Erythromycin side effects

This antibiotic should be taken off the market. I took it for 2 days and stopped. A week later and I still feel ill! I'm so afraid I wont recover!! Please, DO NOT TAKE THIS!!! Oh and by he way --- I have liver disease and still the stupid dentist prescribed it!!

I am allergic to penicillin, so was prescribed this for a strep throat. I've been on it one day now. I can't keep any solid food down - both vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea, but I'm doing okay on a liquid diet.

My urine has turned pink, and I have suffered stomach cramps and diarrhea.

stomach pains, lethargy, back ache

My stomach feels a little upset and some diarrhea...never felt down or depressed. Works great for me.

I TOOK THE MEDICATION FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS TO CURE MY ACNE TWICE A DAY. ONCE I STOP MY SKIN BECOMES OILY AGAIN. CAN I TAKE IT DAILY AND FOREVER?

i just started taking erythromycin because of what the doctor called an infection...she said the infection is what caused my miscarriage...i went to bed with extreme pain in my back..i thought nothing of it except standing too much maybe so i went to bed thinking it would be better....i woke up with severe pain in my upper abdominal area...when i breath in it pains me....my neck is killing me and i am sore to the slightest touch...dizzy spells, drumming headaches, i cant seem to eat...i noticed my appetite has been going down..i need to take this but i may stop if after today the apin is worse

I am actually very relieved and excited to see that there is a connection between erythromycin and depression. I had taken erythromycin for years for acne. I found a strange correlation between taking the drug and feeling depressed. I asked both my doctor and pharmacist about this, and they both responded as if I were both crazy and stupid. "Of course not," was the reply. So I continued to take it.
I began taking it again about a week ago, and have found that I've been slipping into a very dark depressive state. This time I am very aware of what is going on around me, since I stopped taking my anti-depression medication last February (under the care of a physician and a psychiatrist) I am noting the same 'darkness' that I felt in previous times with erythromycin. A general 'nothing matters, might as well die' sort of attitude, as well as irritability and a strong desire to isolate. I started researching this morning on the internet, and I have found several links now. There have been studies that have shown a direct correlation between erythromycin use and depression.
Okay, now, here's the kicker: the erythromycin I've been taking is topical. It's a 2% solution, suspended in alcohol. I've been slathering it on my face three or four times a day. Apparently it doesn't matter if it is absorbed through the skin or through the stomach/intestines. Erythromycin causes depression in me. I don't care what my face looks like. I'm going to stop taking it.

I took 4 x 250mg of Erthromycin as prescribed by my gp. It made me really depressed and tearful during that time, and now I am off it I am slowly feeling better from feeling like that. Has anyone else experienced this?

I suffer from chronic gastritis, not diarrhea, just inflammation, have taken this for sinus and upper respiritary infection. 250mg four times a day. It has helped me with alleviating the constant constipation I suffer from, but it has really made my gastritis worse, to the extent that I am having throat irritation through acid reflux now! Also felt shaky and weak about an hour after each dose, and so very tired, overwhelmingly tired and weak. Have completed the course, but would not wish to take again. I can't have Penicillin drugs because of allergy. VERY IMPORTANT, I was on a statin pill (Lipitor) and was told my the pharmacist to watch for muscle problems, after first day on EM my leg muscles seized up and were cramping badly, I stopped the statin for the duration of the antibiotic. If you are on statins, beware.

I have been symptomatically ill with Hepatitis C for about 15 years and I was in for a real 'hum dinger' when I took 300 mg of Erythromycin 3 times a day for 3 days. I started getting diarrhea and a general malaise. I stopped taking it and have been eating fresh scallops, potatoes, and tofu. My salad and herb intake has not been up to par and I have to get the fresh veggies back into my diet. But the point is, if you Dosing: Erythromycin may be taken with or without food. Erythromycin is metabolized mainly by the liver and caution should be used in patients with abnormal liver function.

or a loved one has an abnormal liver condition do not take Erythromycin.

I took this med several years ago (can't remember what for) but I had VERY SEVERE stomach cramping after taking it, no matter how much food I ate beforehand, and on an empty stomach also.

After about three days on erthromycin(yesterday), I experinced a session of chills, vomitting and diarrhea. This lasted one day. It felt like that of a severe hangover/alcohol poisoning.
My perscription is 2x250 mg twice a day for one month, then 1x250 mg for 1 month.
It is recommended that food not be taken with this medication, but I found that drinking ginger ale and eating two slices of buttered toast was adequate enough to coat the stomach. Thank goodness for gingerale. I continue to drink it while I am recovering from the side effect.

my daughter is 11 and was told to take 4 250mg a day
after 2 days her urine was dark brown,she felt and was sick and had a bad headache.

Horrible Gas and Belching. Not maladorous just constant large amounts. I lasted 2 weeks on that drug. After the first week I started Ortho Evra. I quite Erythromycin after a week of being on orthoevera and 4 to 5 weeks after stopping erythromycin I had horrible stabbing cramping abdominal pains after eating each time. I dont' know if that was leftover from erythromycin or from ortho evra but I quite taking ortho evra too. I almost went to the hospital due to teh stomach pains being so painful. I coudln't handle it any longer.

temporary nausea with possible cramping diarrhea.

Nausea, my heart felt like it was sinking, started to feel really really hot, started to tremble un-controllably.