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 | BV | Tiredness, very mild cramps, itching, and thick white discharge with the wet tissue-like clumps. Day one was the gross discharge. Day two the discharge is starting to clear up. Now my discharge is just the gel with bits and pieces of the left over discharge. | I've been having a time with this vaginal stuff!! What we ladies go through!! First I had bv and trich and I was put on the metro pill. I strated having a repiratory thing going on where my throat started to hurt so bad that I couldn't swallow my own spit (but she didn't think it was an allergic reaction because it happened day 3-4 or 7, so don't let it bother you if you use the metro pill). They took me off the pill and I had to wait like a month to see the heath depot doctor. Finally they put me on the gel and gave me diflucan. The trich was gone but I had a yeast infection and BV. The discharge scared me so I looked up some stuff on it, here is the website I found with the side effects that should be on the tube of metrogel http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20208&name=METROGEL-VAGINAL And for those of you who are still having a colored discharge try webmd.com. The site has a symptom checker. This is how I knew I had trich before my doctor did. But Don't let it scar | F | 20 | 2 days | 11/2/2007 | 3 | BV | JUST STARTED TAKING METROGEL SUNDAY.....IM STARTING TO FEEL BETTER BUT GOD KNOWS THE ITCHING AND RAW FEELING IN MY VAGINAL AREA IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!UUUUGH.....THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG UNTIL I FOUND THIS SITE....NEED TO ASK MY DOCTOR WHAT SHOULD I TAKE FOR THE ITCHING....ALSO I HAVE TAKEN THIS BEFORE THE FIRST TIME WAS WORSE I HAD BLEEDING.....BUT IT CURED THE INFECTION......... | WOULDNT TAKE IT AGAIN AFTER THIS TWICE IS ENOUGH | F | 24 | 7 days | 10/31/2007 | 5 | BV | The first 3 days of the gel I had the wet toilet paper discharge. A lot of it. I could notice the BV (the funky smell) going away by the first day. By the 4th and 5th day the discharge turned into white color egg white looking with some red blobs. Very strange. It looked like an yeast infection, but I had no itching. It went way 2 days after I was finished with the medicine. | I also had some stomach discomfort and headaches. Don't worry about the discharge, it will go away. This gel really works! | F | 26 | 5 days | 10/25/2007 | 3 | Infection | Spongy white discharge and cramping. | It's the oddest thing... Every month, after my period, I get a really nasty infection. It is watery, brownish and smells sooooo bad!!! The doctor said that I have some kind of bacteria down there that grows with blood??? So every month, after my period, I have to use Metro gel. Then I get this odorless, spongy, white discharge. I could not figure out what it was until I googled it. It's good to know that I'm not alone. | F | 28 | 3 months | 10/20/2007 | 3 | BV | I have taken this now for 3 days, the infection seems to be gone, but I don't think I am going to take my other 2 doses right now. I am also having the thick, clumpy discharge, and it is usually mixed with what looks like brown clumps of blood. It is time for me to start my period, so I was confused as to whether or not this WAS my period. However, I don't think it is after reading this site. My period is also a day late now, I wonder if taking this can delay it? | M | 29 | 3 days | 10/18/2007 | 2 | For Bacterial Vaginosis | This stuff is awful! In addition to the side effects common while taking this medication, I experienced really bad after effects for about a week. It took awhile for my system to get back to normal. My breasts were incredibly sore and there was weird cramping, bloating and discomfort in my abdomen. I hope I never have this infection again. There has to be a better way of getting rid of bacteria. This medication doesn't seem safe. | M | 34 | 5 days | 10/17/2007 | 2 | BV | My doctor told me to take this even during my period. I had the clumps as well. You can only imagine how freaked out I was. I had no side effects while I was on metrogel other than the clumps, but then 2 or 3 days after I finished, it was like cayenne pepper was rubbed on my vagina. The burning and itching is a b***h. Its one week later and I'm still burning and itching. Seems like the only thing this gel is good for is getting rid of the smell. | I don't think I'll be takng this again, though the smell is gone. Wish I found this site earlier! | F | 30 | 5 days | 9/4/2007 | 3 | BV | I definately experinced the white clumpys but i knew that was going to happen figuring it was the infection working its way out. other than that i was glad to hear that other people cramped because i did too, i also just feel irritated. | i just took my 5th dose of the metro gel. i have noticed a significant decrease in the discharge and irritation that i had before starting the meds. however, i want to know if anyone else feels just irritated and raw and when will this go away? something just doesnt feel right. has any one else felt this way, and when will it go away?? | F | 24 | 5 days | 8/28/2007 | 2 | taking Flagyl for a Bact. Infect. | I am going nuts from the vaginal itching -- I mean the raw feeling that you guys are talking about -- I am totally experiencing that -- I thought something was really wrong with me -- until two women that I know said they had the same problem -- ITCHING so bad that they felt they could not go out in public at times -- Only 3 more doses -- I will never take this crap again | F | 28 | 7 days | 8/26/2007 | 3 | BV | I, too am a pharmacist and did not expect the clumpy white discharge as a side effect but i guess it makes sense to develop a yeast infection if you're trying to get rid of a bacterial one. I'm on my 4th day -- I have burning and that icky white discharge! The nurse told me to treat the yeast infection after I finish my 5 day course of Metrogel. Ugh. | F | 32 | 4 days | 8/23/2007 | 3 | bv | the same discharge that everyone else is having its nasty | i want to know also can we pass this to our partners??? and another question if anyone can email or has tried this medication before its called SALUSIL i found it online and it says it works i want to see if maybe someone has used it before i try something random like that..please let me know..or if anyone has any good advice on how to get this to go away its horrible and painful..thank you | F | 25 | 2 months | 7/24/2007 | 4 | BV | This is the fourth day i've been taking metro gel. My doctor directed me to only take it once a day though until gone, at bedtime. The smell has reduced although occasionally i still sense the fishiness. After day two i got the white toilet paper slimey discharge everyone else has encountered and cannot stand it. I have decided to do the twice a day dosing because the time requirement would probablly be near 10 days to finish this tube. There is rarely itching now, occasionally a very very mild burn when i go pee, and very rare cramping. I really hope this goes away soon. Does anyone know how long the white clumpy stuff will come out after the medication is gone? also, the discharge is just a side effect correct? i'm not getting a yeast infection? | F | 18 | 4 days | 7/22/2007 | 2 | BV | i had taken flagyl before and had terrible side effects. i thought i would try metrogel this time since the systemic effects weren't supposed to be the same. the day after i woke up from my 1st night of using it...i had a migraine and a terrible taste in my mouth (like chewing on asprin). i was nauseous and couldn't eat anything almost all day. the next day i felt ok...but the vaginal peeling started...just some small "flakes". on the 3rd day i was in pain...the inside of my vagina was peeling off in large bleeding chunks and causing some bad abdominal cramping. i can't imagine this being helpful at all...so i stopped using it. | the night i stopped using metrogel...i douched with diluted hydrogen peroxide (3T to 2C warm water)to try to remove all the gel and help flush out the bad bacteria (HP is produced by the good bacteria) i decided to try a tampon soaked in some tea tree oil mixed with olive oil. the next morning i felt fine. no itching, no burning, no peeling! i used the tea tree oil 2 more nights and i think i'm all better. i may get one of those vagisil home tests just to see : ) | F | 28 | 3 days | 7/19/2007 | 1 | Infection | Vomiting, headache, white discharge, brown and pink clumps, bloody show, pain, tiredness, irritable, bleeding during and after sex, irritation, inflammation. | Been to hospitals, was told It was an STD- cervicitis.. alot of heartache thinking and NOT trusting my husband when I KNOW he's faithful, all the while it was this medicine!! This medication had me thinking the worst with its side effects! Yet multiple doctors told me differewnt things because oh no, it's NOT the medicine! I was told today, before I found this site and even thought of blaming the medicine, that the blood was me ovulating and the white discharge was that too!!! So glad I found this site, now I dont have to worry! | F | 24 | 4 days | 7/17/2007 | 4 | BV | I got the fright of my life this morning, thought i was having a miscarriage! I remember last week i saw a white paper-like tissue/skin discharge, but didn't think much of it. This morning however, realised my underwear was wet, and when i went to the toilet these HUGE clumps literally fell out of my vagina! I examined it and it looked like clumpy white flesh, with blood in between. Nowhere in the side-effects did it mention anything like this so i thought my vagina and uterus are falling out!! :-) Decided to read on the internet - Thank God this website made me realise that other women have also experienced this side-effect. I have one more dosage to use, otherwise i feel a lot better. | PLEASE add this as a side-effect. | F | 34 | 4 days | 6/18/2007 | 4 | BV | MASSIVE CLUMPS OF FETA CHEESE LIKE SUBSTANCE. GROSS | it helped but don't know if it causes yeast please email if you have any advice | F | 19 | 7 days | 6/14/2007 | 5 | BV | White toilet-paper like flecks in vagina | THIS ADVICE MIGHT HELP SOME WITH SIDE-EFFECTS: I am using Miphil (which is the Metrogel equivalent in Italy). I had milky white, thin (like skimmed milk) secretions from my vagina that always left my underwear wet and my lower area! No smell, but a little redness and a tiny bit of buring when I urinated. In the morning I would have more wetness/whiteness down below. My gyno suggested the following, Use Miphil (Metrogel) once every 3 days (for a month) and every morning douche with "Edenil 0,1g by Zambon". Edenil helps restore the natural PH of your vagina, while Miphil kills all bacteria (good and bad). Douching with Edenil also helps flush out the white toilet-paper like flecks. I also take a lactobaacilllus (fermenti lattici= Enterolactis) in water every morning to help restore the good bacteria (natural flora) in my intestine and eventually my vagina. Hopefully this will stop any yeast infection from coming once I stop using the gel. I'll keep you updated. | F | 31 | 1 weeks | 6/5/2007 | 1 | Bacterial Vaginitis | Headache, nausea, my entire body ached & my skin actually hurt to touch it. | I was supposed to take it twice a day for 5 days. By day 2, my entire body ached and even my skin hurt (particularly the bottoms of my feet and the backs of my thighs) to touch it. I also had cramps, headache & nausea. I felt like I had been poisened. I've never had any negative reaction to any other medication before, but this was scary. It has been over a week since I discontinued use of the metrogel, & I am still having residual side effects, though they are slowly subsiding. I am told that this is the only option - we desparately need a new one! | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/5/2007 | 5 | BV | I have never had BV before and was very worried about using this gel after reading about some of the awful side effects. I am generally very sensitive to medications and was afraid of developing a yeast infection or worse. Yesterday was my last dose and so far, I haven't had any negative side effects. | I made an effort to eat yogurt with active cultures every day during my treatment and also took a homeopathic pill to prevent yeast infections. I am not sure if that is why I did not develop an infection, but I am sure it can't hurt. Does anyone know when you can start to have sex after the treatment or know how to get all the cream out, or does it all just come out on it's own? Thanks! | F | 26 | 5 days | 5/5/2007 | 5 | Regular BN Infections | Been using Metrogel for years. I've had BV more times than I can count. I always have the cottage cheese clumps, and I hate it, but the stuff works for me with no side effects at all. It does take at least one week for the clumps to fully go away and my husband won't touch me until they are gone, understandably. | I started taking Acidophilus to help keep my flora at a good level and I can honestly say it has worked. I don't like fruit that much, and I don't eat the best as many of us do, but the Acidophilus (one a day) seems to really keep the BV away. I've only had it once in the past 2 years and it was my own doing because of really bad food and eating habbits and not taking the Acidophilus for more than a month. I used to get BV and the Metrogel didn't even work on one treatment until I started taking the pills. Imagine taking 10 days of Metrogel. Acidophilus is worth taking every day. I take ON777 every day already anyhow. What's one more. | F | 36 | 5 years | 5/5/2007 |