel like I'm at deaths door. I also have no concentration and desire to complete simple tasks. Won't be keen to repeat this again in a hurry"

• Anonymous
• May 26, 2016

Biaxin (clarithromycin) "I have been taking Biaxin for 3 days now and I dont know if my bronchitis is just completely horrible and its taking longer to work or if this just isnt for me? The taste it leaves in your mouth after taking it is horrendeous for about 12 hours. My stomach has been doing summer salts the entire 3 days so far and I think Im goin back to the Dr in the morning for another alternative. I cant sleep at all. Hate this stuff"

• Dee
• November 1, 2019

"Been on these clarithromycin pills before and I told my dr I don’t want to take them again but this time I went to dr and didn’t know what she gave me till my boyfriend pick it up from pharmacy. Needless to say I was disappointed but I started to take them anyway because I have a real bad cough. After 2 days my cough improved but the soreness in my back and chest is still there I take them before I eat supper and breakfast. I am getting the hungry feelings, dizzy, weird thoughts, bad taste and headache and that’s all at the moment. Hopefully this won’t last long"

• Fedup
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 4, 2016

"First off let me say I have allergies to most antibiotics I was placed on this generic form of biaxin. No side effects except for a gassy tummy with or without food no taste or dreams. Seems to being doing its job. I also received a small dose injection of a steroid. Now to get the nose to turn off. But as the saying going better out than in. In my experience the diarrhea is not a bad thing its forcing all the germs out of you. Though I have not had that reaction with this my go to antibiotic has always been the Z pack but I was always very dizzy on them. Try and hang in there after 10 days it will be well worth it. I mean your sick. No drug is a miracle drug. Get well soon y'all. Keep plenty of non caffeined drinks at bay."

• noidf...
• October 4, 2009

"I've been on this antibiotic for 3-days now and no real difference. I'll wait a couple more days. I went to the doctor due to difficulty breathing. He prescribed Clarithromycin and Methylprednisone. I did read the packages, did the research and found that YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE a Macrolide antibiotic with Methylprednisone. I had him change my antibiotic. Be careful. Do your own research. "

• Monique
• December 27, 2014

"A & E diagnosed with bronchitis, tonsillitis, and sinusitis, had low oxygen and high heart rate so given these tablets as they cover all 3 infections, very strong tablets. First tablet I took on practically empty stomach, big mistake, started feeling sick then started panicking which make my breathing bad, my husband was about to take me back to A&ee but I managed to calm down and have some soup. 2nd tablet I took with food and was getting heart palpitations for 30 minutes. Went to bed woke up took another tab and feeling a bit better already, temperature gone, sore throat gone, just sinus pain still and cough with phlegm. Slight stomach pain but I get stomach pain all the time so unsure if related. Funny taste some time in my mouth. Fast acting."

• Anonymous
• May 21, 2016

"So far so good helping with my chest infection but I can't stand the constant bitter taste in my mouth. I have also been having problems sleeping and have had diarrhea, it's only day 2 so am now not sure if I should continue taking this medication."

• Johnn...
• November 29, 2016

"I will never even look at those pills again. Took in the morning, and by the evening every side effect hit me like a sledgehammer. Got a couple hours of sleep last night when I wasn't living in my bathroom and after experiencing the most disturbing dreams in my life I would rather have stayed awake. Who invented something so diabolical???"

• Meano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 23, 2020

"Started Clarithromycin 4 days ago 500 mg twice daily. Am taking a probiotic with it and taking it with food as directed. Only side effect I had was diarrhea first 2 days. Still coughing hard if I exert myself and pulled some abdominal muscles in the process but that is to be expected. I am satisfied with this drug. I get upper respiratory infections nearly every couple of years for many years now (I am 54 yr old female) and always get same drug with same results."

• Suezin
• April 5, 2016

"I was prescribed This for acute bronchitis. First day I took it I had a bad heavy headache one hour after, laid in bed played on my phone and kind of just fell asleep. It was fine, I was fine, little to no side effects. But vivid bad dream. I then take it before bed time 12 hours after first dose. Attempt to sleep, rolling back and forth, I cough and there's that taste that everyone talks about, no sleeping. Restless, light headed. So not worth it not taking my next doses after this, I want to get better but I'd like to not feel like this. Even though my cough is somewhat subsided, but I work 35-40 hours and it's not worth it."

• Anji
• October 6, 2016

"I have had 3 days of this medicine now and think I may have a slight improvement....very slight. The foul taste in the mouth is awful and my back aches if I do any easy household chores. My chest is still bad with a hacking productive cough. I feel exhausted unless I just sit still. this is the second type of antibiotics as the first did not help. I find it hard to fall asleep but wouldn't say I have insomnia thankfully and only mild tummy ache briefly so I seem to be fortunate that way. I am going to stay on them and cope with them somehow as I still hope they are doing the job behind the scenes where the infection is. Nevertheless a culture has come back clear so I don't know if that means its viral anyway and the tablets are pointless."

• Linda
• August 31, 2020

"clarithromycin best antibiotic I've ever had for bronchitis, I was in a bad way, it started working after 2 doses, it will be my go to drug now. Side effect diarrhoea, some nausea, but getting better far out ways these side effects."

• Katlove
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 19, 2016

"I have a bronchitis and the doctor prescribe me clarithromycin and im only at the second day of taking it bad nausea extreme bad taste in mouth severe gaz stomache discomfort and always need to pee im stopping this antibiotic right now and tomorow im gonna ask my doctor to change it the only thing i did find useful for the bad taste and it reduce it a bit is to chew excel gum but it dont last long hope next one is not gonna be that worst"

• Mikedb
• April 8, 2011

Biaxin (clarithromycin) "Biaxin was prescribed for bronchitis 500mg 2x daily. I have experienced metallic taste since the first pill. I am tired and have experienced a soreness on my right side. I have experienced soreness on my right side from other antibiotics as well (not all antibiotics), so perhaps this is a rare sensitivity on my part. "

• fourN...
• August 23, 2015

"Bronchitis possible pneumonia. Note this drug used to be rather inexpensive and is not the case anymore. If you're reading this chances are you are either taking this already or have been just given a script. This drug is in the Macrolide family of antibiotics and is usually (USUALLY) not an antibiotic that causes an allergic reaction. I have not had the odd taste in my mouth that others have expressed. This antibiotic made me extremely hyper. Couldn't sleep until exhaustion set in. That is most likely my fault as I have an abnormal EKG and did not want to mix other drugs with this antibiotic. Check drug interactions if you have a heart issues before taking this drug. All in all, so far so good and Clar. appears to be working."