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What is Clarithromycin?

Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria and is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and infections of the ears, sinuses, skin, and throat. Also used to treat MAC, a type of lung infection occuring in HIV. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Lyme Disease 4 2 Efficacy_moderate
Prevent infection 3 0
Lyme Disease 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Ear infection 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Lung Congestion 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 13 patients currently taking Clarithromycin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Clarithromycin

Muscle pain 1
Disorientation 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Bad taste in mouth 1
Muscle spasms 1
makes birth control less effective 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  1,000 mg weekly 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clarithromycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 82%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 18%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Clarithromycin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Clarithromycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Clarithromycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Clarithromycin

Always
 12 92%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Clarithromycin

Very
 1 8%
Somewhat
 4 31%
A little
 3 23%
Not at all
 5 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Clarithromycin

$200+
 1 10%
$100-199
 1 10%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 80%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.