Vancomycin for Bone infection User Reviews
Brand names: Vancocin, Firvanq, Vancocin HCl, Vancocin HCl Pulvules
Vancomycin has an average rating of 4.0 out of 10 from a total of 3 reviews for the treatment of Bone infection. 33% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 67% reported a negative experience.
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 1, 2015
"My father was taking this dug two times a day every twelve hours. Started off good then developed a rash. Then got terribly sick. Went to the hospital and went into total organ failure. Would not recommend this drug."
- Dee...
- September 10, 2016
"I was admitted to hospital with cellulitis/osteomyelitis. I am a diabetic and a heart patient. My dosage was decreased several times due to loss of kidney function and landed at 500 mg IV therapy after two weeks of daily treatment. After 4 1/2 weeks, my levels were toxic and my kidney function was at the lowest ever 21. At that point, treatment was discontinued. However, I lost my sense of taste and have been unable to taste salt completely. It has been 3 weeks now with the loss of taste. I talked With two other IV antibiotic patients on Vancomycin and they reported a loss of taste sensation as well. I have not read about this side effect on any of the web sites. Why is this side effect not included?"
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- Anonymous
- February 17, 2009
Vancocin HCl (vancomycin) "It cleared my skull based osteomyelitis fast."
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"I was admitted to the hospital for bacterial bone infection.They decided to treat the infection with Vancomycin intravenously.The moment they started, couldn't breathe or talk .I coded and was dead for 7 minutes."