What side effects can this medication cause?
If the symptoms of your infection do not improve within a few days, or if they become worse, tell your doctor.
If you get severe diarrhoea tell your doctor, pharmacist or nurse immediately. Do this even if it occurs several weeks after roxithromycin has been stopped. Diarrhoea may mean that you have a serious condition affecting your bowel and you may need urgent medical care. Do not take any diarrhoea medicine without first checking with your doctor.
If you get a sore, white mouth or tongue while taking or soon after stopping roxithromycin, tell your doctor or pharmacist.
Also tell your doctor or pharmacist if you get vaginal itching or discharge. This may mean you have a fungal/yeast infection called thrush. Sometimes the use of roxithromycin allows fungi/yeast to grow and the above symptoms to occur, and this medication does not work against fungi/yeast.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are taking roxithromycin. It helps many people with bacterial infections, but it may have unwanted side effects in some people. All medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are serious, most of the time they are not, and medical treatment may be required for some of the side effects.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist to answer any questions you may have regarding side effects.
Tell your doctor if you notice any of the following and they worry you:
* oral thrush - white, furry, sore tongue and mouth
* vaginal thrush - sore and itchy vagina and/or discharge
* nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhoea, flatulence
* loss of appetite
* red and/or itchy skin
* headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears
* tiredness
* altered taste
Tell your doctor immediately or go to casualty at your nearest hospital if you notice any of the following:
* swelling of the face, lips, mouth and tongue
* severe persistent diarrhoea
* an allergic reaction (for example, itchy skin, rash, swelling, asthma)
These may be signs of a serious allergic reaction. Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some patients. Tell your doctor if you notice any other effects.
After finishing taking this medicine, tell your doctor immediately if you notice any of the following side effects, particularly if they occur several weeks after stopping treatment with roxithromycin:
* severe abdominal cramps or stomach cramps
* watery and severe diarrhoea, which may also be bloody
* fever, in combination with one or both of the above
These are rare but serious side effects. You may have a serious condition affecting your bowel and you may need urgent medical attention.
Some people may get other side effects while taking roxithromycin. Do not be alarmed by this list of possible side effects as most people do not experience any of them.
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