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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METRONIDAZOLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | BV | Lightheaded if not taken with food | i had no side effects. Meds worked great. Everything cleared up within 2 days. The med. doesn't taste good but what does? Eat with it and everything is fine. | F | 23 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/27/2011 | 1 | bv | blurred vision, brain fog, dizziness, vomiting, profuse sweating, puffy eyes, headache, bad dreams, depressed, metallic taste in mouth. Basically I had every side effect. | This stuff is awful. I'm just praying it worked. I was suppose to take for 14 days and stopped at day 11 1/2 (counted as it was just too awful and I'm leaving for vacation in a few days and didn't want any of these symptoms while on the airplane). I was also on Bactrim and gel Flagyl. It's a wonder I'm alive. Finally tonight my vision is returning but wish the sweating would stop and metallic taste is still there slightly. People who read this beg your doctor for something else. | F | 50 | 11 days 500 mg 3X day | 6/26/2011 | 1 | Trich/BV | Heavy/painful headache, cold/hot sweats, lethargic, panic attacks, anxiety, severe stomach cramping, odd crying spells, feeling of doom, shaky arms and legs are weak, cant eat. Really dry mouth, Uncoordinated, insomnia | I was put on Flagyl/METRONIDAZOLE 3days ago for Trich along with Erythromycin for tooth infection.. From the first dose all I wanted to do was sleep, I couldn't eat and the stomach pains were the most awful thing ever. By the 4th dose I was a mess, husband took me to ER where I collapsed because my legs are so weak, they said it was the Eryth so they took me off that told me to keep taking Flagyl??? Here I am on my 6th dose and feel worse, I cant stay awake at all but I cant sleep if that makes any sense.. I cant stop crying or feeling as if I am gonna die, my head feels so heavy, my vision is blurry, i hate this drug!!! I dont drink at all ever!! and this is scaring the heck out of me.. How do I keep taking a med that is making me feel like I am dying? My husband took the 1 day dose and did fine on it.. So I am so confused, but after reading this site and what others have gone through I really feel that this is side effects from Flagyl and I dont want to take it anymore.. what do I do??? | F | 31 | 3 days 500 2X day | 6/26/2011 | 1 | C. Diff | This drug is absolute hell. I had almost every side effect you could imagine...Insomnia, trembling, zero appetite, felt like I was going crazy, severe depression., sudden movements and tremors, nausea, watery BM's. | I dont know what to say about this drug honestly its so bad. I was sick for about 2 months and had every test under the sun done to me. Finally after a 3rd ER visit, C.diff was found in my stool. My doctor thought this was the drug to "try" to rid the infection. I can honestly say this medicine did not cure my c.diff and did not slow down any of my symptoms. I was never having 20 bowel movements a day to begin with. Just maybe 1 or 2 but very loose and light colored. After 11 of 14 days I finally called it quits with this poison. I wasnt significantly getting better and was dealing with way too many side effects. My doctor put me on Vanco which I am on my first day of it right now, and I have to say I already mentally feel like im getting better. DO NOT go on this drug, just get Vancocin its worth every penny if you want to get better. Zero side effects to Vanco thus far. | M | 27 | 12 days 500 3X day | 6/25/2011 | 3 | Dental infection | This drug has and is still making me very lathargic, and weepy. I literally want to constantly sleep, when awake I am dizzy and disoriantated, I have to be honest I just feel constantly smashed and it's a pain, as I have things I need to be doing eg: going to work, looking after my kids, but theres not a lot of hope of that. I had no real appitite whilst on it, but then I have just had my wisdom tooth out so it would have been hard to eat anyway, plus I've had an infection in the area where the tooth was, hence being prescribed the drug. Mid week, this week my throat was extreamly sore and so was my tounge, this has gone now, but I am very thirsty and have a dry mouth. The only symptoms left are the lathargy and disoriantion, which are pretty extreme. it was my last day of the course yesterday so lets hope they pass asap. | I have been unable to smoke whilst taking Metronidazole, just don't have to effort or the craving really, so if it doesn't cure my dental infection, at least it's cured me of smoking......ha! Perhaps they should market it as a stop smoking tool.... | F | 27 | 7 days 400mg 3X day | 6/24/2011 | 3 | Tooth/gum infection | Main: EXTREME tiredness, weepiness (possible slight depression). Minor: tablet tastes like crap (taste stays in your mouth for ages) | I am still recoverying from a hysterectomy so was unsure whether any side effects were exascerbated because my body is coping with so much! | F | 33 | 5 days 400 3X day | 6/21/2011 | 5 | pelvic infection | dizzy, nauseous, insomnia, emotional, heart palpitations, constipation, drained/exhausted. | i was so dizzy i could barely walk but i thought it was just because i was on two types of antibiotics and both said may cause dizziness, people had to take my kids to school for me because all i could do was lie in bed. i was a total mess for nearly the whole 5 days i took them, on the last day i went out for dinner because i felt a bit better, had a nice meal with a brandy sauce. i didnt even think, threw up for an hour and a half. its been two weeks since i have stopped taking it and thought the infection is gone i am still having problems if i have a drink with heart palpitations, stomach problems and sleeping and just generally not feeling right. i thought it might be my other medication but have been it it for a long time and no probs, so very pleased i found this site. hope the effects wear off soon. | F | 29 | 5 days 40 2X day | 6/15/2011 | 1 | Precaution following dental surgery | Dentist prescribed this in addition to 250mg Amoxycillin 4 times per day plus 1 x Dexamethasone for 3 days. After 5 days felt very nauseous and had very loose stools but not diarrhea. topped taking them and nausea went straight away. Main concern is an exceedingly itchy skin since the 5th day of the concoction. Itching has now persisted for almost 2 weeks and is driving me mad. I am using a hard nailbrush for relief from the itching and doctor has prescribed strong antihistamines. Lanacane gives temporary relief but it's worse at night because of the heat | I have never been prescribed this drug before and had no prior knowledge of it so don't know whether the itchiness is because of this drug or the Amoxycillin | F | 64 | 6 days 400mg 3X day | 6/14/2011 | 1 | BV | Severe migraine-like headaches, vision changes, fuzzy vision and felt like my eye was always out of focus, sensitivity to light, SEVERE anxiety and panic attacks, racing heart, sinus pain, feelings of dread and doom and dying, was convinced I had brain cancer, foggy mind, depression, exhaustion but had trouble sleeping, dark colored urine, loose stools, thought I was going crazy. | I am so glad I found this site and other have had same experience as me. I was put on this for a mild infection and was happy and active before I started it and then increasingly became consumed with horrible thoughts that I had cancer in my brain. I had horrible headaches and then my vision changed and I felt like my eyes couldn't focus. I felt almost crossed-eyes and things were fuzzy, mostly in the light. I didn't even think that it was related to the medication until I found this site. I am now done the meds for 2 days but the effects are still here. I told a friend today that I feel lost inside myself and I don't know where I went. I have never had any depression or anxiety issues before this. I'm going to talk to my doctor at the follow up in a few days. I will never take this again. Ask for something else. | F | 35 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/14/2011 | 1 | swollen gums from wisdom tooth | PANIC ATTACKS, hard to breathe, constant worry and stomach upset. | Im coming off this medicine as the panic attacks are too much. | M | 30 | 4 days 400mg 3X day | 6/11/2011 | 3 | BV | Wobbly legs, loss of grip in hands, nausea, paranoia, severe insomnia, depression irritability, weight loss, hallucinations | I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND! Thank god for this site, I am so glad I am not the only one! First, I want to make it clear that I did NOT consume alcohol while using this drug, but I did use marijuana once, and it exacerbated my symptoms so badly that I could not even walk and I experienced a heavy "trip". Other than marijuana, no other drugs were consumed. My symptoms also lasted for about 4 days after I discontinued taking metronidazole. I was incredibly dizzy the whole time, my legs were so wobbly I fell over a few times. I would also drop things constantly, I could not maintain a grip on anything. I had severe insomnia, and when I did eventually doze off, I had terrible night sweats and my roommates told me I was screaming in my sleep. I became extremely irritable, but that was probably because of my discomfort and lack of sleep. I had paranoid delusions about the smallest things, and for no good reason at all. I had a strong sense of impending doom; that something terrible was going to happen, and I was convinced that I was going to die at any moment. I was unreasonable in my interactions with people. I became so depressed that I would spontaneously break out in tears, could not eat, forgot to shower, had to force myself to drink water after realizing I had gone 12 hours without any, and I could not even drag myself out of bed (even though I could not sleep anyway!). I lost 5lbs in just 9 days! I intermittently experienced hallucinations and had little " | F | 23 | 5 days .75% gel 1X day | 6/9/2011 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | Nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, cold sweats, anxiety and restlessness. | I only took 2 doses of this medication and spent that night laying next to the toilet vomiting from 2 am until 12 pm the next day. It was worse than having the flu and I had to miss work because I couldn't stop dry-heaving after there was no food left in me. I found this website before making the decision to call my doc for something else. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone after having such severe side effects after only one day. | F | 23 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 6/7/2011 | 1 | tooth abcess | nausea, vomiting, dizziness, insomnia, migraine, bad taste OMG | I had taken before many years ago, I imagine at a lower dosage and had no problem at all. This time I was ok except for the bad taste, until day 2. Then everything set in all at once. I stopped and waited twelve hours before taking amoxicillin as an alternative, whithin a half hour vomited, and stopped taking anything. It has been 3 days and I still have bouts of nausea with a sick headache, indigestion and gas. I agree with several others, this med should not be on the market. I certainly hope the symptoms go away soon. | F | 48 | 2 days 750 mg 3X day | 6/5/2011 | 1 | c dif colitis | short of breath, touble swallowing, horrible dreams and paranoia, cramps, almost died from these side effects!!!! | Do not take at all or please discuss side effects and STOP as soon as you feel short of breath or can't swallow! It can take 2 to 3 days to get this stuff out of your system once you stop. A doctor told me she wondered if this med should even be dispensed, it is so dangerous. | F | 61 | 12 days 250 mg 3X day | 6/1/2011 | 1 | tooth abcess | went dizzy, wobbly, loss of appitite, exhausted all the time diarrea, headache. | I am still experiencing most of these side effects some 3 years later and drs unable to cure them, need help please as I feel so exhausted and headaches most days take disprin but need more help from some who has a cure as I want my life back, | F | 73 | 3 days 200mg 2X day | 5/30/2011 | 4 | bv | eye pressure, light headed, a bit sick feeling, but worth it. | I am on day 6 and everyone had horrible side effects but mine were not that bad. Worth taking it. I just here no alochol for at least 3 days of takng it. Has anyone had any side affects from alcohol after they were finished with it? | F | 27 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/28/2011 | 2 | endolimax nana | The first day I took this, I stepped on a small rock and completely fell flat to the ground. Very rare for me as hiker. Also, metallic taste. Over reacted to my husband causing a blowup. On day 4, my eyes are stinging and bloodshot. I've been wide awake since 2 am and can't seem to go back to sleep. Got night sweats. Feel bloated with less appetite. I don't feel like I'm getting better. | I'm going to stop and try food grade diatomaceous earth, as well as to eat a parasite fighting diet - papaya seeds, raw pumpkin seeds, grapefruit seed extract, etc. It helps to see I'm not alone to better diagnose my side effects. But sucks all around. | F | 50 | 7 days 250mg 3X day | 5/26/2011 | 1 | BV | Irritability, "Brain Fog", lethargic, anxious with a constant jittery feeling, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, thought about people dying or being killed, bizarre dreams, darkened urine, lack of focus & cocentration, moody with depression, and just felt "WEIRD" | This medication should not be on the market! I took this med for 4 days before realizing my symtpoms were potential side-effects of the Metronidazole. As others have mentioned, the first 2-days I didn't really experience the severe side-effects. By the 2nd night I became delusionsal thinking people were outside my windows, paraniod someone would break in, mood up and down, and then these thoughts about dying or other people being killed kept popping into my head. This was the most scarey thing EVER.... I thought I was going insane and was ready to have my boyfriend take me to a psychiatric hospital. Then on the 4th day, it hit me that this could possibly be from the Antibiotic.... Then I found this website and was soooooo relieved to find out others have had similar reactions!!!! OMG, I'm not going clinically insane -- just drug induced psychosis. BE AWARE before taking this medication. I called my pharamcist and he concurred that my symptoms were from the Med, as it was working on my Central Nervous System. The GYN nurse & doctor were more skeptical... which was angering. Luckily I had enough of the medication in my system that they did not prescribe a different antibiotic.... I'm fearful, now!!!! | F | 36 | 4 days 500mg 2X day | 5/23/2011 | 5 | pericoronitis,abcess, throat infec | Tiredness, irritable, unable to focus/fuzzy headed, aching legs, dark urine. | This is the 2nd time I've taken Met. The side-effects this time have been less extreme than in 2009. The pain I experience when my wisdom tooth plays up is horrendous - to the point I can't open my mouth and swallowing made my head pound and feel sick - so the side effects were/are nothing in comparison. To those of you you experiencing awful side-effects from this drug, please Google the Herxheimer effect before deciding whether to quit taking them | F | 38 | 7 days 400mg 3X day | 5/22/2011 | 1 | deep laceration infection | headache, loose stools, nausea, metallic taste in mouth, panic attacks, rapid heart rate, no appetite, numbness and tingling in arms and legs, sore throat, flu-like symptoms | HORRIBLE drug! I quit after 3 days because I felt like I was going to die! The panic attacks coupled with the pounding heart rate and numb arms made me think I was having a stroke. I will never take this drug again. | F | 54 | 3 days 500 mg 4X day | 5/14/2011 |