METRONIDAZOLE Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)

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METRONIDAZOLE  (METRONIDAZOLE):  Metronidazole is an antibiotic that is used to treat a wide variety of infections. It may also be used to prevent infection after bowel surgery. It works by stopping the growth of certain bacteria and parasites.   FDA Approval Date: 1982-05-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  BV made me sleepy a few hours after taking it, headaches 2nd and 3rd day, little nausea 1st day, yeast infection(already had one though, so no biggie)most awful taste ever i think!!!!! dose was 2x a day for 7 days. take it with food, and i have a weak stomach so it wasnt as bad as i have read. would take it again if i had to. but lets hope not!! wish it didnt taste so bad. but take it down as fast as you can and you only get a little of the taste. it did its job it worked quite quickly though i would say by the 2nd night my bv symtoms were gone. still had the yeast infection but i have a diflucan for that. so we will see how everything goes! F 24
12/7/2008
 4  Bacterial Vaginosis I am currently on metronidazole and on my fifth day. I have had no problems, but the nasty taste and tiredness. I have been drinking alchohol on this medicine just tonight to test it since I havnt been nausiated. I have drank a 23 oz of beer and currently am on a cup of wine and I am perfectly fine. F 19
5/30/2009
 4   500mgx7 days - EXTREME insomnia, lightning bolt headaches, nausea, dry mouth, no appetite, mood swings. Hope it is killing the bacteria but hope it's not killing other things in my body! Cannot imagine what's happening to those taking 2000mg! F 38
9/25/2009
 3  Gum infection I'm no longer taking this medication. No change to review. It took about a month to fill nearly normal again. Almost 1 month to feel almost fully recovered. F 66
500mg 3X day
3/12/2024
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 3  BV I'm so grateful to everyone for posting their side effects on this site, and especially to the person who commented, "If you have BV, talk to your doc, and ask for Dalacin C cream instead." I have BV and my doctor prescribed 500 mg metronidazole twice daily. Fortunately, I read all the comments here before I started taking the drug, and was able to ask my doctor to prescribe clindamycin vaginal cream instead. (It's the generic of Dalacin C.) An article in the November, 1995 Journal of Family Practice compared the treatment of BV by oral metronidazole, matronidazole vaginal gel, and clindamycin vaginal cream, and concluded that there were no statistically significant differences in cure rates among the treatments. So, if you have BV and you're looking for an alternative to taking metronidazole, you may want to ask your physician about clindamycin cream. Hope this info helps someone, as it did me. F 54
10/17/2007
 3  
2/27/2005
 3  dysentry M 38
800mg 1X day
5/16/2010
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 3  C - difficile bacterial infection Headache from dehydration, diarrhea (it's supposed to fix that D:), severe nausea, severe fatigue (lathargic), tiredness, extreme dizziness, and I am constantly feeling as if I am going to vomit or pass out. Like I worry I am going to black out. 4 days on this stuff so far and it helps one day, and the next it's as if nothings changed. I am taking it as directed on a regular enough schedule for it to be consistant. I'm also taking other medication and because of the bacteria I feel I'm not absorbing it correctly because it's less effective. F 25
3X day
7/25/2010
 2  stomach problems dizziness, headache, blurriness, aching bones, WHEN YOUR DOCTOR RECOMMENDS YOU TO TAKE THIS TABLETS, ASK FOR THE SIDE EFFECTS. BE CAREFUL! F 12
250 mg 2X day
1/18/2011
 2  PID furry, swollen tongue, constant heartburn, decreased appetite and nausea, feeling of light headedness which affected my ability to drive on day 9 of 10 and conting the hours.. F 35
3/2/2008
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8/6/2005
 1   I wanted to add something. Eat a diet that's high in complex carbs and drink large quantities of water. I found this helped a lot with the insomnia and mood disorders. No lo-carb diets with this medication.
4/24/2007
 1  Vaginitis F 69
500 mg. 1X day
2/14/2011
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 1  BV On day 2 now and having trouble sleeping, metallic tasting film in my mouth and feeling nauseated. Am discontinueing, was already leery of this drug when the warning label said it caused CANCER in lab rats. It is likened to poison. Will try homeopathic solutions. M 39
500 MG 3X day
8/19/2010
 1  bv Also, I do not drink alcohol and I read the directions. This site is to help other people to know the effects of this drug not to complain. So, whomever made that statement just had no side effects and doesn't realize that everyone is different and our body's will react differently than others to the same drugs. M 19
500 1X day
5/13/2010
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 1  Endolimax nana F 28
500mg 1X day
8/31/2011
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 1  HPV This drug made me feel like I was going absolutely insane. I couldn't think straight, I was constantly worrying about things, out of no where became depressed, doubts and confusion about my life, horrible taste in mouth, random crying, nauseated all the time, randomly broke out in a sweat and felt like I was going to throw up, shaking, fast heart rate, incredibly moody, weird dreams. NEVER will I EVER take anything like this again. Like everyone else has said, I am so glad I saw other people having the same side effects made me feel like there was hope that I wasn't just going crazy. I had no idea a medication could affect someone so much as a person this bad. All I can do now is never take it again, and pray that I will recover and go back to normal. F 19
500mg 3X day
10/8/2012
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 1  Wisdom tooth extraction I'm no longer taking this medication. F 44
400mg 1X day
3/12/2024
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 1  Dental disinfection fever, headache, numbness and tingling on face, hand and leg take one, one after 7 days, then another one F 35
11/13/2009
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 1  Trich I am so sick to my stomach and my mouth is terribly dry. I hope it goes away soon I been feeling like this since being treated yesterday... never again will I take this medicine.. F 44 1 times
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5/19/2017
  

METRONIDAZOLE  (METRONIDAZOLE):  Metronidazole is an antibiotic that is used to treat a wide variety of infections. It may also be used to prevent infection after bowel surgery. It works by stopping the growth of certain bacteria and parasites.   FDA Approval Date: 1982-05-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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