Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 26)

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, so mirztipane worked well for you? Did you have any side effects ? It was fast acting? My dr suggested lactimal a bipolar med because i have severe symptoms prior to period being worst and then can't sleep since b12 and was on low dose of effexor prior for migraines. Lactimal is for mood disorders I'm like what I don't wanna be more messed up I don't have mood swings or ever considered my issues bipolar. He offered then klonopin, did you ever try that? Been taking Zanex or Benedryl to get to sleep but drying out my whole body. I did contact a Raymond Singer neuro toxicologist but he doesn't give you a write up or investigation until few meetings dunno if I should see him because don't know if he will have a fix or just use his paperwork for sueing. But I've read you can't sue if you received generic meds. Have you seen anyone in toxicology. I had hard time getting apt with a toxicologist. Thanks Melissa

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Hi Anna, I am sorry for you as well. This has really been the hardest thing and no one besides others like us can understand. What do you take for your heart? Were you on any meds prior? Are you taking anything to sleep? Were your b12 levels checked? For me my period brings on some brain fog and depersonalization and at this time my blood pressure lowers and think it has to do with iron or b12 deficiency. If I eat red meat with a ton of iron or a small small dose of b12 helps. Tylenol pm helped me to sleep but can become addictive and dry out whole system. I would take it for only a few nights a week until u figure it all out. Def keep away from ibuprofen, and Aleve pm made my symptoms worse. My blood pressure and heart rate have been all over the place as well, when its high since the shot def keeps me from sleeping.

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Melissa
Yes , only we , Who are in this , know how it feels to have been so Hurt by this drug. I have support from my parents and my boyfriend , but even they cant understand The whole thing and how Hard it is. Some days , a lot of them, i wish i just died instead.but i hope this Will go The other way soon, or maybe see some improvments, its so sad, have been 9 weeks now.
I take medication for my heart , i have high blood pressure, have been eating it for years. But before this , my blood pressure was fine, so The doctors said that i could probably quit The medication within some months. But since this happened, my blood pressure has gone Wild , so i have so high pressure now instead. So maybe i have to higher The medication. Its so sad , i was so happy that i could probably quit it. I also have medication for my stomach, acid reflux , but now my stomach is really bad, and I have to take more medication for it.
I have sleeping pills, imovane. But i take it only if its necessary, because i feel more of The side effects i allready have. I do not want to take them , but when i havent slept for days, i have to . But even then, i can not sleep more then 4-5 hours. But i need sleep to heal.
How bad is your insomnia ? Is tylenol a sleeping pill ?
I can go days, with no sleep. I can be so tired, but i cant sleep anyway. Its like my body, cant be still and relax. My heart is also racing The whole night. I wake up with nightmares also , every night, do you also have that?
Yes The doctors have checked my vitamins in my body, and they are saying , that all is fine. But you can have lack of it anyway. So i take magnesium, chlorella, omega 3, vit d, and probiotics for my stomach. But my stomach Hurt so much, so maybe i Will stop everything. I have seen a little change in the fatigue with The vit d, so i do not want to quit that. do you also have problems with your stomach?

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Hey, Melissa. I tried Ambien, but by the third night, could only get 2 hours of sleep. This is coming from someone who's never taken a sleeping pill in her life, and now Ambien can't put me out. The mirtazapine was much better--it's different for everyone but I've had no side effects. The most common side effect is weight gain, and that didn't even happen, but I'm literally on half of the lowest dose. Hypersensitive to drugs and all. As for suing, I don't know what I'm going to do. Technically, my doctors can't find anything wrong with me. They finally did an MRI but it was so far out from my reaction that nothing showed up (which is typical). But I still haven't seen a neurologist because, if he sees my medical chart where my doctor flat-out lied, he's not going to believe me. I will have to take my entire medical chart, show him the one or two times my doctors did write things out, and spend the entire appointment proving to him this is what happened. And then...he still might not believe me (what's wrong with doctors?). I don't want to sue big pharma--I want to sue my doctors for misdiagnosis and negligence (I took 3000 mg more of this crap because they "reassured" me the drug wasn't causing my symptoms, even though I argued with them endlessly about it).

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Hi there, Just wanted to mention that legal suits are pointless. Lots of negative energy and the only ones who win are the lawyers. Most drs keep their assets out of their names and carry no liability insurance. Pharma companies will out lawyer you. A strong lawyer won't take your case unless you can show extreme financial damages. Not physical. The odds of being compensated for your pain are almost zero. The odds of increasing your stress and making yourself sicker and 100 x plus.

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When is this going to be a little better, cant hardly stand this awful side effects. Over 9 weeks, and nothing has improved. So sick of this. I know a positive mind is better then too be negative, but this is just torture.

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You can't imagine the joy i had finding you guys, then just as quickly followed by my own agitated situation. My doctors all knew i was allergic to this medicine, yet informed me that it was the only antibiotic strong enough to fight my infection. I began my medication 12/05/2015, completing a 7 day dose of 500mg, 3 times daily. My chest is on fire, the hives and welps cover my body and just yesterday woke up with no balance. I felt like i was extremely high on something. Anyway after about 4 Steroid shots, 2 benadryl shots and some hydroxyzine tablets, i am still suffering. So please keep your tips on ways to help alleviate this awful awful mess. Hoping for relief soon.

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Well, at nine weeks, I was doing better than when it first happened, but not by much. I had started seeing a psychiatrist (who, by the way, finds my recovery atypical between the first time I saw him to my follow-up six weeks later) and psychologist. By I was still suffering from that horrible fatigue, still having problems breathing and sleeping--but I am doing better now than I was back then. I really do think it will improve over time, Anna--I really do. It's just that it feels like an eternity right now because you're miserable.

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Erin
Thanks for your answer
Yes im so miserable. I do feel that something would have changed now , just a little , but nothing. Im more sick than i was in the beginning. Im afraid that my brain has been damaged or something. I hope you are right, that i Will improve. But nothing has changed and im so scared. Many in here seems too have results pretty early. I dont know what to do anymore.

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Hi Anna

Honestly hold on. As it could take months. As it did take me a looong time to feel slightly better again

You need to distract yourself. Focus on positives. Eventually you will feel better.

I was very similar. I was miserable and depressed for months.

You will get better. Have faith.

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Anna...I don't know how to say this, but it did damage something in your brain. I'm not trying to freak you out, but that's the problem. That's the reality. It caused lesions to form on your brain--they're visible in 93% of people with metronidazole toxicity (slurred speech, difficulty walking, altered mental state, seizures)--and those lesions cause damage. But those lesions are probably gone now, and the brain is an amazing thing; it can reroute information and get past the damage. It just takes time and everyone is different. The anxiety you're feeling is due to the drug--your body knows something is wrong and it's reacting to it. And the anxiety can make all symptoms feel ten times worse. But that is NOT your fault. None of this is--you are the victim here. But you need to know what the problem is in order to help it. I would love to send you links to what I've uncovered about this, but this forum won't let me put in links. {edited for privacy}

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Stella, I'm so sorry for you that this happened to you to. I hope you will recover fast. I have that burning over my whole body. I'm also happy that i found this site. When this happened to me over 9 weeks ago, i thought i was alone. That off balance, i also have. Do you have it all the time, or does it come and go?

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Hi ash
Did you also go through this?
I have so many side effects. Burning all over my body, numbness and tinggeling, off balance and dizzie 24/7. Blurry vision, like i cant focus my eyes, my ears dont seem right, its just echo in them, sound and Light sensitive, panic attacks and depression and severe insomnia. I have never been through more hell then this. I Did think that i should recover in The beginning, but im only getting worse. And the fatigue, i cant hardly stand. And im shaking like i have parkinsons. When Did you begin to have better days ash? Sorry for my bad english

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Hi again erin
I Did a brain scan last week, havent heard from my doctor yet. But as you say, the brain Maybe had lessions on the brain. But they will probably as you say, be Gone now. But im afraid this is permanent. I was reading on the internet, and some have it permanent, it cant be reversibel in some cases.
Ohh i would like to read the links you have about this. Cant we email?

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Hey Anna

I had burning feet and also joint pain. Panic attacks tiredness lifeless feeling..vertigo. everything you mention.

It wil get better!!!

I had to do cupping for 6 months vitamin D and lots of prayers..

You will get better!

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Anna, it comes and goes. The only good thing for me is that the burns to my hands have stopped. Now with a lot of burn cream, i am trying to repair them. The hives are still in full affect.

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Ash
I hope you are right, that it Will get better, but i have a Hard time to belive that now. Just feels like my life has been destroyed.
Are you 100% better today?
Also The joint pain is Hard. And my joints have began to start popping. Its so strange.
Maybe this is never going to be 100% better for me, but i hope that i Will improve a lot. I cant have a life like this.
I did accupuncture and cupping last week, but it Ended up with a severe panic attack, so i Will try that Again in a couple of weeks instead. How long did you have this awful panic attacks? It is like you cant control your body, very awful feeling.

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Stella, thats a very good thing, if The burning allready has stopped. Maybe its a allergic reaction to it. Then it Will go away soon. You have no tinggling or numbness, like me?

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Hi Anna

I had cupping every four weeks. For 6 months.

And believe me I felt exactly the same.

But remember healing begins from within. Please have faith. Things will get better.

I thought I had MS every disease you name it.

Get your vitamin D tested and remember positivity is the best medicine!

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Ash
You are right. A positive thinking is The best medication, but i have lost that right now, so hard. But im struggling every Day
I also belive i have every disease there is, and even severe brain damage
Okay, so you also had effects when doing cupping. I thought that i would be relaxed, but my body reacted With panic attacks, and my heart was raicing even two days after that. I do take vitamin d. and some other supplements, and probiotics for the stomach.

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