Anyone else's child on Biaxin?

[Teri]

Hi all,

 

I am wondering if anyone else's child is taking Biaxin? If so, what is the dosage and what form ?

My dd7 just had a med change : she is also on Omnicef, Rifampin, and Nystatin. After 2 years of being on daily abx, she is doing only pills. The most recent med change to Biaxin came in a liquid form which she has to take 2x per day (125 mg). She hates it and puts up a big fight. A pill would be so much easier.

The pharmacist said it only comes in a 250 mg pill - not sure if that is capsule or tablet.

Dr. originally wanted her on Azithromycin 250 mg 1x per day but insurance wouldn't cover 30 days of this abx.

 

If your child is on Biaxin, what is the dosage and what form is it in? Dd is 44 lbs. any input would help!

 

TIA

 

Teri

[sf_mom]

Our older son who is 9 and 70 pounds is on it. He takes 250 m.g. x 2 daily. Biaxin is similar to azithro but considered stronger.

 

Oops, I should have said 500 m.g. per day

Edited January 13, 2014 by sf_mom

[philamom]

We recently had the same problem with Bactrim (not Biaxin). We switched the liquid to tablet form and cut in half.

[mama2alex]

Our ds 13 is 90 lbs and takes 250mg twice a day. They're tablets, so you could easily cut them in half. Also, just thought I'd mention our doc said not to take it with minerals, so we moved his zinc and multi to mid-day.

[nicklemama]

DS is 10, 74 lbs. He takes 250 mg twice a day. The pharmacy does not carry 250 mg pills, so I am given 500 mg pills to cut in half. Works fine for me and I think its cheaper. Do you have an HMO? When we had an HMO, they were limiting in how much azithromycin I could get at one time. I think it was 8 pills. I had to go to the pharmacy every eight days. We switched insurance plans at open enrollment and no longer have this problem.

[Teri]

Thanks for the responses. We started the Biaxin on Saturday - 1 1/4 tsp 2x per day. After the second dose on Sunday night dd couldn't eat dinner and complained of a stomach ache. She didn't sleep well last night and was up 2 hours earlier than normal this morning.:-0. She said she was hungry which made sense but soon complained of a stomach ache after breakfast. Dr. originally prescribed Azithromycin but insurance would only cover 12 days. I hate that the Insurance company gets to decide which meds you can have! We have BC/BS - pretty good insurance overall.

 

Dd7 is 44 lbs and is also taking 300 mg Cefdinir, 150 mg Rifampin, Nystatin, and we give Florastor as well. Stomach ache could be Bart. herxing. Dr. told us to back off to once a day if she got worse or suspected a herxing reaction. Stomach aches are a Bartonella symptom if I am not mistaken. So I didn't give dd the morning dose before school. Hoping she can tolerate this abx.

 

I think I am going to ask the Dr. to change the Biaxin to the pill form. We can split it if it is in tablet form. When I asked the pharmacist if it came in another form - she said it would be too hard on her stomach. Now I am hearing that some of you folks do split the tablets - wondering why we can't do the same. We are past liquids thank god .... Getting her to take the liquid just adds another layer to getting her to take the meds!

[nicklemama]

I think it's the liquids that are tougher and taste so awful. My son has never, knock wood, had issues with biaxin and he's been on it for about 9 months now. He does take it with food.