METRONIDAZOLE Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.4 (1768 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METRONIDAZOLE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METRONIDAZOLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | BV | This medication made me extremely moody and irrational. I was depressed because I didn't know what was happening to me. On days 1 and 2 I was very nauseated, dizzy, had an extreme headache and vomitted. I am just finishing my course of this medicine and hope that it took care of the infection, but the side effects were very scary and hard to deal with! | F | 34 | 7 days | 1/12/2010 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | I thought Cipro was a bad antibiotic but this stuff is the WORST...I laid in bed for 5 days with Heart Palpitations, Heartburn, Acid Reflux, Nausea, Dizziness, Blurred Vision, Migraines (which I never have), Major Depression, Pains in my Chest, High Heart Rate, Terrible Dry- Mouth and Metallic Taste in my Mouth, Dark Urine, Brown Spotting, Couldn't Sleep at all, Increased my appetite.. | I felt like I was on Speed or something and to top it all off I'm Pregnant. Why in the world they would give this to a Pregnant Woman is beyond me...I thought I was going to die. And I'm still feeling poorly, and unlike most on this board I stopped taking it only 4 days into it. I am 48 hrs off of it and am going all natural..I will never take this awful drug again a living Nightmare..and for those of you who are telling people on this board that its in their heads..why bother stating your opinion if you were one of the lucky ones not to experience these Side Effects and see yrselfs as Blessed. Because I'm never depressed and I don't have headaches. Be Warned and its not in your head!!!!! | F | 36 | 4 days | 1/11/2010 | 5 | Diverticulitis | Taking Metronizadole (3x/day, 500 mg tabs) with Ciprofloxacin (2x/day, 750 mg tabs). I am experiencing many of the affects of these drugs as described by others - dizziness, occasionally very dark stools and diarrhea, extremely bad taste in mouth, tiredness, headaches and depression. I generally sleep well. Learning that depression was a side-effect enabled me to put it in perspective. Try to avoid touching your tongue for any length of time. These medicines have terrible effects. I can't understate them. But they are said to be medically essential for my condition, and I will take them to the end which is two weeks. I have taken them on one other occasion. I am now at the half-way point of this course of treatment. Can't wait to finish! | I can't understate how happy I am that I found this page and that so many have contributed. Hearing what others have to say is invaluable. | M | 65 | 14 days | 1/9/2010 | 1 | bacterial vaginosis | extreme dizziness, increased anxiety, severe headaches, diarrhea, nausea, increased heart rate, feeling heartbeat EVERYWHERE, fatigue | Side effects didn't start until the third day of treatment. Since then I haven't been able to drive due to the dizziness, or even really stand up long enough to get anything done. Fourth night I thought I was having an allergic reaction due to increased anxiety. Sixth day I continually felt an increased heart rate and I kid you not, I could feel my blood pumping in my knees, toes, shoulders, everywhere. It does seem to be clearing up my infection, but the side effects are far worse. I would have stopped taking it halfway through, but my NP is out of the office until the day after my last scheduled dose. So I'm sticking it out. I did find that taking half a pill 4 times a day instead of a full pill twice a day seems to ease the side effects a little. Emphasis on little...I will not take this medication again unless there is absolutely no other alternative. | F | 25 | 7 days | 1/6/2010 | 4 | Root Canal Abcess | Dizzy,very tired, hesitant to drive, HEADACHE, stomach upset,sore throat taking 3x500 mg along with 3 x 500mg amoxicillan second course day 5 | Took both drugs for 10 days -made a world of difference after 3 days-finished meds- 6 days after infection was back have started 2nd round now on day 5 -Feel 100% better- hopefully this kicks the infection | F | 46 | 15 days | 1/5/2010 | 1 | Bacterial Vaginosis | The WORST side effects that I have ever experienced. EXTREME fatigue, EXTREME forgetfulness, HORRIBLE never ending metal taste in the back of my throat, irritability, blurry vision, dark brownish urine, some nausea and an all around HEAVINESS FEELING IN MY HEAD. | When I was originally looking for answers to why I was feeling this way, I was alarmed when I saw the comments on this site, other people had the exact same symptoms as myself. I even noticed some of the same comments as I had, wanting to stop taking this medicine because It made me feel worse then before I started. I should have been told that these were the side effects. I would not have taken the medicine. I have four small children and it is extremely hard to be a functional mom when you can't physically function properly. I am sleeping 8 hrs and I could actually sleep longer, and never feeling rested. I will be contacting my doctor again because I am concerned about one of the comments left by a user made by their doctor, it would be about a month before the symptoms would go away even after finishing the regimen of pills! Oh my gosh! | F | 38 | 5 days | 1/3/2010 | 5 | Root Canal | nausea, slight dizzyness, dry furry mouth. | The first time I took these tablets I was advised to eat plenty of pro-biotic yogurt which I did, so I had no problems. I forgot about the advice this time and experienced increasing side effects, the worst of which was the nausea. The tablets are very effective at clearing the infection though so I would say stick with them but take plenty of pro-biotics. | M | 63 | 7 days | 1/2/2010 | 4 | B V | No side effects as yet... Was already experiencing nausea before I started. | Fun fact. If taken with Codeine (30mg) and Voltaren (75mg) and the stomach pills for Voltaren you will stare at nothing and not be able to stop laughing (while you have tears running down your cheeks) for a good 30 mins. | F | 20 | 7 days | 1/2/2010 | 2 | Wisdom toothe infection | Worst side effects that I have ever expereinced. Very emotional, dizziness, lethargic can't get out of bed or funcion properly. Sore throat,flu-like symptoms,swollen eyes, constant headache loss of appetite,very depressed and suicidal thoughts. I still have tootheache but seems to be helping slowly with the tooth infection but the side effects are awful and I wouldn't want to take them ever again. Can't wait to finish taking them as I feel like I'm going mad! I'm so glad I found this site such a relief to know that its defintely the medicine causing these symptons. Going to finish the course 3 days left of 400mg/3 times a day - hopefully I will survive! | F | 25 | 5 days | 1/1/2010 | 1 | B V | Oh God where do I start? I had to take 5 tablets in one go as a single treatment. Thats 400mg per tablet, 2000mg in one go. I literally thought I was dying. The metallic taste is intollorable, followed by 48hours of constant vomitting, stomach cramps and hallucinating. But the worst feeling for me was the head pains, my eye balls felt like they were popping out of my head. This extreme crushing pain lasted 48hours and was barely curable by asprin. Its the third day now and I still cant walk properly because of the dizzyness and sick feeling. Im managing to eat now but its difficult to keep it down. I also experienced fever like symptoms, shaking and sudden change in temperature, also nightmares. | I will never take this medicine again. If a doctor tells you to take 5 tablets in one go like they did me tell them NO!!! It should be made illegal. | F | 30 | 1 days | 12/30/2009 | 4 | Vaginal Infection | The drug gets a 5 for treating the infection but a 2 for the horrible taste, 2 for the nausea and 1 for the inability to swallow it. I have taken it many times for many years for the same infection. | I tried the vaginal application, I applied it just before coitus and I think it temporarily made my partner impotent. Of course it was recommended for use after coitus but I thought it would indirectly treat him as well. Has anyone else experienced this side effect? | F | 53 | 7 days | 12/26/2009 | 3 | BV | Fatigue, horrible taste, white patches on my tonsils possibly a throat infection | I've been perscribed this drug for seven days twice a day I am now on my fourth day. I cannot wait to be off this drug I haven't really gotten outta bed a lot only to eat and my tonsils really hurt and I have white patches on them idk if I should stop using the medication. The bv seems to be clearing up but idk if I want to stop using the medication its just my throat hurts so bad.I give this medication a 3 on a count of it seems to be clearing up the original problem but why take this medication if I seem to have another infection of the tonsils | F | 19 | 7 days | 12/26/2009 | 2 | BV | Severe mood swings, depression, loss of appetite, nausea, achy, panic attacks, tiredness, irritability, loss of concentration, confusion | I will never take this medication again. I am on my very last day and am so relieved. The first couple days I had no appetite and felt like I was coming down with something. After a couple days it only got worse. I stated feeling very irritable and depressed. I had a hard time understanding anything going on around me at times(confusion). I almost had a panic attack in the grocery store on day 6. Even though im not for sure, I do believe I am getting a yeast infection. Whats the point of treating one infection just to get another? Thankfully eating yogurt for about a week usually cures any yeast infections i've had in the past so I can go all natural with that. | F | 24 | 7 days | 12/24/2009 | 3 | bacterial infection | The only noticable side effect was blurred vision. When ever I look down or lower than 45 degree angle, my vision becomes blurred. I thought it was my contacts but when I removed them, I had the same problem. My O.D. said my eyes are fine and it had to be the new medicine. He also said it could take up to a month to get out of my system. I'm not happy at all. | F | 33 | 7 days | 12/22/2009 | 2 | BV | Dioreah,Stabbing stomach pains,Painful back,Nausea,Lass of appitite,Metal like taste,Tiredness. | Taking this drug was one of the worst antibiotics i have ever taken, the metal like taste and the size of the tablets, makes them hard to swollow. The tablet either metled within my mouth leaving a discusting taste for hours on end or got stuck in the back of my throat and was as if to be lodged there. | F | 16 | 7 days | 12/17/2009 | 3 | diverticulitis | Metal taste in mouth, nausea, some diarrea, dark soft stool 3 or 4 times a day, frequent urination ( but I drink plenty of water too ), developed thrush on my tongue so the doctor prescribed me an antifungus medication. For the past 12 days I have been taking Metronidazole 500mg three times a day and Cipro 500mg twice a day. At first the doctor prescribed a 10 days cure but he then decided to increase it to 15 days so I have 3 more days to go. I'm glad I found this site because I was ready to stop Metronizadole today. I though it was hurting me but I realize I have very little side effects compare to others. I hopo it will kill the bacteria. About 3 weeks ago I toke only Cipro for 10 days. After I finished taking it the infection came back within few days. | M | 54 | 12 days | 12/15/2009 | 5 | tooth absess | had stomach pain breifly the first few times and they taste unbelievably vile! but apart from that.. i had no other side effects :) cleared the absess up VERY quickly compared to other medication i've been on (been on about 5 different ones this year!!) by far the best one for it. | F | 17 | 7 days | 12/12/2009 | 2 | c diff due to clindamycin | Serious side effects: On 2nd and 3rd days I had mild pins and needles in legs/feet a few times, but it wasn't much so I didn't know if it was normal or I was just paranoid from reading the side effects or not. On the fourth day I was noticing a mild numbness in my feet, shins, and forearms. By mild numbness I mean it felt like something was on my skin. This progressed to my thighs and my junk on the 5th day, and when I was peeing it was hard to get going - it would dribble without much force, not much pee came out, and I was going to the bathroom more frequently. I also have a constant mild ringing in my left ear, but this isn't mentioned as a side effect. Acceptable Side Effects: Intermittent nausea, dizzy/light headed, mild balancing issues, lack of concentration (almost got in car accident, I couldn't say what I was thinking properly). Constant anxiety, paranoia, weakness, and very emotional. | On the 4th day I stopped taking the drugs because of the serious pins and needles side effect. The next day I went to the clinic because my family dr. wasn't available, told him about the numbness/pins and needles, and the clinic dr. gave me a prescription for an additional 4 days because I skipped a day and said start taking it again. On the 5th day the numbness feeling moved up into my thighs and my junk, so I went to another clinic dr for a second opinion. Again, he said keep taking it. Both clinic dr's said that the alternative to this drug, VANCOMYCIN, would be much worse on me than this drug. On the last day I finally see my family doctor who says stop taking it immediately as I have symptoms of peripheral neuropathy that will get worse if I continue taking it. He also said that VANCOMYCIN (which is very expensive - $1200 for a 10 day dosage) would be much easier for me to take, and that that doctors are supposed to try to get patients to take cheaper drugs. | M | 37 | 5.5 days | 12/9/2009 | 1 | gum infection | Very bad headaches, racing heart, extremely lethargic, induced a yeast infection, bloody stools, alarmingly brownish tint to urine, diahrrea, sleepy all the time & felt flu-like. | The headaches were so bad, I would have to hold the side of my head. Dentist had me on 500mg Metro... and 500mg Amoxicillan 4x per day. On day 3 my urine was affected and stomach was very queasy. On day 4 I had runny stools more than once and took Pepto for that and my upset stomach. By day 6, had 2 bloody, runny stool movements, even darker urine (despite drinking over a quart of water after EACH dose), racing heart, upset stomach to where I was afraid to leave the house or puke in public; was taking 4 hour naps and still sleeping over 9 hours each night. I called my doc. I was real worried by this point. The awful thing is that my gum doesn't feel good still. I started these drugs with a pain level of 9. After six days of taking this much medicine, my pain level is 7-8. I will NEVER take this drug again! | F | 47 | 6 days | 12/8/2009 | 1 | Dental (Root canal problem) | Dark urine, sore throat & coated tongue I could cope with BUT by day 4 of a 5 day course(400mg) I had the most uncomfortable acid burning sensation from what I presume is 'Heartburn & Indigestion' + a feeling of something stuck in my chest & throat. | I took plenty of water with each pill. Unfortunatly due to Dental problems I was unable to eat or chew food other than Banana & yogurt for first couple of days. Therefore was really taking doses without or after food as directed. Was prescibed this drug by my Dentist due to having allergy to Penicillin. | F | 51 | 5 days | 12/7/2009 |