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12/22/2008 06:50 PM
fluffyluggage
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I am allergic to Biaxin. If you have asthma, you need to be extremely careful with using this drug, because it is my understanding that it can interact with certain inhalers and other asthma drugs...
Just because it's impossible doesn't mean it can't happen.

I'm not a doc, so anything I say is my opinion only. Nothing I say is meant as offense, I offer what I can as help. I believe in educating myself on all my medical issues and being my own advocate, for no one else with do that on my behalf. I recommend we all do the same!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Perhaps I truly am insane for expecting these docs to listen to me when I say the same things repeatedly to no avail? LOL. I am tired of seeking out new docs and getting the same result time and again...Forgive me if I seem bitter some days.

Something has changed within me/Something is not the same/I'm through with playing by/The rules of someone else's game/Too late for second-guessing/Too late to go back to sleep/It's time to trust my instincts/Close my eyes and leap...I'm through accepting limits/Cuz someone says they're so/Some things I can not change/But till I try I'll never know/Too long I've been afraid of/Losing love I guess I lost/Well if that's love/It comes at much too high a cost/I'd sooner buy Defying Gravity/Kiss me good-bye I'm Defying Gravity/I think I'll try Defying Gravity/And you won't bring me down...
--Defying Gravity (Glee Cast version)
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12/26/2008 08:09 PM  Top
Cakeluva1980
 
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I've been taking biaxin and plaquenil for one month now. At first my body was not happy with me. I got really sick, and was very dizzy. My primary care cut me to half a dose for one week and had me slowly build up. That really helped me adjust and i'm feeling better. I've had more energy than i've had in months.

I also have bad dreams with this medicine. I've always had a lot of dreams I remember but now they are more night terrors. I'm also getting the bad metallic taste in my mouth. It has gotten better in time but I find myself chewing a lot of gum to cover it.


01/30/2009 10:24 AM  Top
Canuck
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Biaxin is bad for many people and on the biaxin malarone combo, any psychological problems especially will be assumed by most it's malarone. It about ruined me. I have a post about it in the 'hallucinations/malarone' question but will copy here. A site is dedicated to the horrors many have had with this drug in particular and they love to hear any stories. The email address is group935@yahoo.com
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Please take this advice as personal experience and not that of a medical professional. Sometimes experience is what makes us learn and help one another. Take the pieces you need, and always question, ask, with an open mind and heart...[/b]
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01/30/2009 10:26 AM  Top
Canuck
Canuck
 
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Here it is. Also terrible fluid retention and congestive heart failure, many do not recover from the heart damage..

BIAXIN and MALARONE. I had a terrible reaction with the combo. most shook it off as the Malarone. I stayed up 16 nights in a row, no sleep, not a minute, and had circus people in my back yard, along with several trailer 'people'. They were all very busy and took no notice of me. Even my LLMD thought I was falling off my rocker as I called , while watching my imaginary friends saying 'I know they aren't there, this isnt' right. ' Uncontrollable crying, unbelievable 'drive' to do very wierd things. There is a very good link on it 'biaxin side affects'....... You will see the same thing. I switched from biaxin to zithromax.

Before doing that, I went off all meds, and when starting one by one, the night I took biaxin again BINGO. It was scary, and some will say the some herxes will start out like that. Malarone I can tolerate, and many will say it's the malarone.

If I had a gut feeling, it's biaxin without a DOUBT in my mind. Will look up that page and post the link

it's 'askapatient.com' biaxin...good luck

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Please take this advice as personal experience and not that of a medical professional. Sometimes experience is what makes us learn and help one another. Take the pieces you need, and always question, ask, with an open mind and heart...[/b]
Christina

03/04/2012 10:54 AM  Top
donkeylover
 
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I have a TERRIBLE taste in my mouth from Biaxin. It wakes me up at night, because it is so bad. I'm also having lower abdominal pain, a kind of burning sensation. Last night I also had a horrible smell in my nose, like the fast in my mouth

Anyone have any thoughts on how to deal with the taste. Anyone have the horrible smell experience.

My Doc is giving my Biaxin, Amoxicyllin, and Dexalent for H. Pylori and for the Bartonella. Are they alternatives to Biaxin that will work as well?

Thanks.


Previous discussions I participated in:
How to be sure you have Lyme?
Questions re igenix test

03/04/2012 10:55 AM  Top
donkeylover
 
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Sorry for the typos in my message! I mean a horrible "taste" in my mouth. And, I mean "are there" alternatives to Biaxin?

Previous discussions I participated in:
How to be sure you have Lyme?
Questions re igenix test

03/04/2012 11:35 AM  Top
tizmo
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Zithromax is in the same drug class and is actually stronger than Biaxin for me, but my gallbladder can't handle it so I'm stuck with the Biaxin. Some people handle the Zithromax better, maybe you can check into that?

03/04/2012 01:14 PM  Top
smay17
smay17
 
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Biaxi CRUSHED my stomach, and led to a lot of my GI issues which I'm really struggling with now. Candida, leaky gut, you name it. Please take a VERY good probiotic. I recommend SuperFlora
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