Omnicef and fever

My six year old has a severe case of bronchitis. The dr put her on omnicef. She'd never taken it before. By the third day, she had severe diarrhea, headaches, severe mood swings (comparable to bi-polar highs and lows), sore muscles and joints, vomitting and very loud stomach issues. After that third dose I decided not to give her anymore after reading the severe side affects from this site. The morning after she missed the 4th dose, her fever was gone! I can tell that the medication is still in her system as she has not returned to normal yet. The dr called in amoxil for her and she's never had any reactions to it. I will never give her Omnicef again! What a horrible thing to give to children! Is the drug company paying out $$ for them to push this drug?

My daughter is 14 years old. She was prescribed Omnicef 300mg 2 capsules 1 time a day for a sinus infection. She had only taken 2 doses. Her side effects were: Nausea, vomiting, fever (102.3), body aches, headache, swallon tongue, her skin was a little yellow, she said her skin felt raw, and she felt like the ruth of her mouth was covered with something. I stopped the medication immediately and called the doctor. They advised me they would pull her chart and have a nurse call me that afternoon. I thought about it for about an hour and called back. I told them that the information sheet states that if you experience any of the side effects to call your Dr. immediately, I told them that immediately meet immediately not later in the afternoon. They then got the Dr. The Dr. advised to stop the meds. (which I already did), and they called her in another perscription. They said it would take 24 to 48 hrs to get out of her system. They also said to use benydryl and that would help to get it out of her system faster and help with some of the side effects. I will keep this medicine in mind to make sure that no one else in my family is ever prescribed this again. She has been one sick little girl. I would not recommed this medicine to anyone.

My cousins 5 year old daughter had a horrible experience with onmifef. She also had a terrible ear infection for which the antibiotic was prescribed. She woke up on the 10th day swollen from head to toe, terrible rash all over her body, fever, etc. Took her to pediatrician and he immediately sent her to children's hospital. There they were told by 3 different physicians, serum allergy. I cannot believe a physician would prescribe this after I had seen all the comments on this site. This is just horrible and to hear what all these young children have had to suffer just irritates me to no end. Something must be done about this medication!

19 y/o male started omnicef 3 days ago for sore throat/fever. Taking 2 300mg pills daily. My throat felt better after day 2, but now I'm finding it a bit hard to get to sleep. My heart feels like its beating harder than it really should, and my asthma has become more severe. It's not really inducing wheezing..just a heavy feeling in my chest that is in no way related to the original illness. (the doctor checked my lungs, everything was clear and i was immediatly started on omnicef)

I was treated with Omnicef for a suspected case of pneumonia (they didn't even do a chest x-ray to confirm this). About 4 days into my treatment I developed very bad diarrhea with mucus and blood. A few days later I began having fever, body aches, and throwing up. I went into the ER for dehydration, at which point they told me that Omnicef can cuase these symptoms. 11 days later, I still have no appetite and continue with the diarrhea. No one told me about these possible side effects. Do not take this antibiotic!!! I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

My son is 23 months old and took Omnicef for 3 doses. He had severe red colored diariah, became quite irritable, had a fever of 104 about an hour after every dose, and had little welts all over his body along with a rash. I called he doctor, and both he and the nurse said they had never heard of any of these types of reactions, except for the diariah...obviously haven't listened to any one who has ever taken this terrible medicine!

My 6 month old son started taking Omnicef 6 days ago for a bad ear infection. On the 5th day he started having reddish colored stool. I called the doctors office and they said if he has any more (which it sounds like he will), then they are going to test his stool for blood. He isn't sleeping well either. He becomes so tired but won't allow himself to go to sleep. He just lays there sobbing. He also started having a fever last night and this morning. He only has a few more days on this medicine. I just hope it helped the ear infection. I would hate to think he was on this medicine with all these awful side effects, and still has an ear infection on top of it all. I do agree, the reddish colored stool should defiantely be listed as a possibel side effect.

My 7 month old son has been on Omnicef for 1 week. He has had almost black stools and today he was very irritable. On the second day of taking the medicine he didn't want to eat anything. All day he has acted like he has had cramps and has been very gassy. Tonight he woke up with a fever of 102.7 and he just won't sleep. I called the doctors office and the nurse told me that he did't need to be seen until his fever was 103.5. I do not think that I like this medicine. This is his 3rd ear infection in 5 weeks. We need something to clear this ear infection up but I hate the way it makes him feel.

My daughter is taking Omnicef for a sinus infection. She has had several soft, maroon stools every day and complains of stomach pain. I was told by pediatrician that the red color is because of the way the drug interacts with the iron in her diet. After research on the web, I discovered that I should watch out for fever, stomach pain and diarreah because these could indicate intestinal infection.

My one year-old daughter was taking it for her double ear infections. Today was day 10 of her ten-day course and I pray that her side effects end quickly. She has been sent home from daycare everyday since she started taking Omnicef. She has had diarrhea the whole time and now has developed a fever during the last 2 days of treatment. And I don't think it has cleared her ear infections. Never again will I let our pediatrician prescribe Omnicef for us.