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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | h.pylori | vomitting loss apitite burnig inside sensitivity to everything smells mouth skin throat bleeding gums hair loss (metronidazole) just like other bad reactions by users listed | used in combination with tetracycline 500mg 4 times/day two wks required only made it 5 days suffering still after almost 2 mos | F | 60 | 5 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/18/2010 | 2 | Odor/Discharge | Metallic taste, anxiety, stuffy head, loss of concentration, depression, want to sleep all the time. | I go to school, and I had to take two days off, and I'm still not finished. When I first started taking this drug, I was fine, but going into my 5th day I started to get a wierd salty taste in my mouth. I freaked out about the taste, then I had major anxiety. Slept it off, and still had anxiety in the morning. The feeling is unexplainable. I just want my old life back. I could cry. Please don't take this, esp. if you are a kid with a life. | F | 15 | 7 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/16/2010 | 2 | Surgery & Crohn's Disease | Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headaches | I was given Flagyl during my recovery in the hospital after my surgery last year and had been prescribed to take it after I had been discharged. I've had no problems with it for the most part aside from fatigue. But recently I've started experiencing nausea, vomiting and fatigue to the point where it feels like I've taken a dose of sleeping pills. Needless to say, I'm switching medications. | F | 22 | 1 years 500 MG 1X day | 12/15/2010 | 1 | gum infection | loss of appetite,fever, stiff/painful neck follwed by severe joint pain | took about 3 days neck hurt really bad so I stopped, talked with Dr he said he'd never heard of that so I started back by 3rd day bad neck pain again went back and read drug info from pharmacy neck pain listed as a RARE but SERIOUS side effect. Neck pain left as soon as I stopped taking but it was followed by almost one month of SEVERE joint pain. Some days I could hardly walk or use my hands!! Also ran a fever for about one month. Will NEVER use again! | F | 41 | 10 days 250mg 3X day | 12/15/2010 | 1 | Tooth infection | metallic taste headaches dizzy fatigued | i will never take this medication again the side effects were horrid made me feel extremly ill | F | 50 | 5 days 200MG 3X day | 12/13/2010 | 1 | bv | Metallic taste, loss of appetite, stomach pain, loose stools (not diarreah), lethargy, chills, slight fever, urine a bit darker than usual, urinating more frequently, acid reflux | First couple days of taking flagyl I was urinating much more frequently than normal. I'm on day 5 now of my 7 day treatment and I'm urinating more normally now. Stomach pains started right when I began treatment and were pretty severe a few times. The metallic taste is horrible, but I've noticed its the worst (almost unbareable) when laying down. I wake up with horrible acid reflux which I have never had before in my life. What I've tried is drinking some milk and elevating my head and upper body with some extra pillows which helps with the metallic taste and acid reflux a lot. I've also been extremely exhausted, sleeping many hours a night and still feeling drained when I wake up. I have constant chills after taking the med. It basically feels like a case of the flu. I haven't experienced any anxiety, panic attacks, or confusion like some other people have been reporting. I have no appetite, probably because im not digesting properly. I constantly feel full and slightly nauseas. I haven't vomited or anything though. The side effects are not worth the outcome. I agave never experienced so many side effects with one drug. The sleepiness alone is keeping me from functioning properly. I wake up after sleeping ten hours and I need to go back to sleep a few hours later because I'm so exhausted. I'm glad I found this site because I just thought my bv was getting worse, or I was given the wrong diagnosis! I never thought an antibiotic could be so harsh. I will never take it again. I | F | 21 | 7 days 500mg 2X day | 12/12/2010 | 1 | tooth infection | Stomach started hurting and burning so bad I had to discontinue, even though I was on Nexium, Carafate and Zantac. I was supposed to take this for 7 days but couldn't even make 2. | I've been on all sorts of antibiotics lately for this tooth problem, and this is by far the worst for my stomach I've experienced. | F | 44 | 1 days 4X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | Giardia | Horrible taste in mouth, headaches, dizziness, nausea, feeling 'out of it', depression, anxiety, heart palpitations, panic attacks, acid reflux, extreme sensitivity to smells. | I'm on the 4th day and I'm thinking about stopping. The side effects have made it impossible to go about daily life, work, school, etc. I'm sure it interacts with everyone's body differently, but this has been a horrible experience so far. I'm just worried if I stop, the parasites will come back. | F | 24 | 4 days 500 mg 3X day | 12/9/2010 | 5 | Giardia | I have taken this drug before for parasites and never had any real problems or side effects as described in the drug pamphlet. On the mild side, there has been a little constipation which is easily remedied. I have chronic fatigue syndrome and that has been heightened only a little. There have been some moments when I am a little unfocused. Overall, I have not had any major side effects. | When I was given the drug, the pharmacist said no alcohol for the duration of the treatment and for a week after. I checked my journal from 4 years ago when I took this drug and realized that I had been to 2 charity events and had alcohol during the treatment. I had no side effects during that time. I am avoiding alcohol this time (okay, I had one little sip) since I am a little older and on Atavin. I could not find any real research or studies that connected problems with Flagyl and alcohol. My feeling is that some people will sympathetically get a side effect because they read that a particular side effect is possible. I am on day 6 so far and doing okay. | M | 63 | 10 days 250 3X day | 12/8/2010 | 1 | BV alternate 4 unclear yeast infect | More than a year and a half later, chronic dizziness due to ears ringing, flickering vision, feel my heart beating in my head and chest like never before. | I took this medicine in April '09 and immediately felt dizzy, anxiety, heart palpitations, flickery vision, tingling, sweats, felt like passing out. It started after one pill, so I stopped and it went away. Thought I'd try again later and lasted 2 or 3 days before feeling extremely wrong. Ended up going to ER, was admitted for 5 days. Did all blood tests, MRIs, ECHO and sent me home with "stay away from caffeine and sugar." ENT diagnosed me only by asking questions with an inflammed nerve in the inner ear and put me on Valium for a year. Said he had seen the same thing before after people have taken Flagyl. The vision, ears ringing, heart beating has never gone away or even subsided. It's been constant w/ or w/out the Valium. I am miserable and going to a great hospital in Pennsylvania in hopes to find a proper diagnosis. And the flagyl was only given to me by a nurse at the local health clinic because a yeast infection would never clear all the way up, so I was advised to take the flagyl next time in case it's BV. No BV test whatsoever, but tested positive for yeast... MISERABLE! | F | 27 | 7 days forgot 2X day | 12/6/2010 | 2 | Blastocystosis Homini | Felt worse with every day. Only made to the day 4. Severe stomach upset, weaknes, lethargy | M | 41 | 10 days 750 3X day | 12/5/2010 | 3 | Diverticulitis | Nausea, change in taste of everything, dizziness, fatigue. | I must be a weakling because I cannot finish treatment with Flagyl. The benefits DO NOT outweigh side effects. I started with a bad case of stomach flu which triggered my diverticulitis problem. I could not continue to not want to eat and be lethargic. The taste of most everything changed. I drink tea everyday, when taking this the taste of tea made me sick at my stomach. Will continue with my Cipro. | F | 39 | 4X day | 12/4/2010 | 4 | BV | The first few days I didn't get much side effects besides a bit of nausea. Mid-treatment however I got bad nausea, dizziness, fatigue, had a constant metallic taste in my mouth (everything I would eat tasted funny, or actually, bad), and I was disgusted by just anything that was perfumed. | At least it helped the infection. Hard course of antibiotics to take. | F | 29 | 7 days 500 3X day | 12/2/2010 | 1 | c.diff | severe burning in stomach, intense nausea,vomiting,headache,insomnia | Started the f pill, don't even like the word now, due to c. diff after a round of Clindomycin for sinus infect. Took only 5 pills, when on 2nd day, after finally getting to sleep d/t restlessness this drug caused, woke to a FIRE burning in my gut, with such intense nausea, and I mean intense, couldn't move without making it even worse, this went on last night for over 2 hrs, then finally vomited, have been taking Mylanta and Ibuprofen for stomach and constant headache, that I've had for 2 days. I am done with this drug. Afraid to feel like my gut is perforating again tonight. Glad I saw this site before thinking I am just a weenie and couldn't handle taking antibiotics! I'm not waiting for all these other S/E to happen. I hope Vanco is better than this. | F | 43 | 14 days 500mg 3X day | 12/1/2010 | 1 | BV | nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, extreme fatigue, depression, hot flashes, anxiety, heart papiltations, dark urine, loss of appetite | worst medication ever, it was like swallowing horse pills. never in my life have i ever experienced side effects like this. i had frequent diarrhea and sometimes i felt so dizzy like i was going to faint. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 11/30/2010 | 4 | Dental abcess | Taking it along with Penicillin. It does seem to be clearing the infection but not without side effects. I had some nausea/vomitting around day 2 and 3 but I think it was due to the fact that I was taking pain meds along with these drugs. I also now have extremely loose stools, which I'm hoping yogurt will help with. I hate taking antibiotics can't wait to be done with these! | horrible tasting pill take quickly with lots of water also having sour taste in mouth throughout the day | F | 30 | 10 days 500mg 4X day | 11/27/2010 | 2 | Parasites | Metallic taste in mouth which got worse as the days went on but bearable. The worst thing was that I broke out in hives all over my body two days after finishing the course which lasted around 5 days. I had to go on a steroid to get rid of them! I am also allergic to Penicillen so if you are allergic to that you may be allergic to Flagyl! | It hasnt got rid of my symptoms so I will need to go and get something else. So over it! | F | 36 | 7 days 3X day | 11/27/2010 | 1 | c.diff | My daughter started this HORRIBLLE drug,on the third day her lips started tingling,on the forth day her tounge felt swollen, by the fifth day she could not swallow,a long story short-she ended up being admitted to the hospital with a rare, severe reaction to flagyl. After a 6 day stay in the hospital, an MRI, massive blood work and a feeding tube in her stomach she was finally able to go home. A nurse comes to her house 2x a week and she will start speach therapy 2x aweek as well.She speaks as if she has had a stroke, unable to drink anything as it could cause her to asperate. Has anyone heard of this kind of reaction so we may have some idea as to the lenght of time she will have to deal with this. Her Drs. are still at a loss,most side affects appear to effect the hands and feet her reaction has affected the nerves in her tongue and throat. | THIS IS A HORRIBLE DRUG!!!!!! Take VANCO. Are there any class action law suits on the drug? If not there should be. We just may be the ones to start!! | F | 33 | 6 days 1X day | 11/26/2010 | 1 | bacterial infection small intestine | metallic taste in mouth, headache, shaky, acid reflux | I have two episodes of severe stomach pain and vomiting in the past six months....cat scan showed inflamed small intestine. I was looking for ways to counteract the side effects of this drug and found this site. I am also taking Cipro. I am done. I am going to throw this crap a way and pretend that I am still taking it so my boyfriend doesn't get pissed. I just can't stand the side effects anymore. What a crappy Thanksgiving..food tastes like crap because I can't get the taste out of my mouth and constant headache. Ask your doctor for something else. | F | 35 | 7 days 500 mg 4X day | 11/25/2010 | 4 | BV/Trich | Nausea, cramps, dark urine, lost appetite, exhausted, light brown discharged | To help eliminate the nasty taste from the pill, drink milk with it. I'm on day 6 with 2 pills left. I was also told to eat yogurt to help keep my "nookie" healthy. Also I was told to not have sex until 24-48 hrs after I take the last pill and have alcohol until 24 hrs after taking the last pill. I was so shocked when I was told I had Trich bc I had no symtoms. The reason why I went to the docter bc I broke up with my boyfriend and I always get a check up when I go in or get out of a relationship and the guy I deal with must do the same. I was correct to break up with him bc I felt he was still messing around with his ex. I'm piss bc I have to take these pills bc of some female who doesnt take care of herself. Anyway I believe whatever wrong with my body is corrected. | F | 26 | 7 days 500 MG 2X day | 11/23/2010 |