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 |
| 5 | Root canal treatment | I'm pretty tough but finished course 5 1/2 days out of 7. Sleeping problems, diarrhoea, stomach pain and continual nausea. Eye pain, tingling in face. General malaise. Very depressed didn't want to do anything. Especially first couple of hours in the morning. REALLY spaced out, like my head had pressure and was going to explode, I was panicking severely, went to emergency doctor for re-assurance, paranoia. Disorientation and unsteady on feet. | Never again, my problem has gone, but this has been hell. I've lost over a week's work, still don't feel completely right even after stopping the medication. Seriously scary stuff. I've never seen this board before. Doctors / Dentists should make it really clear how this stuff can F**k with your body and mind!! | M | 44 | 5 days | 6/4/2006 | 4 | Infected Diverticula | The metallic taste was one thing but BY FAR the worst was the depression. I took this pill for 10 days and by day 5 I had a mental breakdown and was severly depressed for the remaining of the course (500mg x 3 per day). Also towards the end I had some stomach pain that prevented me from eating much (I had to force myself just so I would feel better). Good luck!! | I will say what helped was to drink A LOT of water when on this med and find someone to talk to about your depression, it will help you get through it!! Thanks God for this message board. Seriously if I had to do it again I probably would NOT take this simply because of the depressed feeling. If you know you get easily depressed ask for something else. I finished the course yesterday and still feel the ups and downs of depression. | M | 27 | 10 days | 6/2/2006 | 4 | Bacterial Vaginosis | 1st Day-Metallic taste Metallic taste left after first day. I have been on this med for about 5 days now. My side effects are lethargy, occasional dizzines, depressed mood, dark urine, abdominal pain, and loose stool. I also started chormagen so that may have some contribution. However, I know that the lethargy, ocassional dizzines, and depressed mood are from the metronidazol. | I am taking the two doses in one day. Sometimes I take it with food and without. I notice that I when eat food, then take the med in that order, my abdominal pain is decreased. It cleared my bacterial vaginosis within 4 days. Please don't take this with alcohol! Every website I have seen on this medication stresses it. | F | 27 | 7 days | 5/30/2006 | 2 | BV | After the first dose felt extremely lethargic. Drowsinesses and heaviness of limbs persisted throughout the 7 day treatment. The absolutely disgusting taste was evident immediately and the persistent souring was obviously tied in to persistent nausea. When medication can make water taste terrible, that's ridiculous. I had a headache 4/7 days that fit descriptions elsewhere on this board - like a sinus headache that was trying to pop out my right eye. Urine went darker. I frequently woke up during the lots of sleeping I was doing in order to urinate. Work was almost impossible with the persistent nausea and extreme tiredness. | I'm not even sure it helped! I was diagnosed before the test was positive for bv and told to take this medication. I'm making it through on sheer persistence but I judge the cure not worth the treatment. Did I have bv? I don't know. Did this help? I have no idea. | F | 24 | 7 days | 5/30/2006 | 4 | Periodontal disease | Numbness in arms and lower back, headache in the morning, itchy skin. None of the other symptoms described by other users. | M | 54 | 7 days | 5/29/2006 | 3 | bacterial infection | Irritable, horrible taste in mouth, bruising, dizziness, and started period 1 ½ weeks early with a very heavy flow. | F | 39 | 5 days | 5/29/2006 | 4 | Blastocystis hominis | Like many others, I too had dark urine, some nausea, lots of dizziness, but on the 8th night I experienced temporary psychosis and was freaked out. I ceased taking the meds then. | I took an oral dosage, and I've heard there's also a gel. I think it killed the stomach parasites (though hard to know quite yet) but do wish pharmacists could come up with a slightly less toxic version... | F | 32 | 8 days | 5/28/2006 | 1 | gum infection | Okay for 2 days aside from horrid taste, then tiredness, dizziness, headache, nausea, weakness. Followed by a weird orange rash on my hand and then numbness and tingling up the whole of my right arm and round the back of my neck-ended up in a&e | Taste is foul, cant believe anything could taste this bad- try disguising it by coating it in toothpaste. Didn't work as had 2 stop taking it due to the allergic reaction. Will never take again. | F | 21 | 3 days | 5/28/2006 | 4 | gum infection | Taste is literally unbearable- I'm on day two of 5 and I can't finish the course- I've already gagged on two of them - literally impossible! Also feeling kind of dizzy and headachy. | Pain has already stopped however don't think I can finish it | F | 20 | 5 days | 5/26/2006 | 4 | Perianal Abscess | Nothing that noticeable. | worst tasting pill I ever took. Tic Tac after the pill removes the chalky taste. First good night of sleep in over a week. Woke up with little pain and no blood. | M | 39 | 5 days | 5/17/2006 | 4 | Perianal Abscess | Nothing that noticeable. | worst tasting pill I ever took. Tic Tac after the pill removes the chalky taste. First good night of sleep in over a week. Woke up with little pain and no blood. | M | 39 | 5 days | 5/17/2006 | 3 | diahrrea (suspected giardia) | nausea, dizzy, lack of energy, bad taste in mouth, extreme bloating. Do not drink alcohol while taking this medication. 500mg 3x per day. | M | 25 | 7 days | 5/14/2006 | 4 | rosacea | In the very beginning, had a couple yeast infections, but have not had any side effects in years. | It was prescribed in a very low dose to control rosacea. I've been taking it 2xdaily for 10 years, with no adverse effects. | F | 49 | 10 years | 5/8/2006 | 3 | throat abcess | tingling in hands while on it IV. Nausea, appetite loss, lightheaded feelings, restlessness, palpitations - the worst is the heart burn, never suffer normally but man this sucks! | It does its job i guess so I'm trying to grin and bear it. Great to know that others are feeling similar, makes me feel able to carry on. Sooner these side effects than the pain of the throat abcess. | F | 41 | 7 days | 5/3/2006 | 5 | BV | Slight nausea, tiredness, dizziness during exercise | F | 30 | 14 days | 5/2/2006 | 2 | Bacterial Vaginosis | Metal taste in mouth, loss of appetite, general malaise, yeast infection, tiny bit of oral thrush. During the second time I took these, I had a panic attack in the middle of the night towards the end of the course. I have been having them regularly since but never had one previously. I don't know if it's related, but given some of the comments from others here, I suppose it is possible. If so, I think it ruined my life because I continued to get them after I went off it. | This medication is hell. It is a huge pill, it is bitter, it makes you feel like crap, you can't drink a drop of alcohol when you're on it (and if you think your companions won't notice you ordered a Sprite, think again). And on top of all that, it does not work. I took it in January for 1 week for this infection (bacterial vaginosis). It came back in about a week. Took the drug again in March for the infection. It came back in about a week. I am not doing anything to bring it back. I gave up sex in the hopes it would stop coming back. Now I am on this horrific drug again, only for two weeks this time. I hope I survive two weeks. I count down the pills every time and now it's for twice as long. | F | 27 | 14 days | 4/30/2006 | 4 | bacterial vaginosis | Furry spotty white tounge, also feels like something is on my tounge and it really freaked me out. | The infection cleared up really quickly but by day two I was really freaking out because I dont remember reading anything relatedd to these side effects on the pamphlet. Thanks for this site at least Im not alone | F | 34 | 7 days | 4/14/2006 | 2 | Not sure / Baterial Infection (?) | Fatigue, depression, anxiety and a little achy but worst of all was a terrible dry mouth | I was put on this medicine as a precaution, before the results of my swab tests. After 5 1/2 doses my symptoms are still present yet my general well being has worsened. Make sure you drink plenty of water with this antibiotic (I've been taking over 2 litres a day) and take it after eating a meal. | M | 25 | 7 days | 4/11/2006 | 1 | Abscess | I threw up once, fainted twice (and I never faint), had diarrhoea the whole time I was taking it, loss of appetite, horrible taste in my mouth. It didn't make any difference at all to my abscess so after 3 days of a 7 day course I had to go into hospital to have the abscess drained and the doctor discontinued it. | Maybe this drug works for conditions not as advanced as mine, but it didn't make any difference with me. I felt absolutely horrible and fainting and throwing up didn't help my other pain. | F | 27 | 3 days | 4/9/2006 | 4 | infection of cervix | At night very sick for three nights, extremely tired and couldn't think straight at all. Short of breath and waking up drenched in sweat with heart pounding. Developed spots on my legs on final day of taking and this progressed to very hot and itchy whelts. Very low energy levels and funny taste in my mouth - not metallic more like chilli. | I appreciate this treated the problem I had, but I went from feeling fine to being quite unwell and having to miss most of a week at work. | F | 35 | 7 days | 4/8/2006 |