FLAGYL ER Reviews (METRONIDAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.7 (208 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLAGYL ER with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLAGYL ER | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Bacteria Infection/Colitis | Severe stomach cramps, diareha, chest pains, heart burn and painful indigestion, confusion, fatigue, ab pain very bad. Dizzy, tired, depressed, crying all day. | Worse drug I've ever taken. Most side effects I've ever had and I've been on alot of medicine to fight RA this is the worse but it is for Colitis and bacterial infection in my stomach? | M | 49 | 4 days 500 3X W | 6/11/2010 | 4 | BV | Nausea, Dark Urine started on day 4 of 7, Brown dishcarge started on day 5 of 7, Metallic taste. | I was put on this medication due to BV in the very beginning of my pregnancy. I am glad I found this site to ease my mind otherwise it would have been the ER in the morning. During pregnancy you don't want to see dark urine much less brown dishcarge with no explanation. | F | 31 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 5/31/2010 | 3 | Amoebic Dysentery | affected taste, over-production of saliva, dry-retching, nausea, insomnia, confusion, sweating, unable to concentrate | Day 3 of a 7 day course. Confined to the house. Everything tastes dreadful. I thought our butter was rancid and water was contaminated. Really difficult to eat due to extreme nausea and continual dry retching but it does help to feel more stable having something every couple of hours. And keep drinking water. My tongue is coated white and I keep producing so much thick saliva that tastes like the pills. YUK. Feel kind of weak, like I've over-exercised, all I've done is climbed the stairs. And I can't lie down - it makes my stomach cramp, gurgle and ache continually. If I do get any sleep it is for an hour or two at a time, that is it. If there is an alternative, DO IT. Giving a 3 rating cos I don't know if it will clear my infection, will update after day 7 tests! | F | 38 | 7 days 500mg 3X day | 5/17/2010 | 4 | intestinal bacterial overgrowth | bad taste in mouth, upset stomach, headache, leg pain, depression, insomnia, chest discomfort, multiple bowel movements per day and generally just feeling awful all over. | I was prescribed a 7 day course of generic Flagyl and cipro for my condition. After the first course I felt great for about a week and then the symptoms came back so now I am on a two week course. This time it is much harder on me and I don't know if i can get through it all. I am on day 5 right now. | F | 47 | 14 days 500 3X day | 5/1/2010 | 4 | Bacterial Vaginosis | dark urine, limb tingling and the sensation of my legs collapsing right under me (though they never did) nightmares, fatigue, metallic taste in mouth, no chest pains but pain in lungs and feelings throughout stomach and lungs of spasms, thought I was going to die from the stuff. | Sorry I can't remember the dosage but I threw the bottle away as soon as I was finished taking the stuff, then I found this website. While the drug does work in clearing up BV and other bacterial infections I wonder if the drug company should include a type of therapy to heal the body after taking the stuff. I went to whole foods and loaded up on probiotics but I wonder what other damage has been done. Sure, flagyl kills bacteria but what else is it killing in our bodies that might need some repair and support after the fact? | F | 27 | 7 days 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 3 | BV | Upset stomach, nausua, nasty bitter taste, unable to eat due to nasty taste it gave everyhing even water, stomach cramps, thick dark discharge, dark urine, crazy mood swings, thought my antidepressants wasn't working, wanted to harm people, vision funny, sharp cluster headaches, itchy | Had to take 3 nasty lil death pills at a time because they only carried 250mg vs 750mg precribed.... very hard stuggle to take pills. would take serveral hours to be able to take the one dose. would have been done in 7 days but taking it makes me depressed cuz its so bad and nothing sits right in my stomach. I will give the dip in chocolate a try.. pray it works. I want to be done with them already. :( It would help if these other side affects where listed on the meds cuz I really thought something was wrong wih me until I came across this site. | F | 30 | 7 days 3 x 250mg 2X day | 4/15/2010 | 5 | osteomyelitis | nausea, light headedness, bitter metallic taste, lack of concentration, fuzzy vision, once in awhile a muscle twitch, fatigue | I found that the best way to take the drug was covering it with applesauce. I also tried to keep my stomach full with food every 2-3 hours. I also had lemon drops or peppermints in my mouth throughout the day. I know it is a strong drug, but it made me get better. | M | 17 | 6 weeks 4X day | 4/9/2010 | 1 | infection after surgery | extremely nauseated after each dose, to the point I actually did vomit a few times. This happened everytime I took it. Also confusion, dizzy, and fuzzy vision. It tastes horrible but that was the least of my concerns. After I hallucinated by seeing a mouse run across my desk I went off it, had the doc call me in something different. Immediately after stopping flagyl I broke out in hives all over my body. This drug is HORRIBLE | F | 40 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 3/18/2010 | 1 | BV | Nausea , vomiting , stomach cramps , sore breasts, felt lethargic ...This Medicine was my NIGHTMARE I was on it 2 days and it was enough for me ...waiting to get it OUT of my system. | F_you Flagyl lol | F | 21 | 7 days 500mg 2X day | 3/16/2010 | 1 | diverticulitus | sick constantly, and became very badly depressed, itching, bruising, difficulty walking, thrushhad one particularly bad nightmare. Had not suffered from depression or nightmares before. | Would only take it again in life or death emergency. | F | 52 | 400 1X day | 3/9/2010 Patient History | 1 | diverticulitus | sick constantly, and became very badly depressed, itching, bruising, difficulty walking, thrushhad one particularly bad nightmare. Had not suffered from depression or nightmares before. | Would only take it again in life or death emergency. | F | 52 | 5 days 400 3X day | 3/8/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | severe, make-you-cry stomach cramping | Cramp came on suddenly at beginning of third day. Lasted 6 hours without relief, even vomiting did not help. disconntinued meds and gradually felt better. one week later had another bout of cramping for six hours. I'm worried it will happen again. | F | 54 | 2 days 500 mg. 3X day | 3/5/2010 | 5 | Bacterial Vaginosis | Almost none... perhaps bloating and dark discharge but these might be attributed to pms. I'm on day 4 of 7 and it's pretty much cleared up. The worst is the gag-inducing bitter taste of the stuff!! | I am prone to UTIs, which means I then have to go on antibiotics (ABs), but the ABs tend to mess with the flora balance, leaving me with BV... that's where the Flagyl comes in. Its taste is dreadful, but I think I've found a solution to get rid of it. Chocolate coating, a la The Princess Bride. Melt a small hershey (or dove dark for me) bar in the microwave, coat each pill and set on foil to dry (easier to peel off). DO NOT eat the chocolate afterward!! It'll taste like the pills. WASH, not just rinse, out the bottle and replace the pills. Voila, no bitter pills down the throat for the duration. Hope this helps you guys! | F | 30 | 7 days 500 3X day | 3/1/2010 | 3 | bv | really bad nausea, extremely tiredness and constant needing to take naps, darker urine, general malaise and lethargy. | this seems to be a very powerful antibiotic. it isn't pleasant to be on, so avoid it at all costs. | F | 21 | 7 days 400 3X day | 2/18/2010 | 3 | Diverticulitis (with Cipro) | Depression, insomnia | Five days into a 10 day course of Flagyl, paired with Cipro, for abdominal pain, suspecting infected diverticulum. I've taken Cipro before without any side effects aside from loose stools. But this was my first time on Flagyl. The taste is horrible, yes. And I have to crush these horse pills to get them past my gastric band. I can power thru the depression, as long as it doesn't get worse. But the sleeplessness SUCKS. I'm so tired, but can't sleep more than a couple of hours before waking and unable to return to sleep. | M | 45 | 10 days 500 mg 3X day | 2/18/2010 | 3 | appendectomy | mild chest pains, nausea | I only have two days left on this pill so I think I will stick it out. Also I have these chest pains anyway, its just that Flagyl makes my chest pains worse and more frequent. | F | 18 | 7 days 500mg 3X day | 2/6/2010 | 4 | BV | Extremely tired ALL day. Very sluggish. No motivation to do anything.s | I hate this medicine. I have taken it on about 4 or 5 different occasions throughout my life, and it never gets better. If you have any options other than taking this medicine, take the other option! s | F | 21 | 7 days | 1/26/2010 | 5 | BV | Very tired, head aches, joint pain, nasty taste in my mouth | READ THIS!!!!! If u are taking flagl for a BV infection, I know that the side effects totally suck but if u want it gone...u must take it all. I hated the way it made me feel but it totally worked | F | 31 | 7 days | 1/6/2010 | 3 | dental absess | Nausea, headaches, dark urine, metallic taste, drowsiness, anxiety, periodic depression | Despite the horrible side effects this med eliminated my infection. Be aware of the side effects so that you don't think you're going crazy or have food poisoning. | F | 24 | 7 days | 1/2/2010 | 1 | colon inflammation | i am taking Flagyl the generic(Metronidazole for a colon inflammation due to 6wks on antibotics that causes a colon inflammation found on ct after left side pain under rib.detected colon inflammation.I was on macrobid,cipro,sepra,macrobid,for a uti i never had,Turned out i had group b strep from c section surg.I had to change DR.'s to a new OBGYN they found GBS they treated it with amoxcillion.after that med.i developed a pain in left side.I was then pos.in CT results for a inflammation in colon WBC was neg for infection.This med.makes me sick to tummy but not throwing up,bad taste in mouth,chest pain.and bad organd pains all over from time to time they feel swollon,my heart feel like its taking a trauma not sure if this is good but chest feel like its not to healthy,cvs and walgreen said to finish it these are side effects also i am having burning in lower pelvis and sometimes burning slightly from urinating.no fever.my MG are 250 three times daily for 10 days.I am not even through 3 | F | 31 | 3 days | 12/25/2009 |