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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Vaginitis | Took 1 pill with food as recommended. 3 hours later my tongue and lips were swollen. Did not continue taking medication. Started Benadryl when I woke up the next day per RN. Lips kept swelling. Went to urgent care and was told to double the Benadryl dose (50 mg 4x a day), plus 800 mg of Tagament (4 pills). Next day swelling was reduced, but still have tingling in lips and tongue 4 days later. | This works for most people, but if you notice any symptoms discontinue and call your doctor. | F | 46 | 1 times | 2/5/2009 | 1 | BV | Headache, EXTREME fatigue, EXTREME nausea, dizziness (feeling totally spaced out!), short attention span, bloated, horrible metallic taste, and dark urine. | I have taken this medicine several times in the past (unfortunately) and NEVER did I have the extreme symptoms I have now. I wonder if it's because I am taking it 3x per day for 7 days vs. 2x a day like in the past. But whatever the reason, I truly wish there was some alternative traatment as many women have BV repeatedly and should not have to endure these issues every treatment. And to top it off, many will have to deal with a yeast infection shortly thereafter! What a jip! | F | 30 | 7 days | 2/5/2009 | 3 | BV | Fatigue, foggy-headed, diarrhea, nausea, dark urine | Disgusting taste that sticks to the back of your throat... | F | 25 | 4 days | 2/1/2009 | 5 | diverticulitis | nausea, depression, some anxiety, awful metallic taste in mouth, no appetite, food tastes "blah" when I do eat, dark urine | as stated previously, the combintation with Cipro works--fourth time around for me, but it is awful | F | 50 | | 1/28/2009 | 2 | Diverticulitis | Nausea, Diarrhea, metallic taste in mouth, tongue feels hairy, extreme lethargy, lack of concentration, blurred vision, lower back pain. | I have been on Flagyl 500mg x 3 and Cipro 500mg x 2 every day for the last 23 days and I still have 13 days to take it. I have severe diverticulitis and doctors are trying to get it cleared up prior to surgery but sometimes I wonder if the sides effects are worth it. I do not recommend unless a last resort. | M | 46 | 23 days | 1/28/2009 | 4 | pseudomembranous colitis | Metallic taste in mouth. Fatigue. Depression. | Second time on Flagyl for colitis. Experienced many of the same side effects as others. The one most disturbing: Depression. I thought I was losing my marbles. Serious mood swings and sadness that seem to come out of nowhere. As I said, this is the second time I have been flagyl and didn't look forward to starting it again, but it was necessary. The anxiety and depression lifted almost immediately when I finished my perscription last time, so the effects don't appear to be permanant. Thank you for the web site. It has helped. | F | 40 | 10 days | 1/27/2009 | 3 | BV | Nausea, Headache, really bad stomach pains, loss of appetite, frequent need to urinate, dark urine, bad taste in my mouth, weak and tired, aching muscles in my toes, legs, and arms | I don't know what's worse, having my infection or the side effects of this stuff. It did clear up everything though. | F | 19 | 7 days | 1/27/2009 | 3 | suspected giardia w/diarrhea | side effects: body aches, back, feet, hands, wrist. strange taste, coating on tongue, white spots in mouth, weakness, fatigue, depression, irritability. soft, frequent stools, CRAMPING, bloating, gas, rapid heartbeat, exhaustion with mild effort. occasional mild headache, strange "lump" in back of throat that won't go away. feels like i need to hack something up, but never quite comes. | prescribed for 10 days, 250mg 3x. my doctor said i could cut them in half, for a total of 375mg daily, cuz i was taking full strength last year and had unbearable side effects. with that episode, i started to feel normal again after a couple days off the drug. this time, i only got through about 6 days, and decided that without a conclusive diagnosis it just isn't worth the risk. the side effects are too numerous, severe, and possibly unknown. symptoms definitely changed, but i can't say that it's "better" now. still having weird BMs, bad cramping, and other unexplainable symptoms. would only use it again as a last resort. very difficult for me to tolerate, as it has a serious effect on my energy level and mood, plus it causes significant pain. the cramping is moderate, a 6 or 6.5 on a scale of 1-10, and i may be a little conservative, as i can usually stand a lot of pain. i also have weird joint and muscle pain that seems to come and go. i'm a little worried about the | M | 35 | 6 days | 1/25/2009 | 1 | Bacteria infection | Dizziness-Dizziness-Dizziness! Anxiety/Panic,Sleeplessness,headache,metallic taste, | I am also pregnant which did not make matter better. I discontinues use. | F | 32 | 2 days | 1/23/2009 | 4 | BV | lethargy, deep sleep, bad taste in mouth | I started this medication today and almost fell asleep while driving. Then I cam home and fell into a deep sleep for 3 hours! I really hope that it doesn't feel like this the whole 7 days! And no alcohol this weekend? Please shoot me.... | F | 28 | 7 days | 1/21/2009 | 3 | BV | Metallic taste, lethargy, confusion, severe nausea, waking up at night to defecate (never had that happen before), sleepiness, weird dreams | 500 mg twice a day. Yes, it cleared up the BV. Don't know if something else would've been available. I'm also on Metformin, so maybe that made it way worse. Doc said it wasn't relevant. Nausea okay unless I moved -- as in, at all. Hopefully I'll never need this again because the cure is *almost* worse than the BV. | F | 46 | 7 days | 1/20/2009 | 1 | BV | Dizziness, nausea, numbness and tingling in hands | Day 1: I was stupid enough to take two doses at once. Within 30 minutes I felt like I might die -- very lethargic to the point I couldn't speak or hold my head up, very nauseated, but within 3 hours I felt almost normal. Day 2: Tired, very moody Day 3 (today): Woke up feeling fine, took one dose, have started to lose control of my hands (it is taking me forever to type this). Called dr who told me to (duh) stop taking the medicine. Sadly, as it is Saturday I can't get another antibiotic script until Monday so I'm stuck with this annoying BV. | F | 26 | 3 days | 1/17/2009 | 1 | Abdominal Parasite | heart palpitations/pain ,waves of nassau, vomiting,diarrhea,indigestion, headache, "out of it" feeling, dry mouth, so thirsty, white tongue,bumps in back of mouth, tired, weak, cramps. | someone kill me? I will never take this again but now that im on day 5 there is no turning back now. I have a lingering headache,my heart hurts, im drinking fluids by the glasses, i feel disoriented, my mouth feels furry, weird bumps just appeared in my throat, threw up this morning, felt sick all day, then feel fine, then sick again. The worst symptom is that im constantly searching online to see if these symptoms are normal! 750 mg twice daily. | F | 23 | 7 days | 1/12/2009 | 3 | colitis & intestional infection | Second time on Flagyl (500 mg 3xday) since mid-Dec. Never taken it before until then. First time for a week with Cipro (500mg 2xday), this time for a week with Levaquin(500mg 1xday). First time, nausea was bad. This time, using Zophran before every pill and has kept nausea at bay so far. Started in hospital where it was IV'ed and went to pill form one day ago. As per a suggestion from this board, I bury the pill in a spoon of applesause and just quickly swallow. Helps tremendously with bitter taste. Also staying super hydrated. | Not exactly sure how I got so sick as I'm a pretty healthy person. Started with treatment for a possible intestional infection that has now blossomed into colitis. I hope this second round of drugs gets rid of whatever. I am on a low residue diet and doing fine thus far. Was just in hospital (first time ever) for 4 nights due to severe dehydration from diarrhea. Checking for c-diff but hospital messed up the labs so at this point, what I'm hearing is that it probably isn't c-diff. Now that I've started the meds, it would be hard to test. I hope to get an appt with a specialist next week to really help figure this out. This is all so new to me so I am doing lots of research on internet and talking with others on how best to approach this. | F | 53 | 7 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | c-diff | nasuea,fatigue,confusion,unable to sleep,night sweats,clumsiness,unable to concentrate | My 9 year old daughter was taking flagyl for possible c-diff. As it turned out, the test was negative for c-diff. She had difficulty concentrating, and often gave me a blank stare when I spoke to her. Her teacher also noticed that she was quite lethargic in class, which was certainly not typical. She has stopped the flagyl for the last two days, but still is not acting right. I am so afraid that this has caused some type of neurological damage. She even mentioned during the last week that her hands feel tingly. I would not recommend this medication for children or perhaps anyone. I am sick with worry, and guilty that she did not even need to be on this medication. | F | 43 | 7 days | 1/8/2009 | 1 | infection | depression, mental fog, anxiety, sleeping all the time, vertigo, headaches, photosensitivity, hallucinations, no hunger. | I still have anxiety, depression, I have blurred vision in my left eye now. I can't concentrate on my college work I nearly failed out of my first semester of college. Hunger comes and goes. Iam not the same person I was.... I miss me. Can anyone give me any insight to this...If so e-mail me please. I took the Flagyl Feb 21 2008 for 5 days (big mistake) | M | 20 | 5 days | 1/7/2009 | 3 | Diverticulitis | Metallic taste, exhaustion | Second time for diverticulitis. I'm currently taking Flagyl 500mg x 3 for 10 days. I've been given Phenergan to combat the initial nausea for the first few days. The only advice I can give is to force down some of the BRAT diet even if you don't want to eat. That's the only way you can slightly tolerate Flagyl. Once you have more food in your stomach, the nausea at least for me went away. It is a horrible drug though but it works. | F | 42 | 10 days | 1/6/2009 | 4 | antibiotic induced c-diff | Awful metallic taste-combated by chewing gum. Nausea at first, but cleared up as I got more food in my system. Feeling like a urinary tract infection is coming on, but doesn't. Feel frequent urge to urinate. There is only slight burning at the tip of the penis after urinating about a third of the time, but not too uncomfortable. | The C-diff seems to be getting better. Started on some probiotics and cranactin. Hopefully no reoccurence. | M | 35 | 9 days | 1/2/2009 | 3 | BV | Mettalic taste, lethargy, hot flashes | I was prescribed 500mg twice a day for BV and the major side effect for me was the horrible taste, but that did not last long after taking it. The only other side effect were minor hot flashes and definitely feeling tired within 1-2 hours of taking the pill. To mask the horrible taste I ate yogurt and usually a probiotic drink (Dan Active). I personally suggest eating yogurt with L. Acidophilus to minimize the risk of ddeveloping a yeast infection while taking any antibiotic. I personally think drinking a probiotic drink will also minimize the risk of GI troubles (coats your stomach too). Reading about everyone's troubles with this drug led me to call my doctor and see if there was an alternative I could take -- the other issue for me was not being able to drink alcohol -- and he prescribed me Clindesse vaginal cream. It is applied once vaginally and clears up the BV. You don't need to abstain from alcohol (BIG PLUS!) and you avoid worrying all the crazy side effects from the | F | 30 | 2.5 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | diverticulitis | Extreme nausea | I was prescribed flagyl along with Levaquin. I had to take the flagyl 3 times a day. By the 2nd day my head was in the toilet so many times that I called my doctor and he thankfully switched the flagyl out for another drug. The funny thing is when I called the pharmacist to ask which drug they thought was making me feel this way (levaquin or flagyl) they knew right away it was the flagyl. | F | 35 | 2 days | 12/29/2008 |