FLAGYL Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.3 (1916 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLAGYL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | BV | EXTREME nausea for over a week straight, gagging, stomach noises, loss of appetite, EXTREME fatigue, INSANE anxiety and panic attacks, dizziness, moody | I feel so sick on this antibiotic. It is the definition of hell. I am taking it for BV, which is better, but if I ever have something like this again, I will NEVER take it again. I have been extremely nauseous where I can't even eat or do anything. The smell of anything makes me gag. Anxiety increases beyond belief to the point of panic attacks. It's horrible. Ask a doctor for something else if they recommend this drug. | F | 20 | 7 days 500 2X day | 6/27/2010 | 3 | C diff colitis | The drug flagyl made me as sick if not sicker than the c diff colitis. I was unable to eat or drink for about the first 5 days. Once I was able to drink fluids Pediolite was the only thing that helped me through. I truly felt like I was going to die. I have never been this sick in my life. Constant nausea and diarrhea. I ended up at the hospital 3 different times over 4 days for fluids and medication through an IV. This drug also caused me to have an elevated heart rate the entire time I took the drug. It was very difficult to sleep because my resting heart rate stayed so high. If you can tolerate the drug it will eventually make you feel better but you will feel sick the entire time you take it. I also experienced lots of acid reflux when I was able to resume eating and it took about 5 days for that to calm down. I am 3 weeks post Flagyl and still have lots a gastro issues and food senstivity. I also lost 22+lbs in a 3 week period. Recovery and digestion is a VERY slow process. | It worked but I was NOT happy with all the side effects. My gastro told me that there are other medications to treat c diff colitis but they are so expensive that most insurance companies will not cover them so they REALLY encourage you to weather through with the flagyl. Eat lots of yogurt and start probiotics right away. My gastro told me to continue with the probiotics for at least 2 months to hopefully prevent a recurrance of the c diff colitis. | F | 36 | 10 days 500mg 3X day | 6/26/2010 | 1 | Infection of Gums | Metallic taste in Mouth, Severe insomnia, very very anctious, itchy eyes. | Ask for an alternative treatment method, Finished my prescription and will never take it again. Freedom at last. | M | 19 | 200 3X day | 6/24/2010 | 1 | Gastritis / Ulcer | Flagyl caused gastritis to get worse. Stomach pain was horrible along with metal taste. Loss of appetite was huge. Lost 12lbs since on this. Doctors say to keep at it however symptoms are worse than ever. STAY AWAY from this drug!!!!!!!! FDA should ban this. | Sent to ER due to this. They agreed that Flagyl doesnt set well with most patients. Switched to Cipro. | M | 33 | 7 days 500 3X day | 6/17/2010 | 1 | diverticulits | This was taken in combination with another antibiotic and made me nauseous. | I will never take it again. | M | 64 | 3 days 500mg 4X day | 6/17/2010 | 1 | Suspected Giardia | EXTREME nausea and vomiting, have not been able to keep any food down. Catch 22 situation because I need to eat before I can take the pill and I cant keep any food down! Have been feeling lethargic and tired. Feels like I was better before I took this drug. | THE WORST drug ever! I will never take this again!!! Does anyone know how long after finishing this course the side effects last? I cant handle this nausea, prob worst ive ever experienced! I HATE this drug!!! Wish I was warned of the side effects before I took this! Never imagined it could be this bad!!! | F | 22 | 3 days 400mg 3X day | 6/15/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | major naseau, feeling "out of it," cannot stand up out of bed, feeling like I will fall over, loss of appetite, head aches. This is my second div. attack in 3 months and I had to take this for 14 days last time and it was HORRIBLE. Nasty taste in mouth, cannot drink alcohol, makes me feel like garbage. I hate it. | Went to doc today and she said I could stop taking it and just continue on with Cipro, which I was also prescribed. Hooray! If Cipro is enough to cure the infection why the heck was I prescribed Flgyl to begin with? Also was prescribed Zofran to help with the nausea. We shall see. | F | 35 | 4 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/15/2010 | 4 | C Diff | Nausea/vomiting, dizziness and mental fog, agitation/anxiety, metallic taste, loss of appetite, constipation, body aches, fatigue. | I know it is helping as the bloat and diarrhea has ceased...but now I am constipated with all of the toxins blocked up so the irony is now I must take laxatives. I am on day 7 and the side effects have built up and I am very uncomfortable. But....this is my 3rd incidence of C Diff and I want to be rid of it so badly that I am trying to remind myself how horrible and dangerous C Diff is so I can get through it. My brain feels fried and I am extremely agitated. Trying to work in a stressful work environment while taking this is NOT recommended. I just can't concentrate and I am about to lose it! Be glad when it is over. Whenever it is time to take another I curse. :) | F | 45 | 10 days 250 MG 4X day | 6/14/2010 | 4 | terminal ileitis | mild nausea and diarrhea | F | 54 | 7 days 500 4X day | 6/11/2010 | 3 | c diffiicile | dry and itchy eyes, heartburn, burning throat, nausea. | I took the metronidazole for 10 days firts 250 mg,, the medication did help but after a couple day the infection came back and I am taking the second round 500mg for 2 weeks, I was a little scared about my side effects but after all other comments , i can say this medication works for me, I have nausea but is going away after 1 week. I just hope after this round the infection is gone forever, | F | 35 | 14 days 500 3X day | 6/11/2010 | 5 | abcess | F | 29 | 15 days 30 2X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | Suspected Ghiardia (persistent) | I have a history of anxiety issues - which were brought under control over the last 4 years through holistic medicine to the extent that I had forgotten about them. This medication changed that. Shortly after taking Flagyl I started experiencing panic attacks, what started out as tingling but ultimately led to pain and burning across my body (particularly the extremities), taste sensitivity and burning on my tongue, euphoria upon taking a dose and feeling a 'crash' before the next, etc. I have been off the medication for about 2.5 weeks now and am still experience these symptoms, though they are definitely gradually decreasing (which is awesome and relieving). I expect them to fully resolve, though it appears it will take some time. | If you are going to try Flagyl, I would recommend the following tact: take it for one day and see how you feel. If you suspect anything, immediately stop. I knew within 24 hours that this medication was going to cause problems but I didn't heed my hearts advice and continued to take it 4 more punishing days. I spoke with my Dr and he said the tingling can be present and advised i cut the dose in half, but I still had problems. I could not complete the 10 day course. I have found that, given my disposition to anxiety, I have a hard time taking any medication that can impact the central nervous system. I can take zithromax, cefzil, amoxicillin, etc. with impunity - little to zero side effects. But flagyl, doxycycline, cipro/levaquin, are extremely bad for me. This is to a degree true with my family as well, so perhaps there is a genetic component to this. If you have problems with medications that affect the central nervous system, or the medications i mentioned above, you may want to be very cautious and careful around Flagyl. Bail out after the first 24 hours if you notice any funny business. Don't let your doctor tell you to keep taking it, *protect yourself* and ask your doctor an alternative! Your health and well being are worth it! (I don't want to scare anyone off from trying this medication if it will benefit them, just please be cautious and responsible if you notice problems). | M | 32 | 5 days 500 2X day | 6/7/2010 | 3 | Blastocystis | Muscle cramps (especially legs), fatigue, foggy head, light dizzyness, irritability, furry tongue, metallic taste, clenching stomach pain 1/2 hr after taking that subsided within an hour (even when taken with food), appetite loss, constant mild nausea and stomach ache, soft stools after day 5. | After 2 days taking these meds I noticed a huge positive change in my abdominal bloating and stool consistency caused by the blastocystis, but then Flagyl reared it's ugly head. On day 3 I was floored with flu like symptoms much like I've read from other posters. I had to stop any form of exercise as my muscles cramped easily. This is a rough round of meds and I'm still slowly recovering from these side affects after being off of it for more than a week. My appetite is slowly coming back, my stomach has intermittent clenching pain, but my energy has rebounded fully and I'm able to exercise and not feel a need to go to bed two hours earlier than normal like when I was taking Flagyl. I recommend taking this medication during periods of light work and/or responsibilitiesd because it is very disagreeable. By the looks of other posters, it seems that these are common responses. | F | 37 | 10 days 500 MG 3X day | 6/6/2010 | 3 | c diff from taking Clindamycin | Dizziness, feeling that my head is going to explode (painless but disturbing), mild insomnia, sleep apnea as I'm drifting off to sleep & I must change position, mild nausea within 2 hrs of taking pill, more so if not taken with enough water. Taking probiotic 1-2 x per day and swallowing the pill with yogurt (makes it go down easily with minimal taste) and then a big glass of water. C diff diarrhea ended abruptly after first day on Metro (frequency of bowel movements dropped from 10-15 per day to 2-4, always in the morning). Stools odorless, loose, clean (little or nothing on toilet paper afterwards) - but not like post-Clindamycin period. Can't wait to get off Metro and ALL antibiotics. | Background: Before Flagyl I was on Clindamycin 1 week for removal of infected upper molar. After stopping Clindamycin I developed diarrhea (loose, pellet-like stools, like rabbit droppings, odorless, clean but 10-15x/day, with great diarrhea-like urgency) which went on for TWO weeks (no other symptoms like fever, cramping, bleeding, etc.). Waited 2 full weeks to make absolutely sure it was not going to go away on its own, then called my doctor. He did stool test, c diff showed up, & he put me on Metro for 10-14 days. This is the 11th day. | M | 58 | 11 days 500mg 3X day | 6/5/2010 | 4 | giardia | nausea, loss of appetite, lethargy, fatigue, metallic taste, dark urine, just an overall sick feeling | i got giardia after petsitting a dog that had it (ugh!) i went to the ER because i had a feeling that i had caught it after experiencing bloating, excess burping and gas, and nausea after eating earlier in the week, then by thursday a mild fever and friday, diahrrea. he prescribed the flagyl with zofran to take for the nausea. i was prescribed to take the flagyl 3 times a day but after my follow up appointment my primary doctor told me that i lower the dose to two times a day if my body wasn't handling it well, which is what i did. | F | 22 | 5 days 500 mg 3X day | 6/3/2010 | 3 | DIVERTICULITIS | The first time I took it I wound up in the hospital with diarrhea so bad they thought I had Intestinal Flora. I was in for 4 days on Flagyl and Cipro and took it for 4 days after that. This was the last of March. I started having a flare up end of May and took the meds for two days and could not hold them down. I have stopped completely and I thinking of continuing the cipro because of what I have read. | F | 54 | 10 days 500MG 4X day | 6/3/2010 | 2 | c-diff infection/colitis | Side effects are extreme. Don't be fooled the first 2 days and I am no wuss. blurred vision, exteme fatigue, foggy brain, aches/flu-like, can't drive/do anything today. | Have had c-diff go undiagnosed for 4 months. Feel like death but Flagyl is working. no bloody mucus for 2 days now. Will continue for 21 days if I can hold out that long from side effects. | F | 47 | 5 days 500mg 3X day | 6/3/2010 | 3 | blastocystis | dark urine, dizziness, tiredness, itchy eyes, mild nausea, reduced appetite, can't drive | I hope it works, still 4 days to go. Waiting for doctor to call back as perhaps there is another drug instead without these debilitating symptoms. I have suffered b. hominis symptoms on and off for 4 years, always put up with it. I will keep taking it if I have to, to be rid of the gut problems, now I know there is actually something causing it. | F | 39 | 3 days 400mg 3X day | 6/2/2010 | 5 | Rectal fistula | Dry mouth, headache, itchy eyes | It is working fistula wound started to heal up nicely | M | 52 | 30 days 500 mg 2X day | 5/26/2010 | 1 | BV | I experienced the same symptons of others on the site. The horrid taste of the meds and the thought of taking this again makes me cringe. I had to take them with sour candy to mask the taste. | After finishing the reccomended dosage my symptoms returned but more intense than before and the white discharge that i was having was thicker than before and there was more of it. | F | 24 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/26/2010 |