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Azithromycin for Bacterial Infection User Reviews (Page 4)

Brand names: Zithromax, Azithromycin Dose Pack, Z-Pak

Azithromycin has an average rating of 6.0 out of 10 from a total of 88 reviews for the treatment of Bacterial Infection. 48% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 34% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Azithromycin

  • Phil-6
  • August 17, 2011

Azithromycin Dose Pack (azithromycin) "No side effects and it works."

10 / 10
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  • 12312...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 2, 2020

Z-Pak (azithromycin) "It doesn’t work and if anything it makes me feel worse. It gives me an upset stomach and I get super dizzy every time I take it"

1 / 10
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  • Stephen
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 27, 2020

Z-Pak (azithromycin) "Worst antibiotic out there it put me in hospital and almost messed my heart up permanently luckily I caught it in time, and oh yeah and also makes you feel TERRIBLE don’t take it"

1 / 10
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Frequently asked questions

  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 30, 2021

Zithromax (azithromycin) "I came down with a bacterial infection in my lungs within 24 hours I was put on Zithromax 500 mg one tablet a day. Day three, I felt 75% better. And not one side effect!"

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • April 20, 2018

Zithromax (azithromycin) "I am currently experiencing 18 rare side effects. If I had seen this list before hand I would have refused treatment"

1 / 10
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Are you taking this medicine?

  • FML
  • June 10, 2011

"My throat is still really sore, I still feel really sick and tired, and the day after all my dose had finished I had severe burning and itching in my vagina and my sinuses still feel inflamed."

1 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 29, 2013

Z-Pak (azithromycin) "Bronchitis - Worked fast."

10 / 10
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  • Cal...
  • March 4, 2016

Z-Pak (azithromycin) "Had the flu and then bronchitis - nasty stuff...lungs burning, dry hacking cough fever and chills, wheezing. This is day one but last year it cleared me right up. Flu shot next winter for sure!"

9 / 10
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  • Rome
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 23, 2020

"azithromycin is a great medicine"

10 / 10
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  • Kody...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • December 13, 2016

"The medicine helped cure my throat, however the heart palpitations were extreme. I wouldn't take the last two pills because my heart hurt too much. I just hope there's no permanent damage."

2 / 10
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  • Danie...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 1, 2022

"This drug I never want to touch again. I had a uti and took this medication to help clear it, I had severe cramping that just wouldn't go, feeling sick, bad diarrhoea, my heart wouldn't stop racing"

1 / 10
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  • Skipper
  • April 23, 2015

"I just took it roughly an hour or 2 ago, and the only side effect I'm noticing is my stomach hurts."

8 / 10
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  • Billy...
  • July 23, 2017

"I had strep throat and it knocked the strep out easily, but caused severe diarrhea"

5 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • August 25, 2017

"Caused stomach cramping and lots of gas to the point where I couldn't lay down or fall asleep without having to get up to burp or pass gas. I also felt really anxious when drinking this medicine."

6 / 10
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  • Noni
  • August 20, 2021

"Horrible, I havd Ureaplasma infection I had to take 3 pils of 500 mg in one go, is this even normal? I’m super skinny so maybe it was too much? 20 min later I threw up + horrible cramps."

2 / 10
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  • Julio
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 21, 2024

"I had a stomach infection. As soon as I took it, my tummy felt the difference. I had a viral infection; it was gone in just 2 days."

10 / 10
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  • gamal...
  • February 18, 2018

"stomach upset yes, I'm was getting to where antibiotics won't work. But this one is better than the one I was prescribed before, amoxillin. Azithromycin some nausea, but a good medicine."

10 / 10
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  • Cela
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 22, 2024

Z-Pak (azithromycin) "I had zero side effects, no cramps, no diarrhea, no nausea, and it cleared up my infection in a few days. Amazing drug. 10/10"

10 / 10
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  • infec...
  • November 29, 2020

"I think I didn't get better by using azithromycin"

5 / 10
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