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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | c.defficil | my tongue is look horrible after i start medication and still look like this till now i stop it since 3 months | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 8/22/2007 | 3 | Crohn's/ Fistula | Nausea, Vommiting, diareah, severe stomach cramps, fatigue, loss of appetite | the only medication that helped to keep my fistula uninfected however, when i came off of it the fistula acted up again. It does not act to close the fistula just keeps it from becomming infected again. I feel better on the flagyl than when the fistula was infected so i guess the side effects are worth it. | F | 22 | 8 weeks | 8/21/2007 | 1 | Stomach bug | I was fine for the first few days then BAM, I thought I was dying. | Comments? yeah. Class Action lawsuit for selling toxic waste in pill form. | M | 35 | 3 days | 8/21/2007 | 1 | Giardia/Parasite | Mental-EXTREME bouts of mania, depression, panic, paranoia, anger. Physical - Nausea, Metal taste in mouth, achey, etc. | My email is [email protected] Contact me if you are experiencing what I did...Another board memeber did the same for me and I couldnt have been more lucky to have someone to talk me down/hold my hand. Flagyl reaction is/was the worst thing I have ever experience in my life. I took it a year ago and had the physical side effects but not the mental ones so we all believe it reacted with A DRUG I WAS ALREADY TAKING (ambien, meds for ADHD, etc). Had I been alone and the mental issues did not subside (lasted 1 1/2 hrs for a few days), I could have easily committed suicide (just fyi, I am as emotionally/mentally healthy as they come). It is THAT BAD. | M | 37 | 7 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | Post Op for Myomectomy | Paranoia, insanity, depression, walls caving in. | DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION WITH ANYTHING ELSE. NOT: SSRI'S, ASPIRIN, OHTER ANTIBIOTICS, PAINKILLERS, ALCOHOL, SLEEPING PILLS... ANTHING ELSE. THIS DRUG MUST BE TAKEN ALONE. OHTERWISE, YOU WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE OF LOSING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH FOR DAYS. TAKE THIS MEDICATION ALONE WITH NOTHING ELSE. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU; THEY WILL TELL YOU OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GET SUED. YOUR DOCTOR MAY SAY, "TAKE THIS WITH THE OTHER MEDICATION...."--DON'T BELIEVE HIM!!! TAKE FLAGYL ALONE. | F | 38 | 5 days | 8/17/2007 | 3 | diverticulitis | I'm really not sure because I've got some other health stuff going on, but I suspect the first couple of days I felt dizziness, and felt kind of ill. These could be symptoms of my health problems though as I've had them before, to some extent. A couple more days and I've got pain and stiffness in my ankles and knees. I'm about 1/2 way through my treatment. The funny thing is this diverticulitis diagnosis was a total shock, cause I never had any GI symptoms. So I can't even say that this stuff is working... | Every time I'm prescribed some kind of medication I go online and read about it. If I listened to what reviewers said, I'd probably be dead by now cause I would have refused to take all of them. I suspect a good number of symptoms people complain about are either symptoms of their illness, or psychological. No offense but you guys do some serious whining. I guess the people who have no problems with meds wouldn't be here posting reviews about them though! :) Flagyl is probably the nastiest tasting sh/t I have ever had to take. BUT, on the bright side, I previously had serious trouble swallowing pills. I just couldn't get myself to do it - it was psychological. So I'd swish the pill around in my mouth. 2 swishes with Flagyl cured me, cause after the 2nd swish the stuff started to disolve and it was either time to swallow, or time to vomit! So, on the bright side, at least Flagyl's had one positive side effect on me! Let's hope I remember this experience next time I get pills.. | M | 34 | 10 days | 8/16/2007 | 1 | Suspected blastocystosis | Insomnia, vivid and disturbing dreams, acute anxiety, I cried desperately for at least half an hour, loss of appetite, nausea, frequent urination. | It's an horrible antibiotic and there should be an alternative for it. I had to give up after six days because of the neurological disturbs. Before assuming it I was already in a state of anxiety, but Flagyl worsened my condition. I had never experienced insomnia before and that was a clear side effect of taking Flagyl. The same applies for nausea, which I did not have in the past. I did not drink alcohol and took the pills always after a meal. I took 1500mg per day. The first night after I stopped taking the pills, I slept much better. I did not have diarrhea before starting the treatment. Flatulence was my first symptom and Flagyl did not reduce it. I was prescribed Flagyl because Blastocysticis hominis and Dientamoeba fragilis had been found in my stools. I'm Italian and live in Italy. | M | 51 | 6 days | 8/16/2007 | 1 | ? C.diff after surgery/hosp | Nausea, extreme fatigue, vertigo/blurred vision, sinus headaches, runny nose | This was the worst I have ever felt in my life. Ten days on Flagyl was even worse than 4 months of chemotherapy I had many years ago. I had no warning about Flagyl side effects and thought they must be related to my recovery from minor surgery until I read this board. The good news is that 36 hours after completing the 10-day course all the side effects are completely gone. I agree with suggestions here to try to take the tablet with meals -- it helps a little. | F | 59 | 10 days | 8/15/2007 | 1 | Giardia | Nausea, tingling in hands, feet and face, diarhea, stomach cramping, aching muscles, loss of appetite, weakness and weight loss associated with loss of appetite and mal-absorption. | Had 5 courses over an 8 month period and been without giardia symptoms for only 4 of the 8 months. | M | 10 days | 8/12/2007 | 1 | Abscess Moloar Tooth | Feeling like CRAP! Tired all the time, weak, lost 7 pounds, was feeling sick all the time! Also this medicine gave me CHEST pains! This medicine WORKS for the abscess, but the side effects are AWFUL! | I could never HACK taking this medicine again.. I have 5 poills left and I am so upset that I have to take them! I am also taking them with AMOX, but I took AMOX before and it never does that to me, it's the Flagyl... this stuff is STRONG! I am a VERy FIT and Healthy person and this stuff knocked me on my butt for a WEEK! NEVER AGAIN! | F | 34 | 10 days | 8/10/2007 | 3 | Amoeba infection | I am in day 6 of a 10-day cycle of Flagyl and am starting to feel better from side effects, which include worse diarrhea than before, more bloating than before, urgent discoloured urination, bitter taste in mouth, and depression/anxiety. My doctor had to be begged to prescribe it, he says the infection I have is usually non-pathogenic and it is my colitis acting up but after almost a year and a half of nothing helping something had to be done. He scared me with peripheral neuropathy as a side effect and I am constantly thinking I feel it coming on but so far so good. If this does not help my symptoms I will be even more desperate than before. | I think it is wise for people to know how crappy this drug can make you feel. Also, that it should be followed up with a round of iodoquinol for amoebic infections, otherwise the remaining cysts will turn into amoebas again. | M | 50 | 6 days | 8/8/2007 | 1 | Crohns disease | Other than the nasty metallic taste in my mouth, I had a feeling like I was "doomed" (if that makes any sense). I tell people today that I was making deals with God to have it stop. No joking. It was one of the most unpleasant experiences on top of my Crohns symptoms which were bad enough. | M | 7 | 2 weeks | 8/8/2007 | 1 | boil or heamoroid | extremely bitter to take, leaves taste for hours, excessive salivation in mouth with metalic taste, nausea,flushes,headaches from outset,aches in joints, washed out feeling. | This was given to me because of what the Dr said was either a boil or a Heamoroid, she couldnt tell the difference. 400mg three times a day plus another drug, I became ill after taking the drug for 2 and half days, on ringing Dr she told me to stop taking it. All side effects are continuing 48 hours after last dose. Ban it please. | F | 56 | 3 days | 8/7/2007 | 1 | mixed anerobes | severe numbness of hands and fingers also a burning sensation | best advice........avoid this drug at all costs! I have been prescribed this drug roughly 7 times in 7 months and the last 2 ocassions I developed a severe numbness in my hands and fingers, I called to see the nurse who advised to, if possible, to finish the course. I returned home and threw the rest down the toilet. 5 weeks down the line I still have numbness but I have read this is nerve damage and heals with time, I will find out the truth when I visit the doctor this week. BE AWARE of this drug and try any alternative first!! | F | 33 | 7 days | 8/6/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | my face felt like a chemical had been poured on it, my ankle joints and balls of my feet started to hurt when i walked, my left eye turned red. | i walked my dogs as usual and within 24 hours of this monster drug i could no longer walk! my hips, my ankles, my joints in my legs all ached terribly. i thought it was the new gym shoes, I had no idea until i looked up these side effects and sure enough, it was flagyl, not the shoes! That was March 2007. This is now August, and I still wake up with terrible joint pain in my hips, and terrible back pain (pancreatis??) after nearly 5 months. I am a young, athletic type, so having hip pain at this stage definitely has me worried! I feel like a senior citizen now! I now must research what the heck this chronic back pain is, behind my left lower rib cage. I think this drug should be banned, because it is also a known carcinogen in lab rats. WTF!!! I totally regret having EVER taken this acid, I wish I had read about natural rememdies because I recently discovered I could have eaten raw garlic to kill the bacteria in my colon and scared away my vampire doctor in the process! It seems Mother | F | 41 | 3 days | 8/1/2007 | 3 | giardia | severe stomach pains, nausea, sleepiness | Taking this was almost worse than the giardia. It did get rid of the giardia, but I was terribly sick while I took this. | F | 27 | 1 months | 7/29/2007 | 4 | BV | nausea, loss of appetite, metallic taste, tiredness, dizziness. Food tastes lousy. | Remember everyone will experience this drug differently. It's worse for some then others. And whether it's worth it depends on the problem you are trying to fix and whether it does get fixed. Flagyl isn't fun, but I've taken much worse for MS. Of course that's just me. | F | 47 | 7 days | 7/27/2007 | 4 | Diverticulitis | The mouth thing - they indeed taste terrible. AGH. Also, I don't think I should be allowed to drive although I do but not very far! Very spaced out. After a brief period of being able to function semi-normally in the morning, once I get to about 1 pm I experience an almost total fatigue. Paranoia that I maybe have now got fibromyalgia or that other thing where you are tired all the time :-) BAD cramping about day three or four (almost worse than the diverticulitis - ha ha). I have NOT, however, had depression or anxiety...but I'm off - it's summer. I could not have gone to 'work' or done anything normal while taking these pills. I do think people do wax on a bit about the taste, though. For god's sake - it's keeping you from dying, in some cases. In the old days you'd bite on a stick and they'd cut your arm off after giving you a shot of whiskey. Life is not always easy, or fun :-) Also - I kind of notice my skin is better than it was before. I had a bit of rosaceae on my left cheek a | I was prescribed 500 ml TID along with Cipro 500 ml BID. So, it's not easy to know what drug is doing what, but I sure know they taste like hell. Also with Cipro there's an added treat - you can't go in the sun! It does feel a bit chemotherapy-like (though obviously not as horrendous!) And it increases my compassion for those who have endured THAT. I am DYING for a drink of wine - I read only one comment from a contributor that it made them stop drinking for the first time in years. I Googled "wine/flagyl" to see if maybe I could get away with it but I think I'll pass. | F | 58 | 9 days | 7/26/2007 | 1 | BV | extreme dry mouth w/ tickle in throat, horrible coughing to gagging, metallic taste, always thirsty, loose stool, muscle aches, headaches, lower abdominal pain and thought it was something else(paranoia), insomnia, vivid dreams, mood swings, depression, cold symptoms....everything!!!!! | i took the med with cheese wrapped around it to swallow without the taste of the pill(i had generic un-coated)i ate a big meal and drank plenty...nothing helps preventing the horrible symptoms i had......was on it for 5 days and decided i wasn't taking the last 2 days of doses...it was the 500mg metronidazole and it sucked...i wouldn't take again...i think my bv is cleared up now...we'll see in the days to come, but i'll definitely ask for something different | F | 26 | 5 days | 7/26/2007 | 5 | dentologikal problem | pain all my body , every where can i touch , sleepy , stomach ache , | another adiobiotic please.................for those bacteriums | F | 24 | 2 times | 7/24/2007 |