I just around 1400mg of erythromycin when I was prescribed 250mg every 12 hours. Just wondering what's gonna happen? I'm expecting severe intestinal pains/sickness but is there anything else? Thanks
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Without knowing your medical history, what you're taking the erythromycin for, what other meds you're taking, or whether you're pregnant, the answers can be very different--or dangerous.
First, this medication has a very serious interaction with statins used for high cholesterol like Lipitor (atorvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin), and Zocor (simvastatin) that can lead to muscle damage and kidney failure. If you're taking any of these medications at the same time, stop them and go see a doctor.
Second, if the tablets are 250mg each, how did you take 1400mg? These pills don't come in 100mg or 200mg sizes so you're either making a mistake with your adding or you're missing some other piece of critical info.
Third, this can worsen any liver problems that you may have and also interact with medications used to treat migraines. Again, I can't comment since you told us nothing about your medical situation.
Finally, doses as high as 4g/day are rarely used to prep before some surgeries, so IF you took something around 1250-1500mg, it should be okay if you don't have any of the above issues.
First, this medication has a very serious interaction with statins used for high cholesterol like Lipitor (atorvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin), and Zocor (simvastatin) that can lead to muscle damage and kidney failure. If you're taking any of these medications at the same time, stop them and go see a doctor.
Second, if the tablets are 250mg each, how did you take 1400mg? These pills don't come in 100mg or 200mg sizes so you're either making a mistake with your adding or you're missing some other piece of critical info.
Third, this can worsen any liver problems that you may have and also interact with medications used to treat migraines. Again, I can't comment since you told us nothing about your medical situation.
Finally, doses as high as 4g/day are rarely used to prep before some surgeries, so IF you took something around 1250-1500mg, it should be okay if you don't have any of the above issues.
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Call your local poision control centre to get advice on how to deal with the situation. If you have symptoms, get medical assistance. Usually it would not cause any serious symptoms (unless you are allergic), since there are more powerful antibiotics around. But you might possibly get some toxicity symptoms which would go away once the medicine is flushed out of the system.
PS: Agree with Yu_pimp on medical history and drug interactions
PS: Agree with Yu_pimp on medical history and drug interactions