Erythromycin for Otitis Media User Reviews
Brand names: Erythrocin, EryPed, Erythrocin Stearate Filmtab, Ery-Tab, E-Mycin, Erythrocin Lactobionate, PCE Dispertab, Wyamycin S, E.E.S. Granules, E.E.S.-200, E.E.S.-400, E.E.S.-400 Filmtab Erythrocot Eryc …show all brand names
- AnnaN...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 11, 2021
"This year, I had been prescribed this awful Erythromycin 500mg X2, 4 times a day by one of my horrible GPs which almost left me hospitalized! I went back to said GP to tell him of the side effects I was experiencing from this drug, he yelled at me to carry on with the course. The next day, I was admitted to A&E for emergency surgery with suspected 'Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis' caused by these antibiotics, the most serious of gallbladder diseases. I was thinking of suing the surgery. Left surgery and please avoid this medicine! If you feel when you are taking these tablets you are dying, you probably are!"
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"I'm taking this due to ear and sinus infection and swollen lymph nodes. I'm allergic to penicillin, so doctor gave me these. Seems to be working on infection, but slowly. I have to take 500mg 2xs a day. It gives me terrible stomach cramps and pain, but after I eat, the pain goes away. I'm just very lazy, tired and my brain is cloudy. Don't feel myself. Not sure if its due to my illness or the medicine. Drinks a lot of water. Hope you feel better!"