I once had a bad case of thrush or something when I was in the hospital and they were giving me levofloxacin. The azthromycin is from the same family. I have no idea if that is the cause or not and have no idea if that is what you have. They gave me a diflucan, for yeast infections, and it soon cleared up. My tongue was so red I could hardly stand for it to be in my mouth. I would suggest telling the doctor for a professional opinion, and in my case, I gargled a lot with mouth wash and that helped. Maybe others have a better idea.
Blessings
Brenda

Ok< I looked up the side effects of both the meds, and the only thing about the tongue is if it is swelling that is an emergency. Sometimes we get "ulcers" on the tongue that my grannie use to call "lie Bumps"
I don.t think it was the antibiotic that caused my problem, but I read where some medicine can cause a sore tongue, like seizure meds and blood thinners. Mine was just not rinsing well after the inhalers and all those neb treatments thy gave me.
OK Capt, I have totally NOT helped you a bit. Someone in this group will have a good answer. But you need to eat, so maybe gargle with antiseptic mouth wash or salt water (warm) will help the soreness. If it continues, see your doctor.
Hugs
Brenda

My wild guess after all those antibiotics and steroids would be thrush
too. Are there any white patches or little white bumps?

Rinse your mouth out with Baking Soda water. I have to do that at times, one of my Meds causes the burning, I don't know which one.

True, thrush sounds like that, again soda water and gargle.

Brenda, I am pretty sure those are "Lie Bumps"...LOL

Of course if all else fails, call the Doc.

Do you have thrush?

Azithromycin will give you Thrush. Tis always a good idea to have a yogurt or some such product to prevent yeast infections from antibiotics...

Hugs,
Dennis

Well, Dennis as usual makes sense. If azthromycin causes thrush, then that is what I had at the hospital, because they were pushing the levofloxicin iv's. I know i did not have it before I went in there, and always rinsed after doing my inhalers.
Anyway, that is what it sounds like, so finish the antibiotic, because that is important.
Jarca, my grannie called them lie bumps and ask what little fib I had told... lol She was playing with me now I realize, but back then I was really worrying what fib I had told, and to who....Had I really told one and grannie knew about it (she knew everything) she would have told me to bring the switch!!! : )
Capt, I hope it clears up soon, but eat maybe soft foods or something until it does...
Brenda

great information. thank you.

After conducting a visual on my tongue, I do notice a couple of white bumps toward the tip. And when I was in the hospital for two weeks recently, they injected me with an anti-clotting med in the stomach area before starting my IV drip of Levoquin, which is the other drug mentioned.I also was given and IV drip of azithromycin as well. I remember asking the nurse if I did indeed have thrush and after inspection of my mouth, she replied no.
I will start rinsing with baking soda and water and hopefully this will end my dilemma.

It only took me one Thrush infection; to realize to rinse carefully after using any of my inhalers. YOUCH!! I feel sympathy for you. I hope your tongue returns to normal soon.

"If you develop a mild case of thrush after taking antibiotics, eating yogurt or taking over-the-counter acidophilus capsules can help.

Use a soft toothbrush and rinse your mouth with a diluted 3% hydrogen peroxide solution several times a day."
This worked for me, I even dabbed a q tip in the H2O2 and put it on the little spots, let sit, then rinse. Worked fast!
This is from:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001650/

Capt, I used presdnisone and azithromyacin on a regular basis. And I do not suffer as you do, but when I get pneumonia or if the MRSA kicks up and I am put on Colistimethate and Meropenem everything that I put in my mouth tastes bad and or burns my tongue. But the meds help, so I don't do or say anything about it. The crappyness seems to clear up about 4 or 5 days after the meds are done. I am sure it is a direct reaction to the meds. Talk to the doc, explain what is happening. They may want to switch your drugs. Take care, Bill

as usual, all of you are fantastic. My many sincerest thank you's and appreciation.

Oh by the way, I have finally made it to Plymouth, NH where I will start the journey of undergoing the application process for LVRS. From palm trees to pine trees and my first white Christmas in 28 years! To be with family and friends is truly "paradise", no matter where it may be.

Have a great and blessed day everyone...

I had a severe sore, blistered red tongue for a long time.....mine also hurt to eat.....everything made it hurt more when I tried to eat. The first thing I thought about was that I was drinking Sprite several times a day and eating ice cream everyday.......I stopped those 2 things and before very long (couple of weeks or so) my tongue was getting well. I think probably the sprite had acids in it and something in the ice cream didn't agree with me. I don't drink coffee and was drinking the sprite in place of having coffee.

Now that my tongue is okay....I am particular what I drink a lot of....not too much of anything that contains a lot of acid....like orange juice, lemonade etc. Not too much raw onion with meals either.

Maybe some of these suggestions will help....please let us know as I believe there are quite a few older people who suffer with a sore tongue. Oh, and also I took B-12 for a month or two after a doctor looked at my tongue and told me to take B-12.

barbara

I don't know whether it will work or not because I never got around to trying it, but I had some issues with mouth sores and when I talked to the pharmacist about it, he recommended an old fashioned remedy of mouth rinse with children's Benadryl (generic is okay) and a liquid antacid. I'm not sure how old-fashioned it really is because I don't think children's Benadryl has been around that long, but it may be old-fashioned in the sense that in the good old days it was a then prescription formulation for one of what they call Magic Mouthwash.

I might add, if you are on Inhalers it helps to use the spacer, to keep from getting thrush. Also I found some remedies, hope they help.

http://voices.yahoo.com/natural-home-remedies-thrush-7089442.html