To think Clarithromycin is the work of the devil.

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I've got 2 and a half days left of this antibiotic and its been hellish. Constantly dizzy, vomitting, a disgusting taste in my mouth and my mouth is soo dry to boot despite virtually drowning myself in water and fruit teas.
Anyone else experience these delightful side effects with this AB?

I ended up in A&E when I was 23 due to antibiotics, they turned me inside out, I mean literally inside out, exH had to carry me into the hospital, I was too weak to walk, I thought I was going to die, spent 4 days in.

I’ve been prescribed antibiotics since but didn’t take the prescription into the chemist, have managed to get over infections without them.

How grim for you . I always try and console myself that if it is making me feel that hideous, it must be kicking the arse out of the infection! Hope you feel better soon

I think I'm going to ring 111 for advise on whether I can stop them. I've got a rash on my foot now and the skin on my hands and face is tingling

[quote AnnaMagnani]Are you 100% sure of your penicillin allergy?

Up to 90% of patients who report a penicillin allergy do not have a true penicillin allergy - as you have found this has real life consequences as the alternative antibiotic choices have consequences.

Even for those with a true allergy, this is known to fade over time - approx 80% lose it after 10 years.

www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/pdfs/penicillin-factsheet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3ZNiSoof-zmgHRQaXnf2DjWP_vnGAhKgDOs6yQm-LpnjhsS-bjgBxTyCo[/quote]
I'm 100% fucking sure.

As i was trained to chant my name and I'm allergic to Penicillin, Septrim & all Sulphonamides from age 4 so I didn't end up dead if I were to end up in hospital without my mother present, plus a description of what happens when I am given them, I'm pretty certain that this wasn't done for shits and giggles.

Annoyingly, I'm also allergic to Erythromycin (and now NSAIDs) with similar reactions.

I can have intelligent conversations with doctors about what I have taken previously without experiencing a reaction - cefalosporins & tetracyclines. It's not much. Other people chipping in with 'are you sure?' is pretty annoying - do they do the same to somebody saying they have an allergy to nuts?

I'm not taking anything in a group I know I have allergies to - the sudden allergy to NSAIDs was alarming enough when my hands started burning and blistering 20 minutes after taking naproxen last thing at night was alarming enough. If I had a severe reaction, there isn't enough time to guarantee and ambulance could get here.

So people can eff off with their 'are you making it up?'.

Very interesting this thread I don’t think I’ve ever had any of these but my son takes azithramycin (sp) 3 times a week as prophylactic for an immune deficiency and even though he takes a probiotic he often complains of stomach pain I wonder if it that’s the reason.

@Harrysmum2020 more than likely, probiotics will only help gut flora not stop or reduce side effects from antibiotics.

I don't think probiotics help until after you stop taking the ABs.

UPDATE: spoke to OOH doctors. He said it doesn't sound like an allergy but it sounds like I'm intollerant to them and that given my issue is more likely a chronic one than a bacterial one (I've had bloods at hospital plus waiting for CT for suspected chronic sinusitis) the ABs won't have an effect anyway.
He advised me to stop taking them and said that I should start feeling better in 12-24hours. So here's to hoping!

Vile vile things- they gave me an awful tachycardia and I'm sure they made me really panicky- never again!

I think I was prescribed it a few months back when I tested positive for Helicobacter pylori. Thankfully I don't remember any side effects from it, though in the past I've had the runs with antibiotics.

Probiotics are your friend when you take antibiotics.

[quote AnnaMagnani]Are you 100% sure of your penicillin allergy?

Up to 90% of patients who report a penicillin allergy do not have a true penicillin allergy - as you have found this has real life consequences as the alternative antibiotic choices have consequences.

Even for those with a true allergy, this is known to fade over time - approx 80% lose it after 10 years.

www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/pdfs/penicillin-factsheet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3ZNiSoof-zmgHRQaXnf2DjWP_vnGAhKgDOs6yQm-LpnjhsS-bjgBxTyCo[/quote]
Once you've reported a penicillin reaction what doctor is going to prescribe it though?

I kmow this is an old thread but I searched for clarithromycin... Oh this is depressing. I have had one so far and while I was lying down had a coughing fit and coughed so hard I threw up. I can normally control it. I really hope this isn't what the next five days will involve. Good tip about yoghurt.

I came out in hives after IV Penicillin.
I was sat in a church and was itching all over, I thought it was the seat.

The doctor told me it was chicken pox!! I stopped the tablets at home and was fine. Never took the chicken pox medication.

Anything ending in mycin gives me awful thrush so if I need antibiotics I make them give me something else.