Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 24) (Top voted first)

I have been taking this medication for 7 days and off of it since a week and still have severe side effects, abdominal cramps, severe headaches, dizziness, unsteadiness... How long is it expected to last? It was prescribed with Ciprofloxacin to me and I take Entrophen on a regular basis...

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Hi Erin,
I am having the same problem that you had with the nasty flagyl. My vision is so bad. I am off for 4 weeks but still so dizzy and sick. Please help me.

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Hello to every one I was reading each and every one of your comments first of all sorry for what you all going thru..and thank you all for posting your systems so people like myself who was prescribed this medicine but I was reloten on taken them until I started to research and came to this discussion threads and I thank each and every on of you and hope and pray for you all to get better soon..please detox your body's your liver get well soon......

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Doctor proscribed me 250 flagyl take 8 all at once on Sunday April 26 and felt dizzy that next night and I still feel lightheaded or my head is numb is this normal I'm wondering how long side effects last

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Hi , not sure if you will see this , as this whole thread is old. But , how long were you on both pills

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How long were you on that pill?

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I was on metronidazole (flagyl) for six days. 3x a day, 500mg.

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Chris, look into leaky gut as a possibiliy. I know that's a diagnosis that's fairly alternative, but who knows it might have some validity. I went and saw a naturopath and they told me they thought it was leaky gut. Don't know if you are having digestive issues or not. I sure have been. Pretty bad indigestion and acid reflux. The naturopath gave me a gut healing formula that has dgl, glutamine, glucosamine in it. It's helping the gut pain. I also eat extra dgl. It helps. Been eating a ton of steamed vegetables and drinking a lot of water. Those seem to help too. Take care man. The anxiety and brain fog suck!

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Thanks flagylisdumb i sure do have a bad gut the metronitazole burned it out I am on another antibiotic as i now have a stomach infection because the flagyl I am asumimg that's what's causing the brain for and headace eating is a real challenge these day got to force myself to eat. Not fun I've been of it since mark 2 and still having severe effects.

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I'm sorry to hear that chris! Definitely sounds similar to what I'm going through. A few things you can try to heal your gut- bone broth, dgl licorice, l - glutamine (powder or in capsules), a variety of steamed vegetables, chicken, fish, beef, glycine (aino acid that's also usually in dgl supplements), beef gelatin (you can find it at health food stores, it's powder), probiotics. I am struggling with the probiotics right now, they make my brain fog worse, so be careful with those if you aren't already taking them. If you are and aren't struggling with em, take bunches, and try to take a variety of strains. Also fermented vegetables are great for beneficial gut bugs. You can make them yourself, or go to a health food store like whol foods or the local Co op. Look for sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, kvass, miso soup. The gut is so totally linked to the anxiety. Heal it and some of these problems will go away. Glutamine and dgl are helping me a lot. Be careful with the antibiotics, they will keep killing beneficial gut bacteria. It isn't too late, you can heal it. If these don't help, look up specific carbohydrate diet, gaps diet, fodmaps foods, fast track digestion diet, autoimmune paleo diet. These look like they have helped heal a number of people with similar issues. Consider visiting a naturopathic dr. Good luck! I've been off the flagyl since March 20 or so. I know how hard it is.

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Yes I took it for 1 day. 2 a day. And day 2 I already felt the side effects of it. Bad bad headaches and this is day three (2 days off of it) and I feel so bad. My head hurts I get sharp pains in my head. My beck right in the back of the head where it and the spin meets hurts so bad. And not real good for anxiety.

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I took flagyl 3 months ago for 7 days and I am not done with the neurological side effects. I was seen by a neurologist and I am on medication to ease the headaches.

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Yeah having the dame issue I ne er had anxiety before but I sure do now k fly alot of face pain and facw heat I am know a medication to to help it does a but but not a little but not much

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It happened to me and this is called neuropathy. I am on medication for that issue and I am sure that flagyl causes the problem.

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I have the same thing I've been off since March 4 I felt better for about a week the got really bad brain fog again and severe nerve pain in my face now I'm getting joints of shock through my body more and more everyday and the anxiety and the headaces that come along with it I took it for 7 days 500mg 3 times a day didn't even kill my infection l. Worst part is it affects tour nerves and I'm diabetic and have to worry about nerve problems as it is ! After i took this medication I've had a sinus infection kidney problem and a bad ear infection

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Hi,
I took three days of metronidazole and the only other medication I have been on for years is effexor xr. After the first day had terrible mood swings by the third I had terrible vertigo depersonization nausea loss of appetite tingling one side of my face and stiff neck, weakness in my legs and arms. It has been a month and a half and those symptoms went away and now are back. I read on these sights that this medication could cause serotonin syndrome with anti depressants. The worst part is the off balance and feeling out of it like disassociated. I am trying to figure out if the metronidazole through me into withdrawal of my effexor or is this just the metronidazole. No doctors seem to know anything. Did anyone have any luck with a specific type of doctor ? Or had any tests done? Has anyone had the side effects mostly go away then reoccur? I have been fine all these years til I took this medicine.

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Hi,Did you fully recover from the metronidazole? Where was the dr or nutritionist you went to? Thanks Melissa

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Oh, also had the dizziness and off balance stuff too, but not as bad as yours. That lasted for three weeks or so for me. Haven't had any dizziness since.

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Thank you for the reassurance! I still have many neurological side effects including dizziness and vision issues. I completed the Flagyl since march.! I am taking a medication to ease the side effects and I'll see with time if I improve or not.

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Hi, flatly is dumb, thanks soo much for your reply. I have been in living hell last couple months and it helps to get confirmation that I was def drugged by this antibiotic. Would you happen to know if anyone else you have read was also on an antidepressant and what occurred. I am curious why the symptoms I have had especially the depersonalizations has gone away then reoccurred again. Do you think it maybe a type of seizure? How many episodes would you say you had of depersonalization ? Thanks

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I can say that it seems like a lot of people experience the depersonalization, which is a classic anxiety symptom. I think anxiety is really a blanket diagnosis given to help explain certain conditions that medical science don't understand yet. Like I said before, I believe damage in the stomach is one likely cause of the symptoms. Give your stomach some healing nutrients like l glutamine and possibly marshmallow root and/or slippery elm bark.

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