  Help! Erythromycin and stomach pain... NHS Direct worse than
useless... I need MN!  (12 Posts) Ellbell Tue 12-Jun-07 21:33:21
Hello. I know I said I was having a break from MN, but I need
some advice and have tried NHS Direct to no avail... so here I
am!  I have a nasty ear infection for which I have been
prescribed erythromycin. A known side-effect of erythromycin is
stomach pain, and the doctor did warn me about this yesterday
when she prescribed it. Took two doses yesterday and was fine.
Pain started at about 9.00 this morning after third dose. First
of all like mild indigestion, annoying but not the end of the
world. However it has been getting worse all day and now I am in
real discomfort if I try to walk around/stand up/do anything
except just lie on my front. Will it be like this for the whole
7 day course of antibiotics? If so, I don't think I can continue
to take it (not least because I have to go to work this week and
I have a 40th birthday party - mine! - on Saturday).  I just
don't know what to