METROGEL-VAGINAL Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)Average Rating: 3.4 (813 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METROGEL-VAGINAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METROGEL-VAGINA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | bacterial vaginosis | increased heart rate and a bit of dizziness after first dose. Not enough to make me stop taking it. | Tonight is my 4th dose (out of five). The odor and inflammation is completely gone. I inserted the gel right before bed, so I didn't have any problems with leaking. You have to hold the applicator in place when you fill it, or else it shoots off :) I have a noticeable amount of clumpy white discharge (odorless), which I'm hoping isn't the beginning of a yeast infection, but I'm not too worried about it. I read this site before going to the gyno and it freaked me out! But I have to say, MetroGel is working and I really don't have any side effects. I would recommend it for bacterial vaginosis, but, as you other ladies have proven, it's not for everyone! | F | 22 | 5 days | 11/20/2009 | 4 | BV | A LOT of burning in the beginning, irritated vulvar skin, slight nausea, some of the white, speckled, "toilet paper" discharge everyone else mentioned. | I'm only on the 2nd day of use, but my BV symptoms (internal stinging, odor, white discharge) have cleared up so far. The first day after applying it, it burned like hell off and on throughout the day as the gel leaked out. My skin was bright red, but it seems to have subsided today. Hope it works! | F | 25 | 2 days | 11/19/2009 | 1 | BV | Abdominal Cramping (very bad..and I have a high tolerance for pain. I couldn't even pull in my abdominal muscles). Lower back pain. White discharge that looks like little pieces of toilet paper. Something mixed with the gel (but white in color) dropped out of my vagina into the toilet..made a huge splash. | Ok, so this medication has yet to clear up any symptoms, actually I have more symptoms than I started out with. I had an odor and some itching to start out with (I thought the itching was an allergic reaction because the hole of my behind itches too). NOW I have itching still in my vagina and behind, but it has spread upward to my labia too, discharge, and hard pain in my abdomen and lower back. I couldn't wait until the weekend was over to call my doctor. I called him today and explained the symptoms, telling him that I may have a worse yeast infection now (I tried to tell him that I still have the itching from BV but he kept interrupting)..he said that the discharge may be some fluids mixed with the gel and that I should immediately stop the gel, take some tylenol and call him wednesday. I'm hesitant about stopping the medication, I will still need something else because the itching is STILL here. Scratching my vagina with my nails is not sanitary and it hurts. | F | 28 | 4 days | 11/16/2009 | 2 | BV | it leaked out constantly, with burning and cramping. horrible white clumpy discharge. the smell disappeared. | this was a last resort due to my last episode of BV where i was given the oral metro pills. (where i experienced really bad side effects) | F | 20 | 10 days | 11/13/2009 | 2 | BV | Heart racing, burning, cramping from abdomin, my lower back and down my legs, severe UTI like symptoms. I have SLE (Lupus) and it brought on a nasty flare up too. | I only took one dose and was totally unable to walk yesterday due to the horrific pain. I was just checked for a UTI and it feels like pain level of 10. It hase been 40 hours since the one and only dose and I am still in extreme pain. I can't say not to take it because I am sure that it has helped many people. Lupus sufferers beware though. | F | 34 | 1 times | 11/11/2009 | 5 | bacterial vaginosis | Horrible large hard white chunks discharge. It was accompanied my my reglular clear, watery discharge. The chunks were huge and hard unlike anything I've seen, very embarassing if you wany to have intercourse. My doctor suggested to douche with viniger/water solution. This worked use 6 housr prior to sex so you don't smell like viniger! Overall this medicine worked extremly well. Much better than the pill form. | F | 22 | 5 days | 11/8/2009 | 1 | no reason. wacko doctor | immediately after first dose had racing heart | Can't believe a medical doctor actually prescribed this stuff to me. I had no symptoms of bv, no discharge, pain, itching, smell, NOTHING. I even had a normal pap smear! I came in with abdorminal pain which I later found to be a cyst. My doctor actually prescribed something the causes abdorminal pain, when I came to here for abdorminal pain. She never mentioned how to use the stuff, what it was for, what the side effects were. I am extremely sensitive to medicines and hate taking them. Especially for illnesses I don't have! I cannot believe my doctor! I always use this website when starting new medicine and am sorry I waited until after my first dose to read the comments on this terrible terrible drug | F | 19 | 1 days | 11/4/2009 | 4 | BV | Slight abdominal cramping, slight headache, minimal discharge. | Reading all of these comments are really scaring me but I am on day 4 of 5 and so far all of my side effects have been pretty moderate. Day 3 had bad abdominal/back pains, but only lasted for a bit. Only a tiny bit of discharge, nothing crazy. I didn't have any symptoms before taking this medicine. Planning on having sex the day after dosage is done and am NOW super worried after reading all these comments... I shouldn't have looked it up! But thx for all the tips. Hope you guys are hanging in there! | F | 26 | 5 days | 10/25/2009 | 3 | BV | I had the huge clumpy discharge that a lot of you seemed to be having. I had it on day 3 and day 5. Both times however I had a bowel movement with it. Asked nurse the first time...she didn't seem too worried (was double checking w/ doctor but still hasn't gotten back to me)...Haven't mentioned the 2nd time to nurse. Also had a little cramping on both days of discharge...felt a tiny bit itchy but that's normal for me I think. | It's not bad other than the discharge...freaked me out a little bit. Hope it's no big deal and the infection is cleared up, but I'll have to see over a couple of days... | F | 19 | 5 days | 10/25/2009 | 3 | The Dr. told me i need it just in c | I hate this gel... I have a white discharge its like white paste, kinda like a yeast infection, but with no smell. I dont think its a yeast infection cuz it does not smell or burn. It does itch but it not bad, I can deal with it. I got female wipes like the anti-itch and it cleans up the white discharge better than TP, and clears up the itch. | The Dr. didn't really explain to me why I needed it but just that I seem to have an increase it discharge and a small odor but thats it. She never told me what to do or expect what just read the direction. I will never go back to her. Reading this site makes me feel a lot better about the white discharge and that its normal and hopefully go away!!! | F | 20 | 5 days | 10/12/2009 | 4 | BV | The side effects are terrible...none that I experienced with the oral pills. But - the oral pills didn't work completely, and with only my first treatment of the gel, the terrible itch is gone. After my second dose I experienced the "dizziness" or a general "out of body feeling" with the shakes. Also, I am constipated and in general my whole underside hurts, especially my pooter. Most symptoms were the most extreme after the second dose. Today, after my third, the vaginal burning isn't as bad, but everything still hurts. I have not experienced any white discharge...yet. | I thought I could have been pregnant (I just started my period today so I am not) and mentioned this to my doctor when calling for a prescription. The nurse said this is perfectly safe. After reading some other comments from this site, and from more detailed websites on how the drug is thought to work, I wouldn't use this medication if I were. | F | 37 | 3 days | 10/11/2009 | 2 | Vaginitis | Ive used this a few times before but I was given this medicine while 6 1/2 weeks pregnant and I had a miscarriage. I had 4 healthy pregnancies prior to this one. I cant be 100% sure it was the medicine, but it makes me wonder. | If I were using this medicine and NOT PREGNANT I would have given it a 4 or 5. Yes it causes some burning and itching but it cures the problem its prescribed for.The side effects go away quickly and are no longer there after use. Also, I cant blame the medicine for the miscarriage because it was the DOCTOR who told me to use it. | F | 33 | 5 days | 10/8/2009 | 1 | BV | Pain. Racing Heart. Nausea. Bleeding. This isn't right! | I cannot believe that I found this sight my DR told me I had a 2 week early period.This is my second time with it- the first I had no problems with the gel. How this is fDA approved is beyond me- and nothing written on the booklet- CLASS ACTION SUIT- contact me if you think it's ridiculous that nobody is advocating about this very serious issue and putting stop to it. I do not believe women would voluntarily take this if the precautions where there. How is that legal | F | 34 | 4 days | 10/3/2009 | 4 | bacterial vaginitus | The only side effect was a little burning at first which went away by day 2. | This medicine helped with the discomfort and that constance itch and burning of skin went a way after a few days of use. The doctor told me to use gel for 10 days twice a day because I have type two diabetes. I got this because I was on antibiotics for a few weeks. I also have been taking probiotics and eating yogurt.I do stay away from sugar etc. It seems that with diabetes it is easy to get these infections know matter what you do. The itch itch just came back today after a few months so I am on my second prescription of the medicine. Just started using it today and the itch is under control already. So glad for this medicine and will use it again. It has made my life better but just want this to finally go away for good. Thanks to this web site I knew what to expect from using the gel the first time. I too wish that all the warnings where printed on the paper that happen from using the gel. Maybe our doctors should better inform us what to expect from using this gel. Hopefully this time the medicine will cure it for good and it will stay gone. | F | 60 | 10 days | 9/25/2009 | 4 | BV | Cramping, abdominal pain, white chunks like wet tissue, vaginal dryness and discomfort | On 1x/5days, at night. The side effects weren't that bad, aside from the white chunks. This was entirely unexpected (metrogel is clear, unlike the cream), and definitely not listed in the Rx warning, in the medication slip, or on the box. I'm not fully sure if it was yeast, but I just tried to rinse out (keeping very clean), and it was gone about 5/6 days after the last dose.. waiting to see if it might be yeast, or what. Did consume moderate amounts of alcohol (1-2 drinks) with this medication, with no side effects. Avoid things like hot tubs, that made the feeling of dryness worse. | F | 27 | 5 days | 9/19/2009 | 1 | yeast infection | was pregnant 25 weeks and caused fetal demise | i was 25 weeks pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy until i was prescribed metro gel for a yeast infection. i did not have a bacteria infection. started medicine on sunday and fifth night wasthursday. my baby died in me friday morning by 9am. if pregnant, do not take this medicine. it killed my baby!!!!!!!!if anyone else has had any experience like mine, please email me. | F | 36 | 5 days | 9/16/2009 | 5 | BV During Pregnancy | White Discharge (The gel leaving my body) and a light brown disharge (The infection leaving my body) | I was terrified of taking this medicine after I read some of the comments about it on this site. But I decided I might as well since I had no other option (the pill made me sick) and I didn't want to go into preterm labor. After the first night I realized I worried about nothing. I didn't get side effects except for the white discharge which everyone was freaking out about, but I with every vaginal cream/gel I've used I've had this. It's normal, what goes up must come down. I also got a light brown disharge which i just basically narrowed down to the infection coming out. It cleared up my BV as far as I can tell so I would recommend it. (= | F | 21 | 5 days | 9/11/2009 | 4 | BV | Major nausea and felt incredibly lightheaded the last two days of taking this medication. I experienced a "buzzing" feeling in my head, as well as a frequent urgency to pee in the morning. I also felt as though I had developed a UTI, but was tested and did not have one. Nevertheless, the symptoms for which I was being treated for did disappear by the 3rd day of taking the gel. Still, the dizziness and stomach ache was a bit too much for me- I'm such a light weight! In addition, I did consume a few glasses of wine my third day of taking this- something I was not warned about until I looked up the drug facts online. Make sure you DO NOT DRINK, or you WILL experience fairly severe nausea. | F | 20 | 5 days | 9/11/2009 | 2 | Bv | Huge white gross clumps. After use, I suspected I had an yeast infection. I called my doctor and he told me to buy some monastat. I wanted a second opinion so I went to urgent care. Diagnosis: UTI, BV, and a yeast infection!!! The gel didn't work and now the new doctor re-prescribed it to me! They need more choices on the market! | The gel may not work even though symptoms of BV go away. You should get checked out after the treatment. Many doctors call but do not truly follow up | F | 23 | 5 days | 9/11/2009 | 1 | I was told that I have BV from a PAP. | Cottage cheese like discharge. Painful itching and burning! This sucks so bad. Next time I just might keep the odor was just was myself like crazy. I'm in agony because of this medication. Why is it still on the market? Its horrible with a capital H!! I hope this clears up soon. The only differance with me than with everyone I have have read on this board is that I had a complete hysterectomy and I thought I wasn't going to have these problems anymore, Hell I was completely and totally wrong. I will never take this medication ever again! Beware Women!! | Women its not worth the drama!! Find an alternative medication!! | F | 29 | 4 days | 9/5/2009 |