User Reviews for Omnicef oral

On second day of taking the medication I get a very little rash on my leg, without understanding what it’s from, I took medication on day third as well. 6 months passed since I first took this antibiotic, and I still have constant rashes. It’s completely destroyed my good bacteria in my stomach. I’ve been on steroid medication to reduce the rash. I’ve been to ER twice because I couldn’t live a second not itching. A full month of sleepless nights due to itchiness. My skin is also ruined and it’s left a “goose-like” mark all over my body. Whoever invented this medicine should be sued and have his whole family take this pills. Read More Read Less

Prescribed this drug for UTI. Twice a day 300 mg. The infection did resolve after 5 days. Now am retaining urine and unable to urinate. On a catheter for a week to see if this gets resolved. Looked at sie effects and this was listed, that urinating less or not at all. Will not take this drug again.

My took this medication. About 30 minutes later she was doubled over in pain, nauseous, vomiting, clammy, running a fever with diarrhea. I will never allow her to take this medication again. EVER.

HORRIBLE antibiotic. My 9 year old daughter was prescribed 11 ml 1x/day for a UTI. 3 days later she spiked a super high fever, which was following by rash/hives over at least 50% of her body. According to MD, rash/hives could take 4-5 days after discontinuing medication to clear. Also gave her terrible thrush/yeast infection within 24 hours of 1st dose.

I was not able to take more than 3 doses before developing terrible side effects of stomach discomfort, diarrhea, abdominal pain. I am now 3 days off it and on medicine to control the stomach issue.

My two year old daughter was diagnosed with a sinus infection and double ear infection and was put on cefdinir to treat these issues. After being on the medication for 5 days she started swelling all over and breaking out in a rash/hives. A trip to the ER told us she having an allergic reaction to the medication. Good news is it treated both her infections - bad news is we can never use it again given her reaction.

I think this drug must have changed somehow. Now it is made by a company in India. I took this drug a few years ago, no side effect whatsoever. This time when I took it, I developed new side effects everyday, until I had terrible diarhhea. Then I quitted. I say f*** drug company!

Took generic called Cefdinir 300mg, 1 capsule and I was horribly sick to my stomach and got diarrhia. Was so sick that I felt I would pass out and then started with C-dif and had to take Flagl. Will never take this medicine again.

I had acute sinus infection and took Omnicef. After 2 days of this medication my Crohn's Disease which had been in remission suddenly became very active. This antibiotic kills the normal bacteria in the bowel and causes big problems. I will never take this medication again. It is a dangerous med!!

My son is 13 and has taken this many times before with no problems. This time for strep,all was good till he finished the last dose. Slowly he started itching, which progressed to huge swollen hives and a sunburn looking rash on his head, legs, arms. It kept moving from place to place but stayed on this head. Also had painful joints. Now on Benadryl and steroids. I was relieved to find these reviews, that others have had the same experience.

Thanksgiving & out of town. previously i was sick for 1 mos. w/ coughing/sinusitis. after that time, went to PCP, he Rx for Omnicef. i took for 10 days, 2 days after dosage complete, the itching began w/ welts on back of my head. hives spread to underarms and backs of knees, bilaterally. my back & face had hives, and i'd trouble w/ breathing. ER visit- i was out of town- confirmed allergic reaction to Omnicef, but MD wasn't sure (seemed MOST obvious since i'd just finished it on Weds., this was Friday, 11pm). IV steroids and prevacid (H2 blocker/antihistamine); brought hives down & released. went to my mom's, slept for 6 hrs., & packed for 10 hr. drive home w/ my mom & my 2 boys. about one hr. from home, severe itching resumed (i'd taken benadryl & prednisone that ER MD Rx'd me). this was approx. 24 later after initial allergic response. around midnight Sat., i couldn't sleep, my breathing was OFF, my lips/tongue/throat started to tingle and swell. lips were 4x's their normal size. husband took me to ER closer to home & AGAIN, packed me up w/ IV steroids & benadryl. took approx. 3 hrs. for lips to un-swell, but itching was HORRIBLE! ER released me, i went home and felt horrible for over a week!! itching, hives and skin irritation resumed for over a week- it got better, but was scary b/c of the fear of anaphylactic shock. i believe that the 2nd reaction was even worse b/c my immune system was suppressed b/c of the prednisone and histamine blockers. when the steroids and antihistamine wore off, my body fought back w/ a vengeance and then the swollen face/lips/mouth/tongue/throat began, b/c i didn't just let my body take it's time to heal naturally. had i done that, i may not have had SUCH a terrible reaction, afterwards. the funny thing IS that i've NEVER had a rxn in my life, to anything. so this was very strange to me, and IT happened after i had finished the dose. but i am finding that this is also common with this Rx. also, Prednisone is NOT good to be on.Read More Read Less

I will start by saying that my 6 yo got a terrible case of strep throat with a lot of pain and a very high fever. He took 4mg of Cefdinir twice a day for ten days. His strep infection cleared right up but on the afternoon of the tenth day he has his first attack of severe itchiness. His skin got very red in several areas and then began to welt up pretty bad. We are now a week away from his last dose and he is still experiencing this allergic reaction. It comes and goes all over his arms and legs but is concentrated on his neck/chest area. He is absolutely miserable and the itchiness is also preventing him from completing simple tasks, even eating! My poor guy sat at the dinner table forever last night and couldn't help scratching the whole time. Eventually he couldn't sit there any more and asked to take an oatmeal bath. Benedryl helps a little but the Dr. recommended limiting that. She started him on a slightly elevated dose of Allegra. It's only been a couple of days but that's not really helping so far. All we can do is keep trying and calm the skin any way we can with baths and lotions. BEWARE PARENTS!!! There has to be a better option than this :( P.S. Dr. and Pharmacist assured us that this was safe even after being reminded of a reaction my lo had to penicillin a few years ago. Wish I had read this instead of listening to them!Read More Read Less

My 2 year old daughter had a double ear infection and has not had good luck with amoxicillin so she took this for 10 days and then broke out in a rash with hives all over her body. Freaked me out. Doc didn't say it was from the medicine but clearly it is. She is so sick but it did fix the ear infection. So scary

My 10 months old daughter was given this drug after the 3rd ear infection. After the 1st does itself my baby got rashes all over the body. The doctor asked me to give for 1 more day. It made worse the next day. Tomorrow have to call the doctor and ask again.

My daughter was placed on this med for bronchitis. On the 6th day she tarted urinating uncontrollably. We took her to the doctor and said she is reacting to the antibiotic. He stated that she was not having a reaction and the uncontrolled urination was due to a yeast infection, he cast our opinion aside and told us to keep giving her the cefdinir. On the 9th day she developed a bad rash and swelling of all her joints. She can not stand or walk due to immense pain. We are furious with the doctor and will not be going to this office in the future. I will never allow any of my children to take this medication in the future, something I advise to everyone.Read More Read Less

I started this medication today for a sinus infection, took one pill. Well I'm doubled over with abdominal pain and nauseous. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow!! Would not recommend!!

After our then 6year old took all 10 days worth of medicine he broke out into a rash, itching, entire body started swelling to the point he could hardly walk! After a trip to after hours and one ER trip they finally told us it was the medicine and to never give him this medicine again. Needless to say I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy.

Our 11 month old son was prescribed this drug for ear infections after several other antibiotics didn't work. After 2 days of taking the drug, he broke out into hives. I will not recommend this drug to anyone.

My one year old was given this medicine for a double ear in fection after Amoxicillin didn't work. She took it for 4 days and then broke out in a horrible rash from head to toe. Took her to urgent care and they told us to not give her anything and just wait until Monday morning to see her doctor. She looks like she has a sunburn all over. Does anybody know of anything I can do to help her feel better while we wait??