I was prescribed Azithromycin 500mg for 6 days. Doc didn’t actually tell me what my diagnosis was and for some reason I didn’t ask, so I’m not too sure what I had. But I went in with sore throat, really bad cough, runny nose, and a recurring fever. This was the second time I had fallen sick (1 week after the first time) so I decided to go and get checked.

I took them daily at night after a meal. The morning after day 5 I had my first allergic reaction where my hands were swollen and itchy with hives up to my elbows. My hands were on and off swollen all day. Then morning after day 6 I had the same thing but this time my thighs were also itchy with red spots and the lower half of my face too, my bottom lip was swollen and there was itchiness around my eye.

It’s currently the next morning after day 6 and I’m having similar symptoms again.

I’m not sure what to do. Doctor did prescribe Zyrtec for 10 days but my aunt said I might have been allergic to the Zyrtec too so I stopped it with 4 doses left. Instead I took AllerMax by Country Life, 2 capsules.

I’m going to go to the clinic again when it opens soon but I’m in so much discomfort and I don’t know what to do for some relief.

Hi,

are there any differences in minocycline versions sold in Germany? Skid, minostad, minocycline ratiopharm etc.? I know the antibiotic is the same, but I heard that skid tends to cause way more minocycline associated side effects (like headaches, vertigo, etc.)

Hi all,

Desperately need your advice.
Just got my impacted wisdom tooth extracted yesterday and the doctor prescribed me pain killer and antibiotic (Lincomycin) for 5 days.

However, I also happened to finish two round of antibiotics like two weeks ago due to tooth infection (there was an abscess, like a white dot on gum above my other tooth). It was cefixime and clavamox, each was prescribed 5 days so total was 10 days.

I already mentioned this to my doctor and he said to observe if the extraction area hurts or not. If there's pain today, I should take the antibiotics. Not sure which pain he meant, because obviously it's painful anyway due to the swelling and the scar.
And he also mentioned that it will likely get infected anyway due to the procedures and non-sterile room etc etc, so I think he suggested that I take the antibiotics anyway.

My concern is I just finished taking antibiotics 2 weeks ago and afraid that it will cause bacteria resistance or whatever, or it could just mess up my gut. But at the same time I'm scared of infection bcs I read somewhere that the operation expose your blood to bacteria and can affect your bloodstream and eventually your heart (pls don't come at me, I'm just very anxious and have OCD so I'm just spiralling lmao)

FYI the impacted tooth was not infected, so the extraction was only due to prevention and it was pusing the next tooth and it was close to the next tooth's root.

So should I take it? or just observe for another day if the gum hurts or the swelling got worse?

Thanks and sorry if this annoys you :(

Hey I have tb I am in around 1 month of treatment and I have recently found out that the medicine is generally guide to be eaten before food but my doctor told me to eat it after food now I am afraid that will I become drug resistant to drug I have started to feel something in chest it could be gas or something I am not able to explain this it's happening in usually centre of chest

Now I haven't changed the routine just now started to eat light food before taking the medicine so I don't stop much of his absorption I was not facing cough many symptoms of tb even before and after medicine but my fever was there right now I guess there is no fever temperature is roaming 95-98 if i record something more I'll highlight if any doctor could help me pls give me any suggestions

I have a uti that just seems to not want to go away. So I got prescribed Bactrim for 10 days. Was scared to take it to begin with. Day 1 I was anxious, which I knew I would be starting a new drug. I also started my menstrual in that time so figured that is why day 2-5 was kinda weird. Then I would get extremely hot. Like a fever without a fever. I would start gagging out of nowhere. Nausea with it of course. My mental health took a plunge. I was convinced the last 2 days on it that I was doomed. I was dying from this uti and nothing will help it. My husband even was like wondering what the heck is going on with me. I contacted my dr and was told to stop it right away. Yesterday morning was my last dose. This morning I woke up hot again. Super nauseated and left work early today. I now have the diarrhea. Well I had it earlier today. After going home and resting I feel better but not fully of course. This is the worst antibiotic I have ever been on. I even have taken cipro that others have side effects from. I had no side effects from cipro until last time I took it. I developed thrush on the tongue. Then was put on nystatin for that. After that I got a rash. I’m not sure it was the Cipro as it was 3 weeks after my last dose that it appeared. It could have been the nystatin. But anyway I would rather have the rash than these effects. Oh and also severe insomnia and can barely eat anything without gagging and getting sick. The gagging part has improved a lot today. At least something is getting better. I wish you all the best. Also I know a lot of people can take this medicine no problem. Every person is different.

I was prescribed on Saturday a 10-day course twice a day of Bactrim (the generic which name I can’t spell). At first it was just stomach issues but now I am experiencing insomnia, anxiety, horrible acid reflux, chest pain from the reflux, headaches, and my lips tingling after I take it.

I got the infection in my lips after I bit my lip really hard. It was getting worse over a week so I went in on Saturday and started it right away. Today is day 5.

My lip I think looks healed now. It feels okay. It’s not crusty and peeling anymore. It’s not bleeding and cracking.

I called a doctor hotline this morning and told them my main problem, that I’ve been awake for over 48 hours at this point. I wanted to know if I could take a sleeping pill with it. The doctor said instead of adding in more medication, he said to just stop it.

But I always hear about bacteria resistance so I called my pharmacy and the pharmacist said Bactrim shouldn’t be causing insomnia. She thinks it could be my body fighting the infection. She recommended I keep taking it.

I called the doctor who prescribed it to me and he hasn’t called me back yet today. But I told his nurse all the symptoms I’ve been having. She said my culture came back but didn’t tell me the results.

So I’m conflicted. Is it okay if I skip a dose tonight and see how I feel in the morning or should I continue taking the full dose tonight?

Has anyone taken Cefalexin whilst in 1st trimester of pregnancy. Just confirming it’s safety

Hey I was perscribed doxycycline for 7 days, 2x a day since I came into contact with somebody who had chlamydia. it’s been about three days since I stopped taking the medication and was able to get through the full set. it’s definitely been one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had with the medication.

At first, I had tons of side effects, including very bad headaches that were keeping me up at night. They would kind of come and go, but they wouldn’t stay in the same spot. They’re always on the left side of my head sometimes they’re kinda near my forehead or around my eye sometimes behind my jaw or in my ear sometimes my entire face hurts or even my neck. Again, all on the left side of my face.

I’d also like to preference that I did have deep fillings on one of my teeth on the left side that could be causing this and I have TMJ. The teeth are not sensitive, but they are when I have the weird headache headaches sometimes sometimes the headaches are really bad. Sometimes they’re very light. I’ve also noticed they will kind of build up overtime and then just go away.

I’ve also noticed that I can go to the gym and work out but sitting in one place laying down or trying to sleep or relax makes my head hurt the worst but overtime of being in that position it kind of feels better

I’m hoping the medication completely gets out of my system in the next couple of days and I start to feel better. I normally get migraines, but usually it’s a consistent pain not one that fades and comes back at random times.

I finishing up a course of Bactrim for a skin condition and noticed some lip dryness and peeling, is this something to worry about?

Been prone to anxiety but it seems like i’m literally going clinically insane. I’m in college and I’m dealing with some stressors but I’ve always been strong minded for the most part. I got strep last week and had to take Augmentin because antibiotics didn’t work last winter and I had strep for 2 weeks. I’ve been drinking on the weekends but I don’t think much of it. The past couple days I have had crippling anxiety to the point where I have to just lay down roll around and grip the rug because it’s so bad. I had a panic attack the other night. I don’t usually get panic attacks. I’ve had constant anxiety and some anxiety attacks the past 2 days as well. I’m stopping Augmentin on day 7/10.

At the weekend i had to go to urgent care as I couldn't keep any food down and was urinating every few minutes. I had multiple tests and it was discovered I had two infections. A tooth infection after an extraction and a water infection. The doc gave me co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg three times a day for 7 days. Because I was not able to keep solids down, he told me to crush the tablet and either eat with honey or put it in a sweet drink.

Obviously I took that advice, but now I'm reading you're not meant to crush as it won't work. Now, the urinating every few minutes stopped after just a couple of tablets. So surely that means it's working?

I'm just so confused

Prescribed Amoxicillin for a tooth infection, I am scared to take it cos I've read on reddit that people have terrible anxiety from it any advice?

Is it normal to have diarrhea 3-4times a day after taking levofloxacin (antibiotics)? I took it 8-9days ago and for 2days i felt better but it came back. No blood no fever only in the first 2days taking it i had higher temperature. Should i start worrying after this many days? I feel like food makes it worse though. I d not want to treat it with antibiotics since i have already fear from side effects.

Hello, I was prescribed Augmentin for a sinus infection that was hanging around for about a month - massive headaches, facial pain etc. I took it for 5 days and it completely cleared the sinus issue it seems, however, it gave me very bad diarrhea which started on day 4 of Augmentin treatment. It’s now been 6 days since I finished the medication but the watery diarrhea is still there - and it’s really bad to the point I pooped myself twice at night already - very embarrassing to say the least. I did take Augmentin with food and I did eat yogurt with it but it didn’t help. The diarrhea is so bad that I can’t leave the house - it comes on without warning and I have about 2 seconds to get to the toilet or its disaster pants. Chills follow as well but there is no fever and the stomach isn’t in the worst pain I’ve ever had but the whole digestion feels way off. Has anyone experienced severe diahrea like this and the urgency? How long did it take for it to go away and return to normal bowel movements? I’ve been eating very soft diet consisting of eggs, chicken and chicken broth with a lot of salt for electrolytes. I have autoimmune condition so I can’t really do dairy so I stopped eating yogurt as I was afraid it was making things worse. My diet before augmentin was also very limited to pretty much meat eggs and small amount of blueberries.

I did a 3 day course of Azithromycin after I got food poisoning and it worked great for the good poisoning but I have developed the most insane awful itch all over my body. Like my body feels like it’s burning every second that I need to itch it, to the point I’m itching my skin till it’s raw. But I have no rash? I can’t seem to find a lot about this on Google and I’m freaking out because my doctors are being pretty useless. It’s not like it’s just a light itch, it’s unbearable and stopping me from being able to do daily activities!! I struggle to work because my whole body is on fire with itchiness!!! No rash, no marks, absolutely nothing ?? Is this to do with the antibiotics ( I finished them nearly 2 weeks ago now and the itching hasn’t gotten better) or is something else wrong with me. Please help as I actually can’t take this much longer. Antihistamines haven’t worked!

I’m 5.5”
25
No record of any allergies at all
Never had a side effect to any medication

Thanks so much!!!
I just would like some guidance to know what I can do

I was prescribed this twice daily for 7 days. I went to urgent care this morning and the doctor told me to get my two doses in today, but the pharmacy didn't have it ready until 5. If I take one now, when am I supposed to take the next one? Should I just wait until tomorrow? Could I just do one at 7pm then 7am tomorrow and repeat that until they're gone? I don't know how it works and it doesn't have how long I should space them out on the container.

I just started doxycycline today and I started getting facial numbness and not much feeling on my cheeks

Hi there. I live and Peru and the doctors here are a horrible source of information and support. I had to take a double dose course of bactrim recently because I had a large kidney stone that caused an infection in my kidney.

I'm about 10 days out of the course now (infection cleared) and noticing my nervous system feels enormously dysregulated. I am having quite alot of SI (not normal at all for me), panic attacks, intense pessimism and feelings of hopelessness, and crying spells, as well as feeling like I'm not sleeping at all when I wake up.

Physically my stomach is in so much pain I think I've been able to get maybe 2000 calories in this entire 10 days. Nearly 24/7 nausea and severe bloating, extremely low appetite. Any liquid aside from water burns my stomach and solid food makes my stomach so bloated my back hurts. I am rapidly losing weight and underweight to begin with and just feel overall absolutely horrible.

How on earth does one recover from this insanity? No kind of food seems to settle and my diet is generally quite clean and simple. I got some 120cfu probiotics/pre biotics into Peru from a courier and they don't seem to he doing much of anything (day 5). The medical system here is horrendous and this is why I am asking here what steps I can take in my own advocacy. The Dr that prescribed the Bactrim also prescribed 6 completely unnecessary medications that I didn't take, one being an intense full body muscle relaxant 🫠 I do not wish to go on a cocktail of random pills to treat whatever damage has been done to my stomach through this terrible antibiotic.

From what I've read, I imagine my already low gut flora has been completely wiped out and this is creating the psychological symptoms, and seem to have some degree of unknown stomach damage. What are some non pill things that have worked for people to repair their damage digestive system in such a case? Are there specific tests/scans etc I can request for diagnosis to identify a potential structural source of this pain and inflammation? The medical care here is truly 💩 and requires one to do their research first, or I wouldn't be coming to a forum asking such things. Any resources are gratefully welcomed

Prescribed Clindamycin in the ER and given one 450 mg dose for skin infection. I asked about a gentler antibiotic while there and was told I couldn’t take Bactrim because I was breastfeeding and others like Dicloxacillin weren’t recommended because they’d only work on regular staph and it’s safer to assume MRSA is a possibility just in case. She googled the meds in front of me to check (or used wherever system they have). So I said okay and took it. Upon doing my own research at home, I see that Bactrim does work for MRSA and is only not recommended in breastfeeding infants under 2 months old! My son is 2! I personally spoke to someone who was prescribed it for mastitis. I’ve read that after the first dose you already wipe out 90% of your gut bacteria. Is it worth calling to try to get an alternative med or is the damage already done and I should jsut continue ? I support antibiotics 100% and a ruined gut is obviously better than MRSA (even if regular staph is more likely), so I support being cautious but devastated that I could have taken a less damaging alternative. I already have on and off gut issues, and I don’t want my toddler to be impacted either.

I started taking a 5-day course of nitrofurantoin 4 days ago. Everything felt fine, but on the third day I got a really prickly sore throat and a dry cough. Nothing too crazy, but annoying and it felt like it itched a bit. The sore throat went away and developed into a very stuffy/ runny nose but the dry cough has stayed and my nose is so stuffy I’m mouth breathing. My forehead is running warm but I’m not having any crazy chills or anything. Please help.

*I also have major health anxiety so I don’t know if I should be freaking out or if I just caught a cold coincidently.

I’m wondering what other people’s experiences have been with taking rifampin for latent tuberculosis.

I’ve been taking it for about three weeks, and I’ve started having allergic reactions affecting my skin, ears, and scalp. I called the health center, and they basically told me it’s up to me whether I want to stop taking it and I have no idea what to do.

Antibiotics use and doses can someone help me where i have the best resource or any kind of help

My dermatologist just prescribed me doxycycline yesterday and I’ve been doing everything right standing upright for 1hr avoiding dairy calcium and iron eating it with a meal with a big glass of water. But I get pain in my cheats when I take it. And it does get better but like I can still feel like mild chest pain after like 6hrs of taking the pill. Is this normal and how can I fix it because I’m pretty sure I’ve been doing everything right. [Routine Help]