Linezolid and Tiredness: What Users Say

• Kri...
• October 13, 2009

Linezolid for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection "I am starting on my second week of a 28-day regimen of Zyvox. I have had a staph infection for over a year that will go away after being lanced and then come right back in a different place. So far, the infection is gone, and I am praying that it doesn't come back. There has been some nausea, stomach aches, and being more tired than normal. Would take that any day over the pain of a severe staph infection."

• pol...
• July 25, 2009

Linezolid for Skin and Structure Infection "After having arthroscopic knee surgery, I developed a persistent skin infection (cellulitis) at the surgery site. I spent a month on different antibiotics that didn't clear the infection (cephalexin, clindamycin, and ciprofloxacin) and was finally admitted to the hospital for another surgery and treatment with IV antibiotics (vancomycin, Zosyn). Zyvox has the same coverage as vancomycin but can be taken orally, which allowed me to leave the hospital after a week. I'm about finished with a 15-day course of Zyvox and the infection seems cleared. I haven't experienced many side effects - I've had a headache and felt a little tired and dizzy, but that's it."

• Sha...
• February 28, 2016

Linezolid for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection "I have osteomyelitis of the temporal bone. In the hospital for 1 week, sent home on IV Vancomycin and Cefepime. After 4 weeks, back to the hospital for chills and fever. In for a week, low blood and increased iron...all due to IV. Sent home on Zyvox and Levaquin for 30 days, hoping the infection has cleared (will find out after finishing meds). Side effects: nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, cannot eat as nothing tastes right, GERD, pressure in the sternum area, extremely tired, short of breath, yeast infection, insomnia, muscle and joint aches, emotional, and today red spots on skin. Needless to say, I feel horrible! Hopefully, this will all be over soon but don't feel I will ever be the same. If this works, then it's an amazing, wonderful drug. However, it's very expensive. Thank goodness for patient assistance!"

• Mal...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 24, 2020

For Bacterial Infection "This drug linezolid works great. Was given the generic version after multiple treatment failures. I thought it would work faster than it did. Took about the full 10-day course to feel the difference. Side effects: tired, very especially at peak serum. Try to take a nap after you take your daytime pill, like an hour after, and take the PM pill just before bed. Stool got soft, but nothing runny. No aches, no neuropathy, nothing scary. Great med!"

• Mel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 17, 2016

Linezolid for Bacterial Infection "It didn't work as fast as I thought it would. Very expensive! $3,600 made me feel very sleepy and tired. I could sleep all day!"