Poll of the Day > Anyone had trouble with clarithromycin?

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I have the most horrible metallic taste in my mouth right now, and it won't go away no matter what I eat or drink. It's making me nauseous all by itself. And the antibiotic seems to be dealing rather slowly with the acute bronchitis it's meant to be treating. My mouth is also as dry as a bone.

That said, though, from what I've seen online it looks as if I've been unusually lucky in having so few and comparatively mild side-effects. Can it really spike someone's heart rate as high as 190bpm? What have the rest of you felt like when taking it?
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No I practice safe sex
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not sure about that specifically but I do recall when taking an antibiotic that I'd get a strange sensation of having the living antibiotic in my system including a weird taste in my mouth/scent on my breath
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I remember a lingering metallic taste in one's mouth being an indicator of an acute, certain kind of poisoning. Forgot what kind though...
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You could be allergic. I had an allergic reaction to azithromycin once.

Is your skin blotchy or is a rash present?

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It makes my balls break out in hives.
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I believe my sister's allergic to it. Regardless, that doesn't sound normal, so I'd talk to your doctor about it.

I'm not allergic; from what I've researched these seem fairly common side effects of this one. I'm just curious about which ones other people have had, because I seem to have a lot less of them than most of the people I've seen complain about it.

Thanks, though!
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