Reviewer: Julz243, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Have had MRSA for years. This is the only med that works any more. The side effects are not pleasant, but better than a hospital stay as that is how I contracted MRSA.

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Have had MRSA for years. This is the only med that works any more. The side effects are not pleasant, but better than a hospital stay as that is how I contracted MRSA.
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Reviewer: Nytyngale, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I was bit my a poisonous spider and the wound turned into a MRSA staph infection. I was in the hospital for 2 1/2 days and was given IV antibiotic. I was lucky that the doctor was able to lance the wound instead of having to cut the poison out of me which I was originally told he was going to have to do. I was given Zyvox once a day to take for 10 days. I was told I was going to feel like I had th ... Show Full Comment

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I was bit my a poisonous spider and the wound turned into a MRSA staph infection. I was in the hospital for 2 1/2 days and was given IV antibiotic. I was lucky that the doctor was able to lance the wound instead of having to cut the poison out of me which I was originally told he was going to have to do. I was given Zyvox once a day to take for 10 days. I was told I was going to feel like I had the worst case of the flu. The doctor was correct. I felt beyond horrible. Terrible aches all over, constant nauseous, terrible diarrhea, weakness, constant stomach pain, and headache. It has now been over a month, and I still have the diarrhea, not quite as severe but frequent, and horrible stomach pain and still nauseous. In my case, to me, the cure was worse than the disease and I still have a small lump under the skin where the infection was.
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Reviewer: rjohn5606, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)

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My 92 year old mother nearly died from taking this drug in combination with Lexapro. She had a UTI which was not responding to treatment by IV at assisted living housing administered by home health care. So her doctor prescribed this NEW medicine in tablet form for 10 days, twice a day. For the first 2 or 3 days there seemed to be noticable improvement, but then she took a turn for the worse w ... Show Full Comment

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My 92 year old mother nearly died from taking this drug in combination with Lexapro. She had a UTI which was not responding to treatment by IV at assisted living housing administered by home health care. So her doctor prescribed this NEW medicine in tablet form for 10 days, twice a day. For the first 2 or 3 days there seemed to be noticable improvement, but then she took a turn for the worse with no appetite, terrible fatigue, forgetfulness, and almost unable to walk. About the 8th day, she was bedridden and on the 9th day she wanted to sleep all day. On the 10th day she was practically dead weight and mostly unresponsive. At this point we called the paramedics who transported her to the emergency room, where she was immediately admitted. For the next 5 days the hospitalist was convinced she was suffering from advanced dementia, and even had us talk to Hospice about our plans to move her there. She appeared somewhat comatose and would not even open her eyes when we tried to feed her. She cried out in pain when you tried to move her. Thank goodness we had a compassionate palliative doctor who decided to look into possible drug interactions, and found one that showed a lot of red flag warnings: Zyvox and Lexapro. After the 4th day not taking the drugs, Mom began eating and visiting in the evening, better the 5th day, and by the 6th day was able to walk, was mostly back to herself again, only 12 pounds lighter. She has now spent approx. 2 weeks in Rehab. In my opinion, the drug interaction is not that obvious when you check out the information online, unless you make the special effort to open up some of the sights (like anti-depressents) and check for specific medications taken. I hope noone else has to go through this same experience.
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Reviewer: sandy, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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has caused bleeding in the liver, had to have 13 blood tansfusion, is this normal?

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has caused bleeding in the liver, had to have 13 blood tansfusion, is this normal?
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Reviewer: Ronnie, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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After bug bite and getting MRSA, I had surgery, was put on 2 antibiotics then switched to vancomycin IV for 17 days. Had fever, chills, stomach problems continuously, was put back in hospital and put on Zyvoc IV for 2 days, then sent home on pills, would have been very expensive but insurance covered most. Have dry mouth, cracked lips, upset stomach, unable to eat, drink, had diarhea, dry heaves. ... Show Full Comment

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After bug bite and getting MRSA, I had surgery, was put on 2 antibiotics then switched to vancomycin IV for 17 days. Had fever, chills, stomach problems continuously, was put back in hospital and put on Zyvoc IV for 2 days, then sent home on pills, would have been very expensive but insurance covered most. Have dry mouth, cracked lips, upset stomach, unable to eat, drink, had diarhea, dry heaves. After 3 days some symtoms were gone. Still have problems with eating and diarhea one month later. However wound is getting better.
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