METRONIDAZOLE Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.4 (1772 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METRONIDAZOLE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METRONIDAZOLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | C-Diff | I only rated this a 4 because it did work, HOWEVER, it is loaded with side effects that they doctors either don't know about or WON'T tell you about. It did work for me, but now I have had the feeling of hoarsness like laryngitis for about a month now since testing negative for C-Diff. Related? Possibly, but nobody seems to know. If you hang in there it can work, but it's the hanging in there that's HELL! | I told my doctor how this medicine was causing me to have panic attacks and feelings of extremem anxiety and they said, "it's not the medicine it's just you". BS!! They need to LISTEN to what we are telling them about the side effects of this medicine. You are not going out of your mind, it is in fact a direct reaction of this medicine. Good luck to you all. | F | 44 | 10 days | 8/22/2007 | 4 | SuspectedGiardia | Loss of appetite; lethargy; intermitant stomach and abdominal pains that moved around to different areas of abdomen; | Took 500mg 4 times per day fo 5 days. I would recommend talking to your Doc about taking Tindamax instead for Giardia treatment as it's a one day treatment and basically as effective as Flagyl for Giardia. My appetite was WAY DOWN on this med while taking it. Very strange--as I could tell my body was hungry (rumbling) but had to force food down. Have lost 15lbs!! Am 4th day after finishing Flagyl and still have the bad taste of med in my mouth after eating/drinking and appetite is still down. Back to my job, but completely tired when I get home, albeit I think i'm slowly improving. Taking powerful probiotic supplement to ward off reinfection(s) og Giardia or candida (yeast).Good luck to all. | M | 48 | 5 days | 8/22/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | Simply put, there is nothing physically nor mentally that feels normal. Exhaustion, cloudy thinking, aches, internal wiggliness, weird aches, headaches that wake you out of a sound sleep and then go away quickly, yucky mouth, wanting to sob, weakness. | I thought I was losing my mind until I found this site. I missed a dose of this the other night, and the next morning I was feeling SO much better. I thought mistakenly that the misery wouldn't come back, but it did. I think they don't tell you about the side effects because no one would take it. I reserve recommending this drug for only my worst enemies. | F | 54 | 5 days | 8/19/2007 | 5 | Tooth Abscess | Very spaced out and feeling sick as if my heads spinning. I have done nothing but sleep all the time. Loss of appetite and itchy all over | Good medication as it has dealt with my very bad tooth abscess and jaw infection in just 2 days but I dont like the side effects as it has made me feel quite ill, This is very strong medication. | F | 33 | 2 days | 8/14/2007 | 1 | yes | Muscle spasms, bad cramping at night, spacy feeling, no energy, no appetite, cried a lot, vision was like looking through water, funky tongue, bad taste, dark urine, nausea, headache between eyes. I wouldn't perscribe this s#### for my worst enemy. | This drug is like taking HELL in pill form. I felt like a F***ING alien the whole time. I got sick just thinking about taking the next one. I think the ER doc perscribed too much for my system but I guess it's trial and error. After 7 days of 3 pills a day, I lowered my dose to 2, felt a bit better, then the cramping and space shot feeling started all over again. I stopped taking it after 11 days of hell. | F | 47 | 14 days | 8/11/2007 | 3 | diverculitis | No obvious side effects until day 7, 3x500mg daily. Then I started getting headache, nashea, and some lightheadedness. Dark and thin stool could be some other side effects (or it could be from my diverticulitis). It seems wlike the fatigue and dizziness is getting worse. | I'm supposed to take this medicine for the whole 14 days. After reading this page, I'm thinking of calling my doctor to see if I can reduce it. I had taken cipro for 14 days and after that another antibiotic for 10 days, but they didn't seem to finish the job. | M | 40 | 8 days | 8/9/2007 | 3 | BV | Felt nauseous first couple of days which wore off. Eating helped. Metallic taste which is still continuing 48 hours after I took the last tablet. Diet coke helps with the taste a lot. Not had any problems with mood/co-ordination though. | Had it intravenously post major abdominal surgery six years ago. Then it made me vomit and felt pretty rough too. | F | 44 | 5 days | 8/7/2007 | 3 | BV | hot flashes, very tired, slightly down, FURRED WHITE TOUNG! | stumbeled on to this sight by accident while trying to find out what was going on with my toung. I finished taking this med about a week ago. 2 days ago I developed what looks like a white shag carpet on my toung and have a terrable tast in my mouth, along with a sinsation that I burned my entire toung. went back to the Dr. and he looked in my mouth for about 2 seconds and said that I didn't have thrush. I told reminded him of the meds I have been taking and he said "It was nothing" and that I probibly had some type of "virus". HA! then he told me that if it didn't clear up to go see my dentist. is it to much to expect that the doctor who prescribes the med be the one to treat the side effects? or how about even telling the patient about them. | F | 28 | 10 days | 8/4/2007 | 1 | Infection | This is HELL! I'm on day 3 1/2 of 7. I feel totally out of it all the time (like I'm in a different world), extremely anxious, panic attacks, very light-headed and dizzy. Loss of appetite and of course the metallic taste (which isn't bad considering all the other stuff). My stomach has been fine, but very careful about eating when I take the meds. I'll NEVER make it to day 7! | After 3 1/2 days and all of these side effects the infection is actually getting worse. I feel worse now then before I started the meds. I WOULD NOT recommend this and would talk to your doctor about other options! | F | 27 | 3 days | 8/2/2007 | 2 | Taking 2 tablets twice per day 200mg dose each tablet. Feeling absolutely awful and just realised that it's the side effects of the tablets. Have had horrible symptoms:
| After readng all the comments on this site, it would make me think twice about taking this medicine again. BE WARNED! | F | 27 | 5 days | 8/1/2007 | 3 | infection in abdomen | Extreme exaustion. Its difficult to lift my hand. I'm dizzy and nauseous. I blacked out 3 times today. Horrible drug | F | 21 | 14 days | 7/31/2007 | 2 | C. difficile infection | i thought i was losing my mind, i couldn't stop crying. then the severe vertigo, metallic taste in mouth, nausea and abdominal cramps kicked in on day 2. day 3 left me curled up in a ball with bad gas pains and vomiting every 20 minutes. | i slept a bit and 6 hours after taking my last dose i feel better. i don't want to take it anymore and am calling my doctor first thing monday morning for an alternative. i'd rather deal with the c. diff on my own than take these. | F | 23 | 3 days | 7/29/2007 | 3 | bv | lethargic, dizziness, completely out of it, cant think clearly, headache, slight itchy rash, upset stomach | it just makes me feel yukky. didnt wanna go to work, just wanted to lay on the couch and sleep. or try anyway. | F | 21 | 7 days | 7/27/2007 | 1 | Bacterial Vaginosis | I felt very tired everyday and very depressed. The idea that I had to take the medication made me gag. They really need to take this medication off the market. Its Suicidal. | F | 40 | 5 days | 7/23/2007 | 4 | BV | I had drowsiness and insomnia from a couple of days into the 7-day course of two-a-day 500mg, and the taste really is foul...if i'm unfortunate enough to need another course in the future I'm demanding the coated ones! | It did the trick, and the side-effects for me, although undesirable, were no big deal considering that the infection was cleared! | F | 24 | 7 days | 7/20/2007 | 3 | diverticulitis | almost immediately: dark urine, black stools which were tested and showed no blood, constant headache, terrible metallic taste, exhaustion, loose bowel movements, some emotional feelings but not depression. | Over one week ago, I finished 10 days of metronidazole (500 mg 4 times a day) along with 10 days of cipro. A previous course of cipro for 10 days did not get rid of the infection. I was told the combination of the two antibiotics would cure my problem, so I forced myself to complete the course. It is better than having surgery, but not much. I still have the terrible metallic taste, but the headache is about gone. Also the stools and urine are about back to normal. | F | 80 | 10 days | 7/16/2007 | 3 | Peridontal | very itchy rash which looks like big boils on the arms and knees | Had a peridontal abcess infection. took it for more than 7 days. and the itching rash started. gosh.. but the infection is gone in the tooth. | M | 23 | 8 days | 7/16/2007 | 4 | suspected diverticulitis | Took 500mg 4x/day for 10 days. Although the medicine did what it was supposed to do, I felt extremely self-destructive, with a constant, nagging feeling of total despair and failure (which I have no reason to feel in reality). I was irritable and frustrated for no reason, with little to no energy, little to no appetite, and this awful taste in my mouth as if I had swallowed bitter powder. Every time I would eat (you have to with each dose) I would become nauseated, on the verge of vomiting, but never actually did. This drug put me on an emotional elevator straight to hell. | I've seen a lot of people mention that they stopped their meds without asking a doctor. Although this medicine is hell in a tablet, I urge you to please talk to your doctor before deciding on your own to stop a medication. Your infection could become even worse. If your doctor gives a crap he'll put you on something else. Aside from that, if you have to take this drug, be forewarned that your general attitude on life may plummet straight into the toilet while you're taking metronidazole. Not to mention the mere thought of food will turn your stomach inside out...It is an unpleasant experience to the extreme, but I will say that it does what it is supposed to do in terms of curing an infection. However, the pharmaceutical companies and doctors should warn the patient public of these dangerous side effects. They seem to common not to mention. | F | 31 | 14 days | 7/13/2007 | 1 | gastritis | Nausea all the time. Loss of appetite. Extreme tiredness/ no energy | If you can avoid it, do! I was on it for 2 weeks as prescribed by the duty doctor. Luckily a friend of mine who is a nurse advised me to stop earlier since usually 1 week on it is more than enough. | F | 33 | 2 weeks | 7/13/2007 | 1 | bv | headaches, depression, weight loss, pale looks, loose bowel movements for last three weeks ( i stopped taking it 2 weeks ago), metallic and abdominal pain for past 3 weeks, seizures, insominia and upset stomach | i wouldnt reccomend this medicine for anyone. after two seizures and nearly biting my toungue off, my doctor informed me that my gyn should have never given me this medicine because it has does more harm than good | F | 18 | 5 days | 7/13/2007 |