Erythromycin

Has anyone had to take antibiotics called erythromycin? My head feels like got 10000 horror stories going on at once awful scary dreams, prescribed them yesterday for ear infection suppose to take 4 a day but only took 3 due to not getting them til dinner time.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

That is still a fair bit in 10 hours - evenly spaced every 6 hours is what they should say but peopledo tend to have longer overnight.

Macrolide abx (erythromycin is one) CAN cause CNS effects (central nervous system) and here is a link to a paper about (very rare) erythromycin induced nightmares:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

I would be on the phone to the GP asap - and if he doesn't help, try 111

[Maisiek]

Sorry to hear this: Never had any problem with them: good luck x

[Devoid]

Hi I am reacted very badly to it , with horrendous stomach cramps and it then takes awhile to get it out of your system, my sister and my children also had problems with it . There are plenty of alternatives so I would speak to your doctor.Ear infections are bad enough you don’t want the treatment making you feel worse

[Telian]

Taken many times but had no side effects. Speak to your Doctor.

[Bcol]

Agree with Telian

[GinnyMa]

I had that effect with levaquin, frightening nightmares, racing heart. Told my GP and she put down in my file to never prescribe levaquin unless my life depended on it!

[Songbird69]

Hi I’m taking it currently for gum infections - three times a day - 6 hours apart - one hour before food. Not had a a problem with it so far. Hope I don’t as allergic to penicillin! Hope you get some answers from your doctor.

[maria40 in reply to Songbird69]

Same for me. It's what I've usually had prescribed when my penicillin allergy is mentioned. Haven't had it for ages - thank goodness - but no problem in the past.

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im allergic to penercillon and had these before yrs ago but only had stomoch cramps from what i can remember that what made me think maybe with pred thyat what had cause the dreams never had dreams like that before. i nalso wondered if id taking it to close to my omprezole cause packet says leave 2 hrs which i thought i had, any suggestion welcome

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Or could it be cause dropped from 12.5 to 10 yesterday

[Pixix]

Taken frequently, as allergic to penicillin, never has any problems!

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Just a update, spoke to dr this morning just to check about nightmares last 2 night since started taking erythromycin, she said not a common side effect but can happen very rarely, so instead of taking them 4 x a day for a wk now I got to take 2 x a day but for 10 days and she going to phone me monday to see what is going on, finger crossed tonight's sleep is a good one, good night/good morning stay safe