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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | trich | Horrible tasting pill, nasty metallic taste in mouth, oral thrush, bad yeast infection, kind of dizzy and tired feeling. | This is my second THIRD round of Metronidazole. The first time, I had trich, it was my fault the pills didn't work because I didn't take them as directed. For trich, you're supposed to take 4 pills at once, and that's it. But I accidentally took 1 pill per day for four days. I got oral thrush, a yeast infection, and the trich didn't go away. I got another round of Flagyl (Metronidazole), and took all four pills at once, and the doctor couldn't tell if the trich was gone, because I had too much yeast infection medicine in me to get a good sample. Anyway, the doctor said not to worry, and that I should be cured. I'm not sure if I was re-infected by my partner (who took the pills wrong like I did the first time, and was never re-treated), or if the trich just came back, but about 3-4 months later, I have trich again, AND BV this time. So the doc gave me 14 pills, 500mg each. I'm supposed to take four at once, then 2 per day for five more days afterwards. The first 4 is for trich, the rest are to treat the BV. The doc offered a medicinal alternative, but the Flagyl (Metronidazole) was free, and the alternative cost money, so I opted for the Metronidazole/Flagyl again. Today was my first four pills, and the metallic taste is already horrible! I'm feeling tired and dizzy, too. But I can say that the infection seems to already be clearing up. It's a very aggressive drug, but maybe that's a good thing. I'd rather have the side-effects than a jacked up vadge. | F | 24 | 1 days 2000 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 3 | BV | Irritability amd brown urine. | My irritability was very disruptful. I felt like I had gone crazy. If I had to choose between BV and this amount of stress I would chose the BV. I will be stopping this medicine and seeking out alternative treatment. I will also be giving my MD an earfull as he did not warn me of this side effect. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 MG 2X day | 10/10/2010 | 4 | BV | Loss of appetite, and extream fatigue, metalic taste in mouth. | This is my second time on this medication, the first time I had mild upset stomach but no fatigue. Second time aroud I take one pill every 12 hours and for a few hours after taking I feel so tired and worn down. | F | 25 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 10/6/2010 | 2 | BV | extreme vaginal irritation/swelling, extreme anxiety, very emotional, dark urine, | I went to my doctor because of vaginal irritation caused by drug and b/c I was extremely emotional about it due to the drug on Day 4 of taking it, she advised me to continue taking it and that the tests showed my infection improving. I hope that it is completely cleared by my last dosage (today) but I cannot comment on it's true effectiveness yet. I did not get a yeast infection from this drug because I have been taking probiotic supplements and eating plenty of yogurt. I hope I never have to take this medication again because I have felt miserable all week. | F | 23 | 7 days 500 2X day | 10/6/2010 | 4 | bacterial infection | I felt terrible. Never been so nauseous in my life. Cried myself to sleep every night. | F | 20 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 10/5/2010 | 3 | possible c diff or SIBO | Constant nausea and metallic taste in mouth, dry mouth, no appetite, weight loss, belching, heartburn, headache, fatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness, insomnia, bowel cramping. | I am taking each dose with a meal as well as a serving of yogurt containing active live cultures and will continue the yogurt as well as a probiotic supplement for several months after I have completed the course of flagyl in order to rebuild a healhty colony of gut flora. These symptoms are almost as bad as the disease that I'm trying to cure. I hope to never take this drug again. And to the person who called the rest of us stupid for not reading the insert about alcohol: I'm glad you didn't have problems with this drug, but a lot of people-even teetotalers like me-have significant side effects. | F | 47 | 7 days 500 mg 3X day | 10/4/2010 | 1 | BV | NO appetite (2-3 forced bites throughout day), NO saliva production, very difficult to swallow, blurred vision, knumb hands/feet, 'bug crawling sensation'in legs, 5 sleepless nights after beginning meds, dazed & dreamy, High/Loopy/Out of It/Off My Game feeling, anxious feelings/thoughts, bad taste in mouth, rapid unhealthy weight loss (10 pounds in 10 days), muscle twitches & discomfort, skin annoying/irritating to touch, 'Pleasure parts' knumb, nausea, irritated bowels, gassy, bloated, headaches, weakness, tired, emotional, etc. | Took 1st pill before bed...woke up feeling like I was steam rolled, coming out of a coma, or woke up from a seizure. Brain felt over-stimulated, Headache, nausea, hands/feet knumb. Thought I had the flu & pressure. Most symptoms occured within 48 hours. Last dose on the fifth day...I went back to the doctor for insomnia symptoms concerns, gave me some pill samples to help me sleep. Took for 3 nights only, didn't need to take any more after that, I believe it was because I had already finished taking the meds causing all these symptoms to begin with. WILL NEVER TAKE THIS ANTIBIOTIC AGAIN | F | 49 | 5 days 500 mg 2X day | 10/1/2010 | 1 | C-Difficile | I acquired C-Diff from taking Clindamycin for 10 days for another infection. Flagyl is the "worst" drug I have ever taken. sleeplessness, HORRIBLE taste, metallic taste constantly in mouth, cotton mouth, nausea. | After only 3 days on Flagly, I felt worse than when I only had C-Diff, which was torture. My diarrhea from the D-diff was starting to susbside, but the side effects from the Flagyl was making me more than miserable. My doctor switched me to Vancomycin instead. | F | 35 | 10 days 500MG 3X day | 10/1/2010 | 1 | BV | This medicine is the worst I have ever taken!!! I got so sick from it that I stopped using on day 5 of 7 day dose. It's now been 2 days and I'm still feeling the side affects. I can't sleep, horrible nightmares, cotton mouth, muscle ache, stomache, diarrhea, depression, no energy, shakes, empty blah feeling... This is seriously scareing the hell out of me :( | On a good note bv is gone but at what price!!! | F | 38 | 5 days 500mg 3X day | 9/29/2010 | 1 | girlfriend had BV | I am seriously scared to take this drug! there are no other options for the situation I'm in. the doctor tested girlfriend for all STD's and came up negatve. but she was having some discharge so the doc said that Trichomoniasis sometimes doesnt show up on tests and said for her to take flagyl just in case. Now shes not the type to care about taking meds and takes it no problem. but for me, now I have to take this pill just in case that is what she had. and frankly i havent read a single good thing about it yet! i'm thinking i'm going to take this pill and die. or hallucinate for a week. Seizures... loss of conciousness? these are insane side effects!! I read about another drug that is recently approved called Tinidazole but it has the SAME side effects! are there any other cures for Trich that arent so harsh!? i'd rather have a brick smashed off my head than have to take this crap! I havent started the meds yet but would love people to let me know if i'm overreacting or not. I've seen | M | 27 | 7 days 500mg 2X day | 9/28/2010 | 3 | PARASITE | DIARRHEA, FATIGUE, MIGRAINE H/A, VOMITING, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, DIZZYNESS, LOSS OF APPITITE, NAUSEA, DARK COLORED URINE, ABD CRAMPING. | THIS MEDICATION IS AGRESSIVE, AND MADE ME FEEL SO HORRIBLE. I HAD VOMITING AND DIARRHEA WICH LED TO BEING SEVERLY DEHYDRATED, SO I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR IV FLUIDS. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANXIETY BEFORE UNTILL I STARTED THIS MEDICATION WHICH LED TO CHEST PAINS AND I WAS A WORRIED WRECK. JUST COMPLETY UNSTABLE AT WORK. COULDNT HANDLE BEING ANYWHERE BUT MY DARK BEDROOM FOR THE FIRST 3 DAYS DUE TO MIGRAINE H/A AND FATIGUE AND DIZZYNESS. OVERALL, BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A PARASITE I WOULD CHOOSE TO TAKE FLAGYL OVER BEING A CARRIER OF THE PARASITE. I RESCUED A PUPPY FROM A NEAR BY ANIMAL SHELTER 6 MONTHS AGO, AND 2 WEEKS INTO LIVING WITH ME, HER STOOL ISSUES DID NOT RESOLVE (WHICH THE SHELTER ASSURED ME SHE HAD DIARRHEA AND ABNORMAL STOOL DUE TO BEING FRESH OUT OF SURGERY FROM BEING SPAYED, NEW ENVIORMENT, AND FOOD CHANGES)AND SO I TOOK HER TO A VET AND SHE WAS POSITIVE FOR GIARDIA AND TAPE WORM. THAT IS WHERE I CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AMEBA PARASITE. | F | 23 | 10 days 500MG 3X day | 9/27/2010 | 1 | metronidazole | while taking the drug had bad metallic taste and no appetite. However after 10 days of stopping the drug I still have no appetite. Please email me. | F | 21 | 10 days 250 mg 3X day | 9/26/2010 | 1 | CDiff | Horrible Drug. Makes you feel like you are undergoing Chemo. Depression on top of that. | Flagyl does not work for CDIFF. Ask anyone who has taken it. Ask your doctor for Vancomycin, an awesome drug. Flagyl makes you feel bad and does not work. | M | 54 | 2 weeks 2X day | 9/26/2010 | 5 | BV | Slight Nausea, Dark Urine, Diarrhea, Slight Increase in Urine Frequency | This is my second time taking this medication. The first time, I experienced moderate nausea, dark urine, diarreah, abdominal pain, and extreme fatigue. This second time isn't so bad. I only got slight nausea from the taste. The trick is to put it all the way at the back of your tongue and swallow to avoid the awful taste. It also helps to eat about half hour before taking medicine to reduce nausea. Dark urine is normal. It makes me go to the bathroom a time or two more than normal. I guess it's better when you get used to it. Just make sure to eat beforehand, and take it with something sugary like sweet tea to offset the taste as well. | F | 19 | 7 days 500MG 2X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | CDiff Infection | chills/sweats, unable to sleep, shakes and pacing floors constantly, lost more weight, could not eat/drink. Totally out of body of experience where I thought I was dying and wanted to end my life. My wife found me in the bedroom with a gun in my hand as I wanted to end my life. | Do not take this medication especially if you have a fatty liver/liver disease as this may have caused my significant side effects. | M | 61 | 42 days 500 4X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | Cdiff | Constant stomach pain, back pain, loss of appetite and weight, metallic taste, chest pains in the night, depression, weakness, lack of energy, overall bad feeling. | I hate this medicine. I was put on it for Cdiff (which I got after surgery) and have been stuck taking this awful stuff for way too long. Its been over a month since the surgery and I feel worse now than before. I can't work or be on my feet for any extended amount of time without having pains and feeling like I'm going to be sick.It really gets depressing and I cry every day. I really hope they find a new medication to replace this one soon, I'd never suggest this med to anyone. | F | 23 | 21 days 500 3X day | 9/23/2010 | 5 | Diverticulitis | Nausea, diarrhea, slight dizziness. I am also on Cipro. | I had excessive pain from diverticulitis and the pain is gone, and I don't feel as bad as I did. It sounds like others have had poor satisfaction with this drug. Although it is a broad spectrum antibiotic with side effects, I would prefer to have some of these side effects than lose my colon to infection/surgical intervention. I can live with the side effects for a few days to keep my intestines cured in the long run. I'm faithful about taking the medication and will continue until therapy is done. | F | 51 | 10 days 500 2X day | 9/21/2010 | 3 | Parasites | nausea, bloading, cramps, loss of appetite, weight loss (would say about 8 pounds or so). Depression. I cried a couple of times. chills, sweats. ( I would wake up at night, sweating, not too much, but still sweat.) Cant concentrate in work/school. | I went back to the doctor, and he is sending me to a GI, since these symptoms were not going away. but a lil bit of working out and trying to keep calm is def. helping out. so lets see how i do in the next couple of days, and then what the GI says. I've had pale stools, and a bit thinner than usual, so that has me a bit worried. anyone else with these symptoms? | M | 21 | 10 days 500 MG 3X day | 9/21/2010 | 1 | Iis took flagyl 20 days oral and 7 days IV for severe diverticulitis. Now I have SEVERE neuropathy in both feet, ankles and hands. | I have been in severe pain for one month and neurologist and 2 other MD state it is due to flagyl. I have been to ER twice for pain relief, taken lortab, morphine inj. feet are so swollen and painful, I cannot walk. | F | 55 | 20 days 4X day | 9/18/2010 | 1 | abdominal abcess | Extreme depression, I was starting to feel very strange and worrying myself until I read these reviews, I have been on iv flagyl many times and just felt weak and lethargic, in tablet form the taste in my mouth is disgusting, thrush, one particularly bad nightmare, headaches, light headedness and the depression caught me severely off guard to the extent that I was walking down some stairs and was getting the unbelievable urge to fall down them? I feel dispondant, like my life has no meaning and like I am unimportant, I am on day 6 of a 7 day course as I write this. Also the stomach cramps are excruciating, my stomach feels worse than it did when my sigmoid colon actually perferated, | M | 24 | 7 days 3X day | 9/18/2010 |