Drug Ratings for METRONIDAZOLEAverage Rating: 2.5 (1283 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METRONIDAZOLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | Tric | Tired when I moved I felt crazy urine brown unless I drink water.legs felt weak.eyes were red I felt like I wanted to die I lost weight because I couldnt eat.. | May clear up infection but ull have hell on da way.. | F | 21 | 7 days 500 2X D | 10/3/2011 | 4 | Vaginal Bacteriosis | Headache, neck ache, super tired, sore muscles, bloating, vivid dreams. | I'm on my 3rd day, and I am sooo tired. I haven't thrown up from it, but I can see how other people would. I just want to sleep all day. My head hurts and I feel a little out of it. I don't know why anybody would want to drink while they're on this medication, that's just lame. It clearly states not to drink. | F | 21 | 8 days 500mg 2X D | 10/1/2011 | 4 | BV | Severe dry mouth, fatigue, stiff neck muscles, vivid dreams, and a yeast infection....and disulfarim reaction. | I have taken this before, but never noted the vivid dreams...I don't typically remember my dreams, but for the last few nights they have been so "real" feeling that I have woken up either crying or feeling quite disgruntled. Attributed the fatigue and sore muscles to exercise, but I see from here that is common too. I think that the drug is safe and has been on the market for years; it is the most effective for anaerobic infections. I suggest if you can't deal with the oral side effects and have the choice of the gel insert go for that. Also, no joke with the reaction to alcohol...I've drank before with this drug and was fine, but this time the quantity: four beers seemed to do the trick and led to nasty nausea and vomiting the next morning. Only one dose left! | F | 31 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 9/29/2011 | 1 | vaginal infection | i ve had all the side effects mentioned on this page. i have an overactive thryroid that gives me extreme problems with my eyes. and after taking this medicine the other night it was worse. eyes burned. slash them with water so much burning. almost passed out in my kitchen then almost threw up right afterwards | F | 20 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 9/24/2011 | 3 | Infected fistula crohns colitis | Tingling feet which is nerve damage, extream tiredness, dizzy,feel sick,just horrible. | Having to take this for such a long time because NHS are too busy and have made me wait for surgery to sort out the infections!!!. | M | 48 | 3 months 400 3X D | 9/21/2011 | 1 | Tooth infection | Took first tablets last night dentist prescribed this and Another antibiotic, took this Norns and next thing I knew I was bleeding from my rectum, painful tummy cramps etc | Not taking any more!!!! Omg | F | 31 | 5 days 3X D | 9/21/2011 | 1 | tooth infecttion | this is the worse medicine that i have ever had. it made me very angry,i could see veins from the swelling, my head feels so heavy and big, dizzy, i hear different words (instead of maths i heard reading and writing) when i asked my son what he did at school, was watching tv polititions talking but in my head i could not figure out what they talking about and at times i was hearing like children talk i cant remember, even after i stoped taking the tablets i still feel the same, in fact now that i stopped if i feel depressed. the medicine is rubish | F | 28 | 3 days 200mg 3X D | 9/21/2011 | 3 | Perianal abcess | Feeling AWFUL. Just vomited after taking one bite of an apple. I've barely eaten for three days, yet I have diarrhea. Metal taste in mouth. Can't sleep. General malaise. | M | 29 | 10 days 500 3X D | 9/20/2011 | 1 | Really drowzy and constant vomiting. I hate this medicine. It is making me miserable. I cannot sleep because I have been puking my brains out... I also have soreness in the upper-neck. | HATE IT | F | 17 | 7 days 500MG 3X D | 9/19/2011 | 2 | Infection | Vomiting, nausea, sleepy, stomach pains, bad taste in mouth, orange urine, headache, neck pain. | This drug is horrible. I gave it a 2 cause I'm sure it's clearing up my infection because it is so strong. I cant stand how it makes me feel like I'm in another world and makes me sleep all the time and I can't wake up from sleeping. It kills my stomach. I can't eat. I can't go out. Missed a college class because I was vomiting and had a fever. 2 hours after taking the first dose I vomited. And then two days later I got sick again. I have a constant headache. My neck hurts and is stiff. I'm cranky and always nauseas. I just want to be done with these meds. | F | 20 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 9/17/2011 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Dry mouth, nausea, abdominal pain and severely stiff muscles neck and head. It feels like I always have a headache but its the back and top of my head that hurts. I have only been on this medication for 3 days I feel like by the time I finish I will be dead. | I was prescribed this medication from a DR in an ER and after the first dose when all my muscles got so stiff that I couldn't even move I ended up back in the ER only to have the same DR tell me I was probably in the beginning stages of a cold. Shouldn't DR read up on the medication they prescribed and some of the side effects? If it weren't for me googling my symptoms I would have never known it was the medication, I didn't understand why after taking antibiotics I am feeling way worse! I can't believe this is what I have to deal with. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 500 MG 2X D | 9/17/2011 | 1 | Bv | Extremely tired, shaky, nausea, depressed, headache, anxiety, muscle aches Didn't have symptoms of bv, so I don't know if the infection is clearing up or not,but this medicine makes me feel HORRIBLE! | i only have 3 more days of this medicine and I CAN'T WAIT! I will NEVER take this medicine again! I will defiantly use homeopathic treatments if needed from now on.......THIS DRUG IS EVIL!!!! | F | 37 | 7 days 500mg 2X D | 9/16/2011 | 5 | H Pylori | None whatsoever | After suffering chest pain on and off for 22 years, was diagnosed with h pylori. One week on this medication and the pain has not returned in 14 years. (My husband was prescribed it for diverticulitis, he was very nauseous, almost stopped taking it, but after my result he knew it was worth it. He hasn't had a recurrence in 12 years). | F | 48 | 7 days 2X D | 9/7/2011 | 1 | gum infection | sweating, dizziness, flu-like symptoms, difficulty breathing, palpatations, tingly sensation in fingers, paralysing anxiety, fatigue | I took this unaware of what a severe reaction I would get. I ended up in hospital with an abnormal heart beat, severe anxiety symptoms leaving me off work for three weeks not able to do anything. My gum infection went but if I had known this drug does this to so many people I would never have taken it. It should be taken off the shelf. | F | 42 | 5 days 3X D | 9/3/2011 | 4 | amoebic liver abscess | I am taking it now for 7 days and the taste in mouth seems to be getting worse, have a white tongue, had some back, neck and shoulder pain in the first three days that I could feel more when laying in bed (but this went away), have regular bowl movements but they come very sudden, have darker urine, had to sleep a lot the first three days when starting the medication, had once strange headache in the evening | After taking it for a few days now I figured out that I need to get the tablets down as fast as I can with plenty of water and food. The less the tablets touch my tongue the better. I also eat a bit of toasted bread before and after taking the medication that makes the taste more tolerable in my opinion. I am so glad when this is over and that it will help because otherwise I am starting at square one again | F | 41 | 14 days 750 mg 3X D | 9/2/2011 | 1 | Endolimax nana | F | 28 | 500mg 1X D | 8/31/2011 History | 5 | More tired than usual (although this could be put down to other factors), headache that lasted all night on night 3, bit of dry mouth and by about day 4/5 started to notice an unpleasant taste which I managed to mask with coffee and food!! | Overall I had no unpleasant side effects. I made sure I took the tablet (one twice a day) after food and with a full glass of milk to get rid of the taste. I also took at the same time each day. I must say I was rather wary of this drug after reading everything on line but I took my last tablet yesterday and have been fine. I also have not touched a drop of alcohol, even though I had some exam results and a bank holiday during the course!! Not sure if BV has cleared as no obvious symptoms.but I will def be looking for any minor changes now!!! All I can say is if u have really unpleasant side effects, see your GP. As I say, I was ok so perhaps its different in different people. | F | 28 | 7 days 400mg 2X D | 8/30/2011 | 3 | pelvic swelling | feeling sick hallucinations thought someone was breaking in house and was seeing lights very very sleepy all time indigestion neck aches | got rid of pains in stomach so far however side effects not good from tablets luckily im on school hols anyhow otherwise would have been very tricky with work general feeling very low and constantly tired and cant be bothered been no ooomph in me knocks it out of you go bk next week to docs so well see x | F | 31 | 14 days 400mg 2X D | 8/30/2011 | 4 | BV | Its horrible, I've 4days left and I don't know if I can take it anymore. Makes me feel so sick and weak. I threw up this morning which made me feeling abit better,but now I've a massive headache at work.... On my hoilday tomorrow with my boyfriend... worst feeling ever! | F | 19 | 7 days 3X D | 8/29/2011 | 2 | BV | Nausea and chills | I was very excited to get prescribed metronidazole because I want to get rid of this BV. My nurse warned me that if I drank alcohol I would puke my brains out and go absolutely crazy, so of course I've been avoiding it like it's the devil. I took my first dose and felt fine but I took my second about 2 hours ago and now instead of sleeping I am sitting up, freezing, and feeling very, very sick to my stomach. I'm not sure if I can do another six days of this but I really want this infection to go away. I feel a little bit of relief knowing that I'm not the only person experiencing negative side effects. Hang in there, guys! We can conquer this awful drug :( | F | 21 | 1 days 2X D | 8/24/2011 | 4 | Bacterial vaginosis | panic attacks... which are awful, slight dizzy sight, diarrhea, paranoia, and i was paranoid that i was dying at some points, and ive still got 2 days left, apart from the panic attacks which lead me to think im dying there ok because they've nearly cleared up all of the discharge, and the smell has tottally gone | next time if there is a next time i'll hopefully try the gel .. panic attacks are too much for me, as im only 15 , so i ghave this drug a 4 and would of gave it a 5 but theres still a tiny bit of discharge and the symptoms from the drug too | F | 15 | 7 days 400mg 3X D | 8/15/2011 | 1 | E. Hystolitica | This med is terrible... complete desturction to the body. Very unusual effects like disoriented, shortness of breath, not able to stand for more than 2 minutes. This is garbage and not medication! | DO Not try it at all. | M | 47 | 5 days 500 2X D | 8/15/2011 | 3 | BV | SEVERE stomach cramps/ache. Gas and bloating. Dark urine and stool. Frequent bowel movements.. | I thought I had developed PID from the BV because of the PID like symptoms this medicine gave me, but after reading comments from others experiences, I am now %100 sure that the culprit is this medicine.started taking it on a monday bhegan having SEVERE stomach ache the very next day. 2 days later went to the ER because I thought I was bleeding inside because of the dark stool and abdominal pain. So happy to see I'm not alone NEVER AGAIN..gave it a 3/5 because it definately cleared up the BV but the SE are horrid | F | 21 | 7 days 500 MG 2X D | 8/14/2011 | 1 | tooth abcess | Took 6 tablets in June 2008 and collapsed, Dr adised stop taking them but had dizziness, ataxia, hypoglycemia, felt completely exhausted, panic attacks before getting up in morning, still have some of these symptoms some 3 years later Crescent Pharma Ltd who manufacture this drug could not supply s cure and My Dr unable to help either after trying diets etc, my liver , kidneys blood, heart are OK so this drug does damage to the brain, why is it on the market its too dangerous. | If you are having side effects contact by email Prashant.Gupta@apcphaqrma.co.uk and tell this company of the problems you are having then perhaps something will be done to improve this antibiotic, don't foreget to take acidophilus to put the good bugs back into your body. | F | 70 | 2 days 200 mg 3X D | 8/11/2011 | 3 | Acne Rosacea | mild head ache, indigestion (like food is sitting in my stomach) Urinary tract infection symptoms, sluggish feeling | I think I need to drink more water while taking this medication -- it seems to dry me out and I think that may be linked to my UTI symptoms-- Drinking lots of water and taking a B-vitamin have helped with the sluggish feelings -- Also, eating light -- lots of veggies and fiber. | F | 27 | 4 days 500 2X D | 8/3/2011 | 2 | Dental Abcess | Sweating Drowsiness disorientated Numbness on fingers | I am taking this drug in conjunction with Amoxicillan for a dental abcess for the first three days I was totally out of it and slept. Got up for one day and attempted work but felt tipsy and sick. Next day I could not wake up - I was aware I needed to get up but somehow I was not with it and could not wake up therefore could not go to work. I am not sure dentists should prescribe this drug as they do not have your GP knowledge of your own history I have concerns this week that perhaps I should not have been given this drug. My breathing has been very uncomfortable and have heart palpitations when laying down at night. Very scary feeling but do not like to be a nuisance and ring my GP to check. | F | 53 | 7 days 400MG 3X D | 8/2/2011 | 1 | H PYLORI | Intense sotmach pains (worse than the ones I was having from the infection), massive headaches( which felt like someone was behind my eye balls trying to push them out) diziness, can not eat, depression (crying all the time), anxiety.... | ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE FOR H PYLORI IS A MEDICATION I AM ALLERGIC TO SO I AM STUCK WITH THIS! I COULD HANDLE THE STOMACH PAINS, AND HEADACHES, BUT THE DEPRESSION IS THE WORST. ITS TAKEN OVER ME AND IM ALWAYS WORRYING ABOUT IF IT WILL GO AWAY ONCE IM NOT TAKING THIS MEDICATION ANYMORE! IF SOMEONE HAS EXPERIENCED DEPRESSION FORM THIS DRUG PLEASE WRITE ANOTHER COMMENT ON HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GO AWAY! :( | F | 25 | 10 days 500 MG 2X D | 8/2/2011 | 1 | CDiff infection | from day 1 CONSTANT dull nagging headache, hard to concentrate, groggy. stiff neck. sporadic fevers in the first few days. lethargic, painful abdominal cramping and bloating. by day 7 had still not relieved diarrhea caused by CDiff. switching meds ASAP. no nausea or vomiting. | F | 29 | 10 days 500mg 3X D | 8/2/2011 | 1 | h pylori | Throbbing headaches, stomach pains (different from the pain I was getting from the h pylori) diarrhea, depression/anxiety, dizziness, extreme fatigue. Just NOT myself while taking this medicine, and im only on day 4 :( I don't know if I can handle this for 6 more days | This medication is horrible :( it bettttter kill the h pylori cuz if not and I went thru all this for nothing I will be one extremely pissed off chick! | F | 25 | 10 days 2X D | 8/1/2011 | 2 | Bacterial Vaginosis | had severe headache on day 1, also metallic taste in mouth, nightmares, dizziness, burning eyes, lethargy, upset stomach, very dry mouth, dark urine, sore throat | This medicine tastes HORRIBLE! Have a drink and something to eat when taking this med so you can get the AWFUL taste out of your mouth. The taste is so bad that I had a hard time trying not to vomit. I've never have side effects on medication, and was not expecting to on this one. This is the only medication that has given me unpleasant side effects. I'm only on day 4 out of 7 and so far the side effects are bearable, but just slightly annoying. I just hope they don't get worse. But honestly if I ever get BV again I will definitely choose another option. And reading everyone's negative experiences with this med, makes me wonder why they even allow this med on the market. | F | 20 | 7 days 1X D | 7/29/2011 | 5 | Bv | Took the medicine in the afternoon. Felt fine all day. Woke up in the middle of the night with the worst headache I've ever had. I wanted to rip my hair out. I was sweating and threw up all night until the next morning. Worst night ever! About 4 days after I got a yeast infection. | although the dude effects sucked it did make my bv go away right away. | F | 20 | 1 days 2000 1X D | 7/27/2011 | 1 | VB | During the day the feeling was like I was 'drugged' or hungover with very dry feeling inside eyes, as well as inside belly -- as if all fluids in me had dried up (32 weeks pregnant at the time of prescription). Towards evening I would get depressed, when I fell asleep I had weird sensations in my head, as if my brain was outside of my skull -- a nervous system issue I'm assuming. I was supposed to take 2 x 500 mg for 5 days, but I stopped after 2 days (4 tablets in total) - I sweated a lot the night I stopped the meds, but slept well compared to the previous night. I took half a dose the next day because I felt that it did help with the discharge and was worried about the whole preterm labour issue in regards to VB and pregnancy. However, even the lower dose made me feel paranoid / depressed again, so I drank a load of water, followed by cranberry juice followed by a cup of warm water with lemon, which helped with the dry-mouth. I decided to stop them altogether now. | Basically it felt like every thing was dried up - which was good for the quite watery discharge I had, but didn't feel too good when it came to my eyes and head. Why is this drug prescribed during pregnancy ? With so many weird side-effects, it shouldn't even be on the market anymore. It was disgusting and made me worry about my baby's and my own safety/health. The taste and feeling in my head reminded me of an experience with 'e' years ago, but not in a good way. Something just wasn't right. | F | 32 | 3 days 500 mg 2X D | 7/12/2011 | 3 | Dental Abcess | Stomach cramps, discoloured urine, palpitations and hot flushes. | It is always better not to drink when taking Antibiotics so I avoided, but had a drink 24 hours after my last dose and was absolutely fine. | M | 48 | 3 days 400 3X D | 7/11/2011 | 3 | Vagina infection | This medication tastes terrible. Make sure you eat something, take the medication, and eat a few bites again to subdue the nasty taste it leaves in your mouth. It also gave me terrible pains in my upper and lower stomach along with very loose bowls. The odor that came out of me was just as bad as the taste of the medication. Make sure you have plenty of air freshener around. LOL!!! Have to go back to the doctor to see if everything is okay and the meds worked. Fingers crossed!! | F | 58 | 5 days 2X D | 6/29/2011 | 5 | BV | Lightheaded if not taken with food | i had no side effects. Meds worked great. Everything cleared up within 2 days. The med. doesn't taste good but what does? Eat with it and everything is fine. | F | 23 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 6/27/2011 | 1 | bv | blurred vision, brain fog, dizziness, vomiting, profuse sweating, puffy eyes, headache, bad dreams, depressed, metallic taste in mouth. Basically I had every side effect. | This stuff is awful. I'm just praying it worked. I was suppose to take for 14 days and stopped at day 11 1/2 (counted as it was just too awful and I'm leaving for vacation in a few days and didn't want any of these symptoms while on the airplane). I was also on Bactrim and gel Flagyl. It's a wonder I'm alive. Finally tonight my vision is returning but wish the sweating would stop and metallic taste is still there slightly. People who read this beg your doctor for something else. | F | 50 | 11 days 500 mg 3X D | 6/26/2011 | 1 | Trich/BV | Heavy/painful headache, cold/hot sweats, lethargic, panic attacks, anxiety, severe stomach cramping, odd crying spells, feeling of doom, shaky arms and legs are weak, cant eat. Really dry mouth, Uncoordinated, insomnia | I was put on Flagyl/METRONIDAZOLE 3days ago for Trich along with Erythromycin for tooth infection.. From the first dose all I wanted to do was sleep, I couldn't eat and the stomach pains were the most awful thing ever. By the 4th dose I was a mess, husband took me to ER where I collapsed because my legs are so weak, they said it was the Eryth so they took me off that told me to keep taking Flagyl??? Here I am on my 6th dose and feel worse, I cant stay awake at all but I cant sleep if that makes any sense.. I cant stop crying or feeling as if I am gonna die, my head feels so heavy, my vision is blurry, i hate this drug!!! I dont drink at all ever!! and this is scaring the heck out of me.. How do I keep taking a med that is making me feel like I am dying? My husband took the 1 day dose and did fine on it.. So I am so confused, but after reading this site and what others have gone through I really feel that this is side effects from Flagyl and I dont want to take it anymore.. what do I do??? | F | 31 | 3 days 500 2X D | 6/26/2011 | 1 | C. Diff | This drug is absolute hell. I had almost every side effect you could imagine...Insomnia, trembling, zero appetite, felt like I was going crazy, severe depression., sudden movements and tremors, nausea, watery BM's. | I dont know what to say about this drug honestly its so bad. I was sick for about 2 months and had every test under the sun done to me. Finally after a 3rd ER visit, C.diff was found in my stool. My doctor thought this was the drug to "try" to rid the infection. I can honestly say this medicine did not cure my c.diff and did not slow down any of my symptoms. I was never having 20 bowel movements a day to begin with. Just maybe 1 or 2 but very loose and light colored. After 11 of 14 days I finally called it quits with this poison. I wasnt significantly getting better and was dealing with way too many side effects. My doctor put me on Vanco which I am on my first day of it right now, and I have to say I already mentally feel like im getting better. DO NOT go on this drug, just get Vancocin its worth every penny if you want to get better. Zero side effects to Vanco thus far. | M | 27 | 12 days 500 3X D | 6/25/2011 | 3 | Dental infection | This drug has and is still making me very lathargic, and weepy. I literally want to constantly sleep, when awake I am dizzy and disoriantated, I have to be honest I just feel constantly smashed and it's a pain, as I have things I need to be doing eg: going to work, looking after my kids, but theres not a lot of hope of that. I had no real appitite whilst on it, but then I have just had my wisdom tooth out so it would have been hard to eat anyway, plus I've had an infection in the area where the tooth was, hence being prescribed the drug. Mid week, this week my throat was extreamly sore and so was my tounge, this has gone now, but I am very thirsty and have a dry mouth. The only symptoms left are the lathargy and disoriantion, which are pretty extreme. it was my last day of the course yesterday so lets hope they pass asap. | I have been unable to smoke whilst taking Metronidazole, just don't have to effort or the craving really, so if it doesn't cure my dental infection, at least it's cured me of smoking......ha! Perhaps they should market it as a stop smoking tool.... | F | 27 | 7 days 400mg 3X D | 6/24/2011 | 3 | Tooth/gum infection | Main: EXTREME tiredness, weepiness (possible slight depression). Minor: tablet tastes like crap (taste stays in your mouth for ages) | I am still recoverying from a hysterectomy so was unsure whether any side effects were exascerbated because my body is coping with so much! | F | 33 | 5 days 400 3X D | 6/21/2011 | 5 | pelvic infection | dizzy, nauseous, insomnia, emotional, heart palpitations, constipation, drained/exhausted. | i was so dizzy i could barely walk but i thought it was just because i was on two types of antibiotics and both said may cause dizziness, people had to take my kids to school for me because all i could do was lie in bed. i was a total mess for nearly the whole 5 days i took them, on the last day i went out for dinner because i felt a bit better, had a nice meal with a brandy sauce. i didnt even think, threw up for an hour and a half. its been two weeks since i have stopped taking it and thought the infection is gone i am still having problems if i have a drink with heart palpitations, stomach problems and sleeping and just generally not feeling right. i thought it might be my other medication but have been it it for a long time and no probs, so very pleased i found this site. hope the effects wear off soon. | F | 29 | 5 days 40 2X D | 6/15/2011 | 1 | BV | Severe migraine-like headaches, vision changes, fuzzy vision and felt like my eye was always out of focus, sensitivity to light, SEVERE anxiety and panic attacks, racing heart, sinus pain, feelings of dread and doom and dying, was convinced I had brain cancer, foggy mind, depression, exhaustion but had trouble sleeping, dark colored urine, loose stools, thought I was going crazy. | I am so glad I found this site and other have had same experience as me. I was put on this for a mild infection and was happy and active before I started it and then increasingly became consumed with horrible thoughts that I had cancer in my brain. I had horrible headaches and then my vision changed and I felt like my eyes couldn't focus. I felt almost crossed-eyes and things were fuzzy, mostly in the light. I didn't even think that it was related to the medication until I found this site. I am now done the meds for 2 days but the effects are still here. I told a friend today that I feel lost inside myself and I don't know where I went. I have never had any depression or anxiety issues before this. I'm going to talk to my doctor at the follow up in a few days. I will never take this again. Ask for something else. | F | 35 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 6/14/2011 | 1 | Precaution following dental surgery | Dentist prescribed this in addition to 250mg Amoxycillin 4 times per day plus 1 x Dexamethasone for 3 days. After 5 days felt very nauseous and had very loose stools but not diarrhea. topped taking them and nausea went straight away. Main concern is an exceedingly itchy skin since the 5th day of the concoction. Itching has now persisted for almost 2 weeks and is driving me mad. I am using a hard nailbrush for relief from the itching and doctor has prescribed strong antihistamines. Lanacane gives temporary relief but it's worse at night because of the heat | I have never been prescribed this drug before and had no prior knowledge of it so don't know whether the itchiness is because of this drug or the Amoxycillin | F | 64 | 6 days 400mg 3X D | 6/14/2011 | 1 | swollen gums from wisdom tooth | PANIC ATTACKS, hard to breathe, constant worry and stomach upset. | Im coming off this medicine as the panic attacks are too much. | M | 30 | 4 days 400mg 3X D | 6/11/2011 | 3 | BV | Wobbly legs, loss of grip in hands, nausea, paranoia, severe insomnia, depression irritability, weight loss, hallucinations | I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND! Thank god for this site, I am so glad I am not the only one! First, I want to make it clear that I did NOT consume alcohol while using this drug, but I did use marijuana once, and it exacerbated my symptoms so badly that I could not even walk and I experienced a heavy "trip". Other than marijuana, no other drugs were consumed. My symptoms also lasted for about 4 days after I discontinued taking metronidazole. I was incredibly dizzy the whole time, my legs were so wobbly I fell over a few times. I would also drop things constantly, I could not maintain a grip on anything. I had severe insomnia, and when I did eventually doze off, I had terrible night sweats and my roommates told me I was screaming in my sleep. I became extremely irritable, but that was probably because of my discomfort and lack of sleep. I had paranoid delusions about the smallest things, and for no good reason at all. I had a strong sense of impending doom; that something terrible was going to happen, and I was convinced that I was going to die at any moment. I was unreasonable in my interactions with people. I became so depressed that I would spontaneously break out in tears, could not eat, forgot to shower, had to force myself to drink water after realizing I had gone 12 hours without any, and I could not even drag myself out of bed (even though I could not sleep anyway!). I lost 5lbs in just 9 days! I intermittently experienced hallucinations and had little " | F | 23 | 5 days .75% gel 1X D | 6/9/2011 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | Nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, cold sweats, anxiety and restlessness. | I only took 2 doses of this medication and spent that night laying next to the toilet vomiting from 2 am until 12 pm the next day. It was worse than having the flu and I had to miss work because I couldn't stop dry-heaving after there was no food left in me. I found this website before making the decision to call my doc for something else. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone after having such severe side effects after only one day. | F | 23 | 1 days 500mg 2X D | 6/7/2011 | 1 | tooth abcess | nausea, vomiting, dizziness, insomnia, migraine, bad taste OMG | I had taken before many years ago, I imagine at a lower dosage and had no problem at all. This time I was ok except for the bad taste, until day 2. Then everything set in all at once. I stopped and waited twelve hours before taking amoxicillin as an alternative, whithin a half hour vomited, and stopped taking anything. It has been 3 days and I still have bouts of nausea with a sick headache, indigestion and gas. I agree with several others, this med should not be on the market. I certainly hope the symptoms go away soon. | F | 48 | 2 days 750 mg 3X D | 6/5/2011 | 1 | c dif colitis | short of breath, touble swallowing, horrible dreams and paranoia, cramps, almost died from these side effects!!!! | Do not take at all or please discuss side effects and STOP as soon as you feel short of breath or can't swallow! It can take 2 to 3 days to get this stuff out of your system once you stop. A doctor told me she wondered if this med should even be dispensed, it is so dangerous. | F | 61 | 12 days 250 mg 3X D | 6/1/2011 | 1 | tooth abcess | went dizzy, wobbly, loss of appitite, exhausted all the time diarrea, headache. | I am still experiencing most of these side effects some 3 years later and drs unable to cure them, need help please as I feel so exhausted and headaches most days take disprin but need more help from some who has a cure as I want my life back, | F | 73 | 3 days 200mg 2X D | 5/30/2011 | 4 | bv | eye pressure, light headed, a bit sick feeling, but worth it. | I am on day 6 and everyone had horrible side effects but mine were not that bad. Worth taking it. I just here no alochol for at least 3 days of takng it. Has anyone had any side affects from alcohol after they were finished with it? | F | 27 | 7 days 500 2X D | 5/28/2011 | 2 | endolimax nana | The first day I took this, I stepped on a small rock and completely fell flat to the ground. Very rare for me as hiker. Also, metallic taste. Over reacted to my husband causing a blowup. On day 4, my eyes are stinging and bloodshot. I've been wide awake since 2 am and can't seem to go back to sleep. Got night sweats. Feel bloated with less appetite. I don't feel like I'm getting better. | I'm going to stop and try food grade diatomaceous earth, as well as to eat a parasite fighting diet - papaya seeds, raw pumpkin seeds, grapefruit seed extract, etc. It helps to see I'm not alone to better diagnose my side effects. But sucks all around. | F | 50 | 7 days 250mg 3X D | 5/26/2011 | 1 | BV | Irritability, "Brain Fog", lethargic, anxious with a constant jittery feeling, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, thought about people dying or being killed, bizarre dreams, darkened urine, lack of focus & cocentration, moody with depression, and just felt "WEIRD" | This medication should not be on the market! I took this med for 4 days before realizing my symtpoms were potential side-effects of the Metronidazole. As others have mentioned, the first 2-days I didn't really experience the severe side-effects. By the 2nd night I became delusionsal thinking people were outside my windows, paraniod someone would break in, mood up and down, and then these thoughts about dying or other people being killed kept popping into my head. This was the most scarey thing EVER.... I thought I was going insane and was ready to have my boyfriend take me to a psychiatric hospital. Then on the 4th day, it hit me that this could possibly be from the Antibiotic.... Then I found this website and was soooooo relieved to find out others have had similar reactions!!!! OMG, I'm not going clinically insane -- just drug induced psychosis. BE AWARE before taking this medication. I called my pharamcist and he concurred that my symptoms were from the Med, as it was working on my Central Nervous System. The GYN nurse & doctor were more skeptical... which was angering. Luckily I had enough of the medication in my system that they did not prescribe a different antibiotic.... I'm fearful, now!!!! | F | 36 | 4 days 500mg 2X D | 5/23/2011 | 5 | pericoronitis,abcess, throat infec | Tiredness, irritable, unable to focus/fuzzy headed, aching legs, dark urine. | This is the 2nd time I've taken Met. The side-effects this time have been less extreme than in 2009. The pain I experience when my wisdom tooth plays up is horrendous - to the point I can't open my mouth and swallowing made my head pound and feel sick - so the side effects were/are nothing in comparison. To those of you you experiencing awful side-effects from this drug, please Google the Herxheimer effect before deciding whether to quit taking them | F | 38 | 7 days 400mg 3X D | 5/22/2011 | 1 | deep laceration infection | headache, loose stools, nausea, metallic taste in mouth, panic attacks, rapid heart rate, no appetite, numbness and tingling in arms and legs, sore throat, flu-like symptoms | HORRIBLE drug! I quit after 3 days because I felt like I was going to die! The panic attacks coupled with the pounding heart rate and numb arms made me think I was having a stroke. I will never take this drug again. | F | 54 | 3 days 500 mg 4X D | 5/14/2011 | 1 | Vaginitis | confusion, insomnia, night sweats, chills, fatigue, depression, muscle pain in thighs, calves and arms, muscle weakness, dark urine, mildly nauseated, extreme sensations through dream state and paranoid that someone's watching me. | The first day I took the dosage as prescribed and had no issues, days 2-4 have been awful. While I have not had the sickness of stomach that most get, the sweats and chills have been just terrible, it's like having the flu, and then the not being able to sleep either from the sweating, the pain in my legs or the sheer side effect of not sleeping (I'm having bizarre dreams and feel like something is watch me). This is the most surreal experience, I thought I was going crazy or had something else that required medical attention until happening on this site. | F | 27 | 7 days 500MG 2X D | 5/12/2011 | 1 | Tric | bad taste in my mouth, upset stomach, nausea, frequent movement of bowels, tiredness, depression, irritability | This is my first time taking this medicine and i am not all that happy with this drug, i will not be taking this medicine again the pill is horrible never ever have dealt with such taste in my mouth the pill is powdery and just plan freaking nasty.. I've tried several different ways of taking it ( yogurt, applesauce, ice cream, etc. ) | F | 25 | 2 days 500 mg 3X D | 5/12/2011 | 4 | bv | furry tongue diarrhea fevers hot and cold painful period dizziness | never again would i want to be prescribed this drug ive had to take time off work makes me feel like hell. | F | 40 | 7 days 200mg 4X D | 5/9/2011 | 1 | C diff | Metallic taste, loss of appetite (possibly due to metallic taste), nausea, extreme bloating, abdominal discomfort, frequent bowel movements that smell like the food I ate! That's the strangest effect! Irritability, lethargic consistently, low sex drive. I have almost ALL of the side effects that I've read about, except for weight loss, which I'd gladly trade for any of the above. | I don't feel any better than before I started the medication. I feel worse! | F | 41 | 14 days 500 3X D | 5/6/2011 | 1 | Possible Giardiasis | DO NOT TAKE THIS!!!! I don't know how this medication can still be on the market. I had extreme nausea, diarrhea, intense stomach pain, profuse sweating and the most disgusting metallic taste in my mouth. The first day I smoked marijuana (don't judge me!) and had a major anxiety attack and tingling in my hands and feet, I thought I was going to die and was too paranoid to tell anyone. Stupid me, after Googling discovered that there is no way I should have smoked and that this was a normal reaction (the doc said it was fine). I chalked all the side effects up to the fact that I smoked and was extremely wrong as they didn't stop. Every night for the past week (even though I've been off of it for 2 days) I have had the most vivid dreams (think Inception) where either I was trying to kill someone or they were trying to kill me. I've been extremely emotional and paranoid. I thought I was going insane until I found this website. The only side effect that I didn't have was a fever. And then t | F | 22 | 5 days 500 3X D | 5/5/2011 | 1 | bv | sore throat, headache, weakness of muscles, tiredness, bad taste in mouth | I stopped it after 5 days, I've never had sore throat like that, disgusting taste and catarrh. I'll never take it again! | F | 31 | 7 days 400mg 3X D | 5/2/2011 |