Biaxin side effects by duration, gender and age - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Side effects are reported by people who take Biaxin. Common side effects include drug hypersensitivity among females and abdominal pain among males.

The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on 12,580 reports from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.

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On Jul, 03, 2022

12,580 people who take Biaxin and have side effects are studied.

What is Biaxin?

Biaxin has active ingredients of clarithromycin. It is often used in sinusitis. eHealthMe is studying from 13,212 Biaxin users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.

Number of Biaxin reports submitted per year:

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

Do you take Biaxin?

Personalize this study to your gender and age

How to use the study?

You can discuss the study with your doctor, to ensure that all drug risks and benefits are fully discussed and understood.

How the study uses the data?

The study is based on clarithromycin (the active ingredients of Biaxin) and Biaxin (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered.

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Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Biaxin:

Biaxin (13,212 reports)

Common Biaxin side effects:

Abdominal discomfort: 256 reports
Abdominal distension: 138 reports
Abdominal pain: 317 reports
Abdominal pain upper: 427 reports
Acute kidney failure: 234 reports
Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement): 212 reports
Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection): 157 reports
Alanine aminotransferase increased: 155 reports
Anaemia (lack of blood): 442 reports
Anaphylaxis (serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death): 117 reports
Anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable): 139 reports
Anorexia (eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction and irrational fear of gaining weight): 168 reports
Appetite - decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 228 reports
Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat): 298 reports
Arthritis (form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints): 119 reports
Aseptic necrosis (the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply): 130 reports
Aspartate aminotransferase increased: 148 reports
Asthma: 314 reports
Atelectasis (partial or complete collapse of the lung): 119 reports
Atrial fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 168 reports
Back pain: 495 reports
Balance disorder: 115 reports
Blood creatine phosphokinase increased: 121 reports
Blood creatinine increased: 149 reports
Blood glucose increased: 114 reports
Blood urea increased: 103 reports
Bone disorder: 190 reports
Bone pain: 144 reports
Breathing difficulty: 792 reports
Bronchitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes): 426 reports
Bronchospasm (spasm of bronchial smooth muscle producing narrowing of the bronchi): 105 reports
Burning sensation: 115 reports
Cardiac arrest: 138 reports
Cardiac failure congestive: 298 reports
Cataract (clouding of the lens inside the eye): 114 reports
Cellulitis (infection under the skin): 198 reports
Chest pain: 724 reports
Chills (felling of cold): 215 reports
Chronic kidney disease: 135 reports
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe): 143 reports
Condition: 368 reports
Confusion: 264 reports
Confusional state: 233 reports
Constipation: 293 reports
Coronary heart disease (narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries): 132 reports
Cough: 615 reports
Death: 157 reports
Deep venous thrombosis (blood clot in a major vein that usually develops in the legs and/or pelvis): 172 reports
Dehydration (dryness resulting from the removal of water): 329 reports
Delirium (wild excitement): 106 reports
Depression: 553 reports
Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin resulting from direct irritation by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it): 294 reports
Diabetes: 116 reports
Diarrhea: 631 reports
Dizziness: 464 reports
Drowsiness: 192 reports
Drug dependence: 146 reports
Drug hypersensitivity: 1,226 reports
Drug ineffective: 610 reports
Drug toxicity: 106 reports
Drug withdrawal syndrome (interfere with normal social, occupational, or other functioning. are not due to another medical condition, drug use, or discontinuation): 112 reports
Dry mouth: 130 reports
Ear pain: 103 reports
Electrocardiogram qt prolonged: 110 reports
Emotional distress: 228 reports
Enlarged heart: 145 reports
Erythema multiforme (a type of hypersensitivity reaction): 117 reports
Face oedema (swelling of face): 116 reports
Fainting (loss of consciousness and postural tone): 251 reports
Fall: 439 reports
Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 864 reports
Fever: 819 reports
Fungal infection: 114 reports
Gait disturbance: 177 reports
Gallstones (stone formation by bile component): 124 reports
Gastric disorder (disease of stomach): 145 reports
Gastric ulcer (stomach ulcer): 124 reports
Gastritis (inflammation of stomach): 169 reports
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 213 reports
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage (bleeding gastrointestinal tract): 128 reports
General physical health deterioration (weak health status): 109 reports
Haemoglobin decreased: 118 reports
Haemorrhoids (a swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus): 133 reports
Hallucinations (sensations that appear real but are created by your mind): 182 reports
Headache (pain in head): 744 reports
Head injury: 120 reports
Heart attack: 236 reports
Heart palpitations (feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing): 336 reports
Heart rate increased: 188 reports
Hepatic failure (liver failure): 101 reports
Hepatic steatosis (fatty liver disease): 165 reports
Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver): 135 reports
Hiatal hernia (hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm): 128 reports
High blood cholesterol: 217 reports
High blood pressure: 599 reports
Hyperhidrosis (abnormally increased sweating): 149 reports
Hypersensitivity: 367 reports
Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation): 332 reports
Hypokalemia (low potassium): 177 reports
Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 309 reports
Indigestion: 208 reports
Infection: 264 reports
Injury: 321 reports
Insomnia (sleeplessness): 530 reports
Intervertebral disc degeneration (spinal disc degeneration): 138 reports
Intervertebral disc protrusion (spinal disc protrusion): 123 reports
Intestinal obstruction: 119 reports
Itching: 348 reports
Jaundice - yellow skin (a yellowish pigmentation of the skin): 173 reports
Joint pain: 571 reports
Loss of consciousness: 216 reports
Lymph follicular hypertrophy (an increase in the size of the lymph node follicles): 116 reports
Macular degeneration (painless eye condition that leads to the gradual loss of central vision): 160 reports
Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness): 471 reports
Memory loss: 215 reports
Metastases to bone (cancer spreads to bone): 127 reports
Migraine (headache): 101 reports
Mitral valve incompetence (inefficient heart valve): 102 reports
Muscle aches (muscle pain): 232 reports
Muscle spasms (muscle contraction): 194 reports
Musculoskeletal pain (pain affects the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves): 109 reports
Nasal congestion (blockage of the nasal passages usually due to membranes lining the nose becoming swollen from inflamed blood vessels): 137 reports
Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nasopharynx): 166 reports
Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 1,308 reports
Nausea and vomiting: 938 reports
Neck pain: 123 reports
Nervousness: 143 reports
Neuropathy peripheral (surface nerve damage): 177 reports
Oedema (fluid collection in tissue): 190 reports
Oedema peripheral (superficial swelling): 348 reports
Oropharyngeal pain: 116 reports
Osteoarthritis (a joint disease caused by cartilage loss in a joint): 211 reports
Osteomyelitis (infection of bone): 152 reports
Osteonecrosis of jaw (death of bone of jaw): 238 reports
Osteopenia (a condition where bone mineral density is lower than normal): 119 reports
Osteoporosis (bones weak and more likely to break): 146 reports
Pain: 729 reports
Pain in extremity: 338 reports
Pain in jaw: 182 reports
Pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas): 159 reports
Pancytopenia (medical condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets): 153 reports
Paraesthesia (sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect): 308 reports
Pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx, causing a sore throat): 123 reports
Pleural effusion (water on the lungs): 219 reports
Pneumonia: 649 reports
Productive cough: 166 reports
Psychotic disorder: 186 reports
Pulmonary embolism (blockage of the main artery of the lung): 163 reports
Rashes (redness): 633 reports
Rectal haemorrhage (bleeding from anus): 135 reports
Renal failure acute (rapid kidney dysfunction): 255 reports
Respiratory acidosis (respiratory failure or ventilatory failure, causes the ph of blood and other bodily fluids to decrease): 104 reports
Rhabdomyolysis (a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle tissue breaks down): 174 reports
Rib fracture: 136 reports
Road traffic accident: 115 reports
Scar: 110 reports
Sepsis (a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death): 183 reports
Sinusitis (inflammation of sinus): 403 reports
Sinus tachycardia (a heart rhythm with elevated rate of impulses originating from the sinoatrial node): 125 reports
Smell - impaired: 102 reports
Speech disorder: 116 reports
Speech impairment (adult) (inability to speak (adult)): 127 reports
Spinal osteoarthritis (joint cartilage loss in spine): 154 reports
Stomatitis (inflammation of mucous membrane of mouth): 108 reports
Stress and anxiety: 700 reports
Stroke (sudden death of a portion of the brain cells due to a lack of oxygen): 121 reports
Suicidal ideation: 108 reports
Swallowing difficulty: 189 reports
Swelling: 187 reports
Taste disturbance: 334 reports
Taste - impaired: 251 reports
Taste loss: 112 reports
The flu (the flu is caused by an influenza virus): 138 reports
Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 319 reports
Tinnitus (a ringing in the ears): 139 reports
Toothaches (tooth pain): 114 reports
Tooth extraction: 110 reports
Tremor (trembling or shaking movements in one or more parts of your body): 290 reports
Upper respiratory tract infection: 198 reports
Urinary tract infection: 188 reports
Urticaria (rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely): 336 reports
Vision blurred: 158 reports
Weakness: 900 reports
Weight decreased: 500 reports
Weight increased: 221 reports
Wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound made while you breath): 163 reports

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