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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | BV | Horrible Nausea, feeling depressed, fatigue, bloating, loss of appetite, feeling light headed and dizzy, metalic taste that won't go away. | OMG, I hope to NEVER take this medication again. The funny thing is, I took it 10 years ago and do not at all recall all the side affects I am having now...It is almost debilitating. I go to bed quezy, I wake up quezy, I can't work out because I feel so out of it. After I eat, I feel like I'm just going to vomit. I just took my last doze. I hope that this is the very last of the nausea. I just want my life back.... | F | 36 | 7 days | 7/20/2009 | 5 | Severe infection after miscarriage | Serious flare up of symptoms including joint pain, leg soreness, tingling sensations, metallic taste in mouth. | On day two I had an immediate flare up up all my pain symptoms and joints. I thought I was dying. I was also on Levaquin and Doxycycline. This article is a must read for anyone on this drug. It put my mind at ease and I feel much better now. I am glad I continued the treatment. 500mg 2x a day for 7 seven days. www.arthritistrust.org/Articles/The%20Herxheimer%20Effect.pdf | F | 40 | 7 days | 7/16/2009 | 3 | C diff colitis | FATIGUE, feels like my head is in a cloud- very foggy feeling, NO APPETITE, Loose stools (having only one to two BM's daily), MOUTH SORES, WHITE TONGUE, Vaginal itching (possible yeast infection growing now), EXTREME sleepiness, heart palpitations at times, METALLIC TASTE, just a overall general feeling of being buzzed (i.e. from alcohol), and feeling "out of it", difficulty concentrating, also DARK URINE (brown/green)- army colored urine but not painful at all. | I was prescribed flagyl 500 mg by mouth three times a day for 10 days for an antibiotic (Clindamycin) related tooth abcess. The Clindamycin gave me the C-diff (two months after stopping clinidamycin). I am finishing my last dose of flagyl tomorrow, and i am going to be so glad that I am done with this drug. I did not have any pain or bloating or cramping with the Cdiff- just had constant diarrhea, but while on flagyl, the side effects have been unrelenting. I never want to take this drug again if i can avoid it. the first few days on the drug, all i had was the metallic taste,and dark colored urine, by day 5 I began feeling very lightheaded, dizzy, and generally out of it, and now on day 9 i don't have the metallic taste anymore, but I still have the dark urine, foggy head, difficulty concentrating, EXTREME fatigue. Keep in mind, I am a HEALTHY 24 year old who works and goes to school full time with a normally HIGH HIGH energy level. this drug makes me feel like I'm an old, debilitated 80 year old. :( | F | 24 | 10 days | 7/15/2009 | 1 | Infected Dermoid cyst post-op | SEVERE anxiety and depression, nausea, diarrhea, metallic taste | I've dealt with depression during the last 7 years and last year I got off meds and have been quite happy. Getting on this medicine brought me back to a state I thought I'd never have to face again!! Tomorrow is my last dose, I really hope all this is going away soon. Inform your doctor if you've suffered from depression in the past, this is NOT the medicine for you! | F | 28 | 1 months | 7/8/2009 | 1 | undetermined abdominal pain | irregular heartbeat, darkened urine, metallic taste, anxiety, nausea, diaherrea | DO NOT take this medication if you can at all avoid it. I was supposed to take this 7 days and had to stop after the 3rd day. When the side effects far outweigh the original problem, you have to stop and try something new. This drug is ridiculous. | F | 31 | 7 days | 7/6/2009 | 4 | BV Gardnerella | abdominal pain, bloating, crawly skin, fatigue | I am on day four of the 7-day regimen. I think the BV is starting to really lessen now. The first day of the Flagyl made my scalp feel crawly and raw, but no actual rash--Still some crawly sensations here and there. After that, some abdominal pain and bloating, but not too terrible. No diarrhea I think because I take Benefiber which really prevents that in general. The fatigue has really slammed me today. I am hoping the fatigue could indicate the die off of the BV and any other undesirable bacteria. The pills are quite bitter, but no problem if you swallow them with a mouthful of well-chewed food. I advise taking the pills with a nice sized meal and use Benefiber if the drug gives you diarrhea. Also, I was especially told by the nurse and pharmacist to avoid ALL alcohol unless I want to be truly miserable, including mouthwash. | F | 42 | 7 days | 7/4/2009 | 1 | C. Diff Colitis | Was misdiagnosed. Was told I had Diverticulits and was placed on Cirpro & Flagyl. Severe abdominal cramps,unbearable pain in my legs,nausea, vomiting, Furry tongue, metalic taste in my mouth. Was taken off the Flagy and placed on Vancomiacin, $1700.00 very expensive. Colonoscopy showed I did not have diverticultis and the medicin given caused me to get the antibiotic induced colitis. Out of Work since 4/22/09. | Hoping the Periphial Neuropathy is not permanent. My legs feel like they have sunburn 24/7. | F | 42 | 5 days | 7/2/2009 | 1 | hemorrhoids, poss infection | bad taste, headache, fuzzy tounge, diahhrea, stomache cramps, depression, weak, fatigued | The most awful medication I have ever taken. Started on 500 and couldn't get off toilet, cut down to 250 3 times a day. Stopping it tonite when I realized it has to be causing all my symptoms(off all other meds). I am not able to function normally at all. I have taken for 7 days. Anyone else have similar problems? Email me | F | 39 | 7 days | 6/29/2009 | 3 | BV | SEVERE, sharp, stabbing stomach pains/cramps; dizziness, light headed, "out of it" feeling, felt like I was going to faint a few times, bloated, felt a little nausea (did not vomit), a little flushing, a little racing heart, a little bit of a tight chest at times. | Wow!! SOOO glad I found this site. After the second day of taking this medication, I called my OB's nurse to let her know of my stomach pains and almost went in....THEN read the side affects of this med. They are BRUTAL! The sharp/stabbing stomach pains/cramping had me awake most of the first/second nights. I thought my infection was getting worse?! And then the dizziness/lightheadedness was to the extreme that I had to lay/sit down and going out in public to stores caused me some anxiety as I felt overwhelmed and like I was going to faint...I had to grab ahold of my husband's arm to stay focused and standing. I have five more doses to go! (Glad I am not currently employed b/c I could not imagine going to work in this state! let alone driving) | F | 28 | 7 days | 6/28/2009 | 5 | Suspected C Difficile and Blasto | Slight loss of appetite possibly Did not notice any significant side effects | So grateful for this drug. I had yellow watery diarrhea out of control for a month and within four days it cleared it up and brought back the normal brown color and formed BM's. We suspect it was C Difficile caused by Bactrim. I was unable to work until I took the Flagyl. As far as the Blasto Hominis was concerned, I have noticed considerable improvement after Flagyl even two months later and am testing negative at present. | F | 56 | 10 days | 6/27/2009 | 1 | absess on bottom | light headed, confusion, anxiety, panic attacks, tiredness, kind of disorientated feeling and feeling "detatched" from my surroundings | thank god i found this website! i thought i was going off my head! the leaflet in the meds did not say sbout some of these side effects. how long does ot take to feel back to normal, I finish my course tonight? | F | 24 | 7 days | 6/27/2009 | 1 | c diff | I posted yesterday about this horrid drug and how rolling it in honey helped get it down, see that post for my experience which was AWEFUL | I was switched to vancocin yesterday and I already feel my life coming back. Cost is the only reason they give flagyl first. With my insurance flagyl was $7.30, vancocin was $934, that right folks...$934!! | F | 42 | 10 days | 6/26/2009 | 5 | bacterial infection | Side effects were slight on 500 mg. 3 times per day. Strange medicinal taste, nose/sinuses felt dried out and hollow with a peculiar medicinal smell, slight vertigo, but worth it! Got rid of the bacterial infection that was miserable! | Ask your doctor for DETAILED information on the side effects of Flagyl. Doctors are always in such a hurry to hustle you in and out, that many patients fail to ask or the doctor fails to inform on the variety of side effects. Follow their guidelines on this drug; do not drink alcohol with it or you are asking for trouble! Refrain from excessive sun exposure or it will make you sick to your stomach! Be aware of your diet, and don't eat so much fast food and junk type foods. Use common sense with any medicine, and Flaygl is a butt kicking antibiotic...pay attention. | F | 40 | 7 days | 6/25/2009 | 4 | C-diff | Chronic nausea which increased when I needed to eat, lack of hunger sensations (but I soon figured out extreme nausea meant I was hungry), vomiting (only once during the night 6 hours after first dose, because I learned to decrease nausea with ginger tea), stabbing pain in my stomach after taking each dose, strong metallic taste, headaches, cramping pain in the intestines, really soft stools (never got diarrhea, but I went from chronic constipation to soft stools), fatigue. | I rated flagyl a 4, because treatment (500mg 3x daily with meals for 10 days) did eliminate my c-diff symptoms. However only a followup stool test can ascertain whether flagyl totally eliminated my c-diff infection. Side effects (chronic nausea, stabbing stomach pain, gut pain, soft stools and metallic taste) were horrible to say the least and remained for several days after my last dose. The metallic taste remained for a week after last dose. However, flagyl reversed my chronic constipation, bloating and gas as well as flu-like symptoms (probably from c-diff). If I ever have to treat c-diff again, I might choose vancomycin. I'm now taking a 7 day high dose probiotic treatment (127 live 'good' bacteria per dose) to replace any good bacteria which flagyl killed. I recommend followup high dose probiotic treatment for anyone taking a strong antibacterial drug like flagyl. | F | 62 | 10 days | 6/25/2009 | 3 | divirticulitis | Anxiety attacks and depression. This was very scary and had me almost out of my head. I am off for seven hours now and feel like my old self. It was combined with cipro. No problem with cipro but flagyl freaked me out. Surgery in 10 days. Thanks for eveyone's commnents. They helped me realize I was not going insane. | M | 53 | 13 days | 6/25/2009 | 1 | c-diff | By day 3 I had a toxic metal taste in mouth, nausea like I have never had in my life, sudden drops in body temp, complete feeling of fatigue. I feel like my Mom looked while she was on chemo... | ROLL THE PILL IN HONEY to coat it completely and place UNDER your tongue. It's thick enough to not wash away when sipping a drink to take it. The taste unfortunately makes its way back and coats your tongue but at least I dont have that sharp nastiness of it disolving in my mouth. I want to puke so bad but so far nothing, the nausea just hangs on hard. Also taking florastor. I thought at day 3 I was getting better but by day 4 I feel like I want to die and the bathroom symptoms are back...wtf? I am on day 6 and will be seeing the specialist again today because I cannot go on this way anymore. Keep missing work but thank Jesus my boss and owners are super cool and understanding. Horrible, horrible, horrible evil stuff this flagyl is. | F | 42 | 10 days | 6/25/2009 | 4 | BV | Nassau, Vomiting, Anxiety, Fatigue, Thick Metallic Taste, Heavy Salivation. | The medicine works on the cause, However it comes with a price. The first few days of taking this medicine I felt no debilitating side effects until the 5th and 6th day. My appetite begun to decrease and I began developing bad nassau making it harder to adhere to the "take with food" label. I guess I didn't eat enough food the last dose and it was downhill from there. I spent a full day in bed, well not the whole day, I did get up about 15x's to vomit. I am on my last day and I am happy to be off this medicine! | F | 25 | 7 days | 6/24/2009 | 2 | Post D&C, LLETZ | Extreme Tiredness, Vivid dreaming, Depression, "Stoned feeling", Metallic taste, Loss of concentration, Constipation | Never had a side effect from medication prescribed for me. I would ask for an alternative antibiotic if had a choice in the future. I took 2 for 5 days and finished the last one last night. Its evening the next day and I still feel off!! | F | 28 | 5 days | 6/24/2009 | 3 | diverticulitis | Nausea which left by the last day of taking flagyl. Salivating like crazy (like you feel before vomiting). Gas pains that seemed worse when lying down and sleeping. Loose stools. I have been off flagyl for approx 24 hours and still have gas pains from it. | I am attributing my similar side effects that others have experienced to this drug. I was also on cipro at the same time but I have taken cipro before and had no problems tolerating it | F | 50 | 7 days | 6/21/2009 | 4 | H. Pylori | Dark urine, vaginal yeast infection | Was taking Flagyl in combination with tetracycline and bismuth (Pylera). Felt pretty rotten but think it's worth it if it can get rid of the H. Pylori. In the past took Flagyl long-term and did experience tingling in hands - it was discontinued for that reason. | F | 53 | 10 days | 6/18/2009 |