Amoxicillin reaction?

It's not uncommon for antibiotics to cause bellyache/nausea/vomiting that then passes. Your body is sending you no messages, other than you get a side effect which has generally seemed short-lived enough that you could easily get through it. I can't tell if the latest one (with more vomiting/diarrhea) is tolerable to you or not, but I can tell you that I consider any antibiotic that controls my pouchitis to be more precious than gold. If you have to have side effects, transient ones are best.

Doxycycline caused me a bellyache for 4-5 days, but by living through that I cleared up SIBO with a two-month course.

Thank you Scott.  I did take another 250 mg. dose last night and had no problem with vomiting/diarrhea.  Took my usual 500 mg. this morning and have been doing fine as well. 

I guess it's just another one of those antibiotic "features" that one learns to live with.  Just seems so very strange to have the one episode and then no more "side effects" after the first dose. 

I have never had any problem with amoxicillin/augmentin.  It's an effective pouchitis treatment.  I have never had any real side effects from any of the many antibiotics I have taken, except higher dosages have caused yeast infections and cipro has caused a bit of sunlight sensitivity.  Never had nausea, or tingling.  I usually take antibiotics with meals.

After I had my thyroid removed because of cancer, and more recently while on a low iodine diet due to my cancer treatment, I noticed some tingling/numbness in my arms.  It's due to low calcium.  I am under Doctor's orders to take extra strength tums with every meal but sometimes I forget and when I do these symptoms happen.  A few days later after doubling up on my dosage of Tums, a blood test showed my calcium was at 10.3, within normal range of 8.6-10.3.

For people who are quick to point a finger at antibiotics for these symptoms, make sure your calcium levels are adequate to know that for sure.

OK, just to be clear - I wasn't doing the finger-pointing.  My doctors - including Dr. Shen at CC - were.  Dr. Shen was quick to take me off the tindamax after more than a year on it and moved me to augmentim and then amox. due to these symptoms.

My calcium levels are great, always have been, as I take supplements, eat plenty of dairy, and lift weights.  I have my bloodwork checked regularly.  Just sayin ... we're all different.  We all react to antibiotics differently.  So glad you have never had any probs. w/your antibiotics.

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I wasn't referring to you specifically in this thread with that finger-pointing comment.  I have seen a number of posts over the years from posters blaming antibiotics for numbness and tingling in the extremities.  There are a number of things that can cause such symptoms.  Calcium deficiency is one.  Diabetes is another.  Neurological issues another.  I think one of the most dangerous things one can do is this type of cause-effect analysis and conclusion which is totally unscientific.  Of course a doctor making that conclusion has ruled out the other causal connections, presumably.  But posters who reject an antibiotic after making that conclusion could be overlooking some serious alternate cause.  That is why you should always report these things to your Doctor, as you did, and as I did. Other posters came on here and asked if an antibiotic could cause those symptoms and after a few people said yes, they immediately concluded it was that and stopped the antibiotic, rather than call their doctor.