Body rash symptoms and conditions

I started taking this on October 8 for a sinus infection. by the 13th I was suffering intense headaches, nausea, fever of 102 and anxiousness. I thought that on top of my original ailment I also had the flu. After 2 doctors and a trip to the hospital in which no one thought of the side effects of this drug, and with the discovery of a full body rash 2 days ago, I finally called my pharmacist yesterday who told me to drop the drug. I then looked up everything I could find myself and this is obviously the result that so many people describe. I am now on benadryl and prednisone and still quite miserable. I think they should take this off the market since so many people have a bad reaction!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so relieved to have found this site... i have been miserable for almost 2 weeks, i broke out with hives last week and never found the cause but with that and some breathing problems they put me on prednisone. I have been miserable since, i couldn't eat drink sleep or do anything else at all pretty much and i have had diarrhea, and a ton of other symptoms... i feel bloated acid reflex muscle aches headaches dizziness chest pain & pressure very weak feeling mood swings and depression the jitters and heart racing and from what i read and researched this is all from the steroid prednisone.... thankfully the doctor ended my dosage sooner than it was prescribed and last night i took my last pill... i now am just wondering when or how long will it be till i feel myself again and can have a good nights rest?? I will never use this medicine again!! I am just soo relieved to have found some answers on here.

2nd off of Lisinopril, my body rash is leaving, this medication was doing heavy damage to my body. I highly recommend not to take Lisinopril. Told my doctor...he said lower the dose???? I said no way that stuff is going back into my mouth.

Body rash, all over, currently on several medications I have stopped all my medications one by one. Still have the rash and the last medication is Lisinopril. I can only guess the VA gives it out because it is cheap. Also has the cough. Did anyone get a rash from Lisinopril?

whole body rash,very high fever,swollen face & neck,over half of body turned purple,face & neck started peeling,chills,cough,headache

I would never recommend this drug to anyone.
PLEASE, PLEASE think hard before letting anyone put you on this drug
God bless everyone

I'm a 32 year old male. This is probably the 5th time I've taken Zithromax. Unlike previous experiences, this time I got a horrible rash on my face, chest, neck, and little red spots all over my body. They itch horribly and I'm hoping they go away on their own. I am going on week two and they are still around. Last year, I was given a very strong antibiotic for an infection that just wouldn't go away. I took one dose and threw the rest out because the resulting full-body rash was horrible. I think that some of us may develop an allergy to certain families of antibiotics as we age. Either that or our immune systems are degraded. Who knows. I've also been dealing with chronic anal itch for 2 years now, and that is a horrible thing to live with. FEELING OLD!

My finance was prescribed Levaquin for a food borne bacterial infection. On day 4 of the antibiotic, he broke out into a horrible body rash. It is all everywhere from scalp to toes. It started as a small rash under the arms and by the next day it was a small bump-like rash all over. Then it got splotchy...red and white... we went to the ER and they gave him the usual steroid and anxiety control drugs to help but he now looks as if he has a sun burn and is developing bruse-like purple patches all over his legs and groin. He is almost convulsing due to the pain. Has anyone had this reaction?

I thought it important to add to this, my 19 month old daughter was given omnicef. After the 3 dose she had watery stools a body rash that made her miserable, and mood changes. This is NOT a medicine for children. She also has the worst case of thrush on her tongue from this med as well. This med needs to be investigated for the use with children.

About a year ago, I was prescrived Diovan and the dosage was increased until about a month ago increased from 160mg to 320mg. I started experiencing a body rash to the point of not being able to sleep, I stop taking the med. and now on the 2nd week the itch continues, after few visits to the dermatologist and my general physician he switched the medication to Avapro, and for 3 days I can't sleep, the itch continues and last night I experienced itch around my lips palm of hands and bottom of my feet, fatigue and could not sleep at all, anybody have these same effects?

yes i am having the same flu symptoms and today i broke out in a body rash. had a headache yesterday and body chills. skin sensitivity, head ache, dizzyness, loss of appitite, sleeplessness, fatigue, nausea. i believe it is an allergic reaction. glad i found this place so now i know i'm not sick like i thought i was. i have three days left on the medicine and i'm not going to continue to take it

Taking 200 mg of the SR twice a day. This was after being misdiagnosed with bi-polar and put on lithium for two months.
Sooo, I would rather have the side effects of the lithium! I kept getting an all around body rash that would last for a few hours, and itched terribly. That was the first side effect.
Headaches were soon to follow with a deep anger for no apparent reason. I just wanted to to be miserable to everyone!
Soon after that, I had nausea, which I was vommiting often and couldn't sleep. My throat itches, and my tinniutus keeps me awake.
NOW THE BIGGIE: I can't even remember my own address when asked or phone number. I can't remeber what I was going to do and get stuck.
I'd rather be a zombie on lithium.....

Total body rash and itchy skin and now a red hot flushing of the whole body. Not sleeping very much and 8pm everything gets worse. Two days ago a new kind of rash has started on my chest and neck, very red and hot. Nothing helps except cool water and keeping a cold pack on my chest when I try to sleep.

body rash after taking Toprol 12 days. The rash started after 8 days and I blames it on other things. Interventions are not helping and the rash is spreading to other parts of my body. It started on my lower belly, spread to my back and upper torso. I am miserable.

My 22 year old daughter had reconstructive ankle surgery on March 2. Her doctor prescribed 500 mg of Levaquin once daily for 5 days as a preventitive for pneumonia. She has to spend 3 months down with her leg elevated and the chances of pneumonia are great. On March 4th she woke up with a small rash on her right inner thigh. On March 5th, she woke up with a fever and discovered that the rash had spread to both thighs, has completely covered her buttocks and has covered her entire back. I just got off the phone with the doctors office and they have advised taking her off Levaquin. It was obvious to me that it was an adverse reaction to this drug so I had already discontinued giving it to her. She claims none of the other side effects that others appear to be having on this site, but I thought I should add that a very itchy, painful, severe body rash is another side effect to this drug.

Taken for UTI. 26 years old, Asian, 5'2'', 120 pounds.
After 7 days of taking a 10 day RX. on the 8th morning I forgot to take it but got an undecent trade off with an body rash as follows:

1st day: rash with no itch on the torso. progressive during the day to my knees and neck with minor itch. sleepless night
2nd day: head to toes rash (red spots not clumped but individual in various sizes within half an inch). ankles and knees stiff. warm face with no fever.

I was recently given a five day 750mg@day prescription of Levaquin for a treatment of "walking" Pneumonia. During the second day of Levaquin I developed a body rash--like, all over my body. Back to the hospital with seasoned medical "experts" telling me I had "chicken pox", "hives", "herpes", etc..etc... A young female Doctor looked at my rash and diagnosed: "Drug Reaction". She took me off Levaquin, prescribed a two week course of Penicillin, plus drugs to combat the rash and within two weeks the Pneumonia and the body rash was gone. Sooooo, with what I'm reading on this site, my question is: Why is this poison...this Levaquin still being prescribed??

My 5 year old son had a severe body rash after the last
day of the omnicef treatment. His hands and feet swelled and the whole top layer of his skin on both hands and feet continue to peel as of today which is 3 weeks after he stopped taking the medication. He vomited while on it, had headaches, cried about everything and was a basically different kid. I will never use this medication again. I took him to 2 different doctors and they both would not admit to any of these things being and allergic reaction.

I have been on 10-day prednisone tapers twice for severe asthma flares. The first time the worst side effect was the insomnia-- starting out at 60 mg/day, I didn't sleep for the first 4 nights, and it was at least 6 months before I got a decent night's sleep. The second time, it made me so wired and jumpy that every noise was like a spike going through my head, and I developed an extreme startle reaction, also a body rash, bloated stomach and moon face. The first few days of the second taper, I had an enormous appetite increase, but a few days later I lost my appetite completely and had constant nausea, diarrhea, and stomach acid (not heartburn, no reflux) as well as muscle weakness and pain.