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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Giardia | Nausea, headache, muscle/joint pain, bad taste in mouth,loss of appetite, foggy head, every flu-like sypmton, on Day 3, 3rd dose of the day EXTREME dizzyness, I couldn't stand up, I couldn't close my eyes, I couldn't sleep. | Hell. I'll take the giardia maybe?! I had to quit on day 3 because I couldn't work with the vertigo going on. I was on 500 mg 3x day. I hear there is a new drug Tindemax (spelling),if I still have Giardia, I'll try that when I have a stretch of days off. | F | 41 | 3 days | 6/16/2006 | 2 | C-Difficule | Was started on 500 mg. Cipro and 500 mg. Flagyl due to suspected diverticulitis. Five days into meds., I felt MUCH worse - burning, radiating pain in lower left pelvis, and felt really sick. They couldn't find any other reason for it, so I was told to continue both meds. It took the fourth doctor to order a stool sample and discover the C-Diff - which was caused by the CIPRO! Am just finishing my second course of Flagyl, and for the last two days, I've had several episodes of sudden hot sweats, and today some dizzyness. And lots of abdominal cramping for several days. Thought it might still be the C-Diff - but then found this site and realized it's the Flagyl! Can't wait to be off it! Thanks so much, everybody (especially thanks to those who mentioned muscle weakness with C-Diff - my legs still feel shaky, especially the fronts of my thighs (if that makes sense). | 10 days on both Cipro and Flagyl - then 5 days off both and felt much worse. Back on both for two days until stool sample reveals C-Diff. Then off the Cipro and then only on Flagyl for anothter 10 days. | F | 63 | 20 days | 6/15/2006 | 5 | severe bacterial diarrhea | Dark urine, mild abdominal cramps. On the 6th day my hands and feet started to tingle and go numb. On the morning of the 7th day I saw the doctor, who told me to stop the prescription. | It's 36 hours since I've stopped. The diahhrea is gone and the tingling/numbness is almost gone. | M | 53 | 6 days | 6/14/2006 | 1 | diverticulitis attack | Horribly bitter taste; cold sweats; insomnia; fatigue; disorientation; cramping hand muscles--but NOTHING compared to mucus discharge from anus resulting eventually in fungus and abscesses--like broken glass in rectum--unbearable pain even now. | Forget drawing and quartering in medieval times; torturers could have used Flagyl instead. Resulting fungus and abscesses spread daily from vaginal area right up to top of rear--excruciating pain continues what I imagine sitting on shards of glass would feel like. Am being treated with ciclopirox. Never, never again. My side effects I realize are rare but possible. Beware. First antibiotic to cause such havoc with me. | F | 64 | 10 days | 6/9/2006 | 4 | For suspected parasites | Side effects for me included mild fatigue, leg pain, tingling, stomach upset, and thirst. | With flagyl in your system the effects of even trace amounts of alcohol are exactly as if you were taking Antabuse.So you need to stop consuming alcohol 24 hours prior to your first dose and then continue your non-consumption for 72 hours after taking the last dose. You must avoid condiments containing alcohol ( such as wine vinegar, certain mustards, Tobasco sauce, soy sauce etc.) if you don't wish to add to your stomach upset. It is also best administered in doses spread as far apart as possible; so, if you are taking three doses a day, spread them out over the entire 24 hours, such as dosing at 6 am, 2 pm and then again at 10 pm. I chose to wake up several times in the middle of the night to take my third dose in order to observe the spacing of the doses, which I believe kept my side effects to a minumum. | F | 60 | 7 days | 6/4/2006 | 1 | abcess | upset stomach,wind,bloating,sharp pain in stomach,cramping. | I thought I had appendicitis,went to hospital and they told me that it was because of the medication I felt sick all the time, I had been taking it for about a 10 days. I have not been right since I thought I was lactose,gluten intollerent, I was 100% in the stomach before the medication now I get bloated, cramps, stomach pains,after big meals 11 months later. | F | 36 | 10 days | 5/31/2006 | 5 | infected gum/jaw | awful side effects, nausea, absolute lethary, could hardly get out of bed, furred tongue, general unwell feeling | took a 3 day course and had to force myself to eat to get tablets on a full stomach but it got to me infection really quickly and it was really bad, swollen face, difficulty swallowing etc but could hardly wait to get off them | F | 45 | 3 days | 5/30/2006 | 5 | Giardia | Constant waves of nasua and sickness. Poisoned feeling. Bad sense of taste and smell. Dizziness | Clearly, flagyl is produced in the same factory that makes Drano! Though it has killed the parasite in my stomach, I can feel it destroy anything healthy in my body as well. I have sometimes wondered what being slowly poisoned feels like...I now know! i have one day left. Can't wait till this hell is over. | M | 34 | 5 days | 5/27/2006 | 1 | BV | May 26, 2006 - nausea/vomitting/extreme dizziness, chills, aches all over, muscle weakness....all contributing to ANXIETY!!! go figure... | Friday May 26th, 2006 - I've been off for 16 days and I'm still dizzy - room spins when I go to bed at night and wake up in the morning. Head is fuzzy/foggy. If flagyl is neurotoxic is it really warranted for a BV??? When they say reversible PN, reversible when? I am anxious this is never going to clear. | F | 36 | 5 days | 5/26/2006 | 5 | c diff | dizzyness, nausea, metalic taste | the first few days taking flagyl were horrible. i dreaded every pill. Then i started putting it in a spoon of kefir and just sliding it down my throat. It took the taste away as well as my nausea. I hope this helps anyone who has to take this. | F | 33 | 14 days | 5/22/2006 | 1 | bacterial vaginosis | woke up 5th day unable to walk across a room so dizzy, vomitted twice and had to lie down, seemed to wear off after a few hrs - eventually took my next 2 doses, and that night woke up at 1 am cold sweats, disoriented, aching all over, and needless to say ANXIOUS!! the next day my doc said I could discontinue | it is now 11 days I've been off and I stil feel NOT Right - last weekend was very dizzy, I am still dizzy feeling like my head is encassed in styrofoam, last week felt like I had a concussion, I've tried doing the epley manoeuvre to get rid of dizziness without luck, my sight seems worse and I am worried I'm never going to feel normal again!!!!! all my doctor had to say was...guess I won't put you on this again and I think she should never put anyone on it!!!! | F | 36 | 5 days | 5/19/2006 | 2 | bacterial vaginosis | migraine, extreme irritability (similar to horrible PMS), rapid hearbeat, insomnia, nausea, metallic taste, depression, anxiety, exhaustion, yeast infection | I think it helped my orginal symptoms but I ended up with a yeast infection that was more unpleasant. I also felt very irritable and out of it. | F | 29 | 7 days | 5/15/2006 | 5 | yes | sleeplessness, lack of appetite | saved my life-I had a ruptured appendix for 2 days with perionitis and was going into shock. Would have died w/o it! | F | 3 weeks | 5/13/2006 | 5 | RUPTURED APPENDIX | sleeplessness, lack of appetite | saved my life-I had a ruptured appendix for 2 days with perionitis and was going into shock. Would have died w/o it! | F | 3 weeks | 5/13/2006 | 3 | pelvic infection | pussy blisters in my face, neck and chest. Severe tingling in my hands, feet and mouth. Extreme hot feeling in my hands,..unbarable. Mouth thrush, and diarrhoea. ( But that's not too worrying) No bad taste whatsoever. | The symptoms appeared on the second last day of treatment, and I have stopped it immediately. it's 3 days on now and I still have those symptoms and very worried. Especially the pins and needles and the pussy spots don't look too nice either. | F | 39 | 7 days | 5/13/2006 | 1 | Crohn's Fistula/Abcess | I was put on Flagyl for 6 weeks. Side effects: pain, primarily in my joints and bones in my leg and chest. It started after 1 day of taking Flagyl. My ribs were acing when breading, my joints became inflamed and my right hip locked in one position. The pain was gone 2 days after stopping the treatment. However the fistula was still infected, so I was put on it again a few days later. The pain returned. My doctor says that the pain is purely coincidental and has nothing to do with the Flagyl. My Crohn’s became very active while taking Flagyl. As a result I was hospitalised. There I was given dexamethasone and prednisolone, to stop the inflammation, and fosamax to prevent osteoporosis induced by corticosteriod use. These drugs can also cause osteonecrosis. Now one year later I’m diagnosed with avascular osteonecrosis of the femur in/of the right hip. I wish I had never taken the Flagyl. | M | 31 | 6 weeks | 5/11/2006 | 1 | acute diverticulitis | Everything the other reviewers have listed and experienced! and I DO mean EVERYTHING! | Thank goodness I found your site and read these patient reviews!I thought i was dying and needed to put my affairs in order if I survived the night. Was smart enough to dump this drug after 3 days. Woke up middle of night of day 3 and felt I was getting worse. Actually felt as if I had one foot on the other side already. Afraid to go back to sleep (couldn't because of the severe pain in back and lower abdomen) but forced myself to sit up and stay awake. Afraid if I went to sleep or passed out that I would not wake up on this earth! Will conintue the Cipro, but this one is out of here! Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I will never take this gem of a drug again! | F | 70 | 3 days | 5/3/2006 | 1 | c-diff | INVOLUNTARY body movements, neck and arms and eyes, Slurred/stammering speech, crying then would come out of no where and stop as fast as it started. Confusion, dizziness, nauseated, a feeling like you are going crazy. Swollen Face, Thrush. Looked Like I had Parkinson's Disease. | This medication was PURE HELL. It has messed me up bad and maybe perminately. I was only on it 4 days, when I finally told the doctor NO MORE. I thought I was losing my mind! My speech and the involuntary body movements are getting better. I have been off this drug for 13 days. MRI shows I had a stroke, but do not know if it was from this medication or not. After being on that medication I now know what Hell must be like. | F | 41 | 4 days | 5/2/2006 | 4 | diverticulitis | Constant metalic taste in my mouth, diarrhea,loss of appetite, washed out tired feeling all day. This drug is hard to take with all of it side effects, but I guess the end resultis is far better then the ill. I have been taking 500 mg tabs 4 times a day. On my last day now and can't wait to get off this stuff. | I was taking this drug with Cipro and had some side effects that mimicked PMR. All my joints ached so bad that I had difficulty walking. After the third day, my Dr. put me on the Metro. I am 80 years of age and happy to be around, but it has been pure HELL. | M | 80 | 10 days | 5/1/2006 | 1 | C.diff | Extreme fatigue, abdominal pain, bad taste in mouth, diarrhea, headache, stomach upset | I was on Flagyl for 14 days and it was the worst I have felt in memory. The fatigue was so bad I feel asleep in the waiting room of a doctor's office and at work. I was listless, depressed, it was terrible. I felt so much worse then I did with the problem!Add to that the fact that it did not work despite the 500mg dosage and extended duration I took it and I would not recommend it. | F | 44 | 14 days | 4/27/2006 |