Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 32)

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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I took this medication abs i am feeling the same way you described. I wonder if you feel better yet and what did you do to help improve it. Did they take mri of your head?

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I am on metronidazole for 9 days I steel have diarriha and terrible side efects

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Low fodmap diet is helping me. If I cheat I lay . Stay with it and I pray you get results along with probiotics.

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I feel the same when to the ER Doctor gave me different Antibiotics to take for 2 weeks after I finish taking those pills open up my sinuses that everything I cook and water stink to me like a bad oder. But I still get the pain. Now they gave me Metronidazole to take 2 time a day for 14 day and I'm scare reading the side effect my stomach is swollen can't breath normal it drive me crazy What am I suppose to do HELP

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Hi ritza
If I were you, i would talk to The doctors, and change antibiotics. I was eating flagyl (metrodinazole), stopped it over 5 months ago, and I suffer every day. I wish i never took flagyl. If I could turn back time, i would

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Ritza, if you're having difficulties breathing and bad stomach pain, then it sounds like you need to talk to your doctor and try another antibiotic. Metronidazole has a lot of side effects and it's one of the hardest medications to take--period. I also experienced breathing problems when I was taking it. If you have to lie to your doctor and tell them it makes you so nauseated you're throwing it up, then do it. If you can't keep it down, then you can't take it. They'll have to give you something else. Just don't take any of the fluoroquinolone antibiotics--Levaquin, Cipro and Avelox--they can be worse than metronidazole for some people and have many black box warnings, which are the worst warnings the FDA can give a drug.

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I took metronidazole for two weeks inorder to treat helicobacter at the last three days of my course l felt eye pain and didn't recognise it should be related to metronidazol since stop taking metronidazol still have had eye pain .Im so worried .do you have any suggestion to get rid of this problem?

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Hi, Zo. Metronidazole is linked to optic neuropathy--that doesn't mean that's what you have, but the drug can definitely affect the eyes. I would suggest to see an eye doctor and bring in the FDA warning about the drug (Google "FDA label metronidazole" and it should come up). Maybe they can give you some eye drops to help calm down the pain.

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Same thing happened to me. I told the doc. About tingling in hands and feet and he told me to keep taking it. So I did, huge mistake!!!
My hands are fine now but the neuropathy in my feet is miserable. It's probably been 5 years, no relief. I was on flagly/ metronidazole 500 mg.3x/ day for months,for crohns disease. God bless you.

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I stopped taking this med a week ago and I have had headaches all day every day since. My Migraine pills don't even help :( That is really the only side effect but will it ever stop ?

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Stop taking flagl 4-13-16 still feeling bags

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Hi I was prescribed this medicine too and I took it one each day for two days. The first day I took it and went to work later on and felt like I was going to pass out. My head started hurting terribly, I was shacking and my heart was racing fast. I felt nauseous and dizzy it was so bad. The next day I took it again to see if it really was the medicine that made me feel bad or I was just having a bad day. I took it around 7 and around 8 I started feeling the same way before that day. I was in so much pain I was in bed all day. I cried because I felt so terrible. It's been about a week now and I have migraines each day and feel nauseous at times. I shall be going to the doctors soon to get this fixed. No one warned me about the side effects.

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The cipro what made you dizzy been there .U mm make sure you eat a full course meal before take any medicines.

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How long did your symptoms persist.... I took this horrid medicine for four days and two days later I still feel the dizziness confusion and drugged feeling you were talking about. The doctors think I'm crazy and keep telling me maybe I caught the flu...

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Kdm, doctors are i****s when it comes to adverse drug reactions. Metronidazole causes cerebellar and general central nervous system toxicity, and can absolutely cause all the symptoms you're describing. Unfortunately for some people, the effects don't stop just because you've stopped taking the drug. It doesn't seem to have affected your motor control, so that's good. Google "Metronidazole-induced Central Nervous System Toxicity" and also "FDA label metronidazole." The FDA label has the whole list of warnings about this drug and adverse reactions (pages 8 and 13) and there is a systematic review about metronidazole-induced central nervous system toxicity you can pull up as well off of Google (not FDA related). Your doctors can't do anything except treat the symptoms, but maybe at least you can get them to take your concerns seriously. In any case, welcome to the club of disbelieved patients. I'm sorry you've become a member. :(

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Wow I'm so sorry to hear about that. But some days I still feel nauseous and dizzy but just stay super hydrated, and stop taking it! Work out if you need to, it helped me feel a lot better. Also eat healthy foods.

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Don't be surprised if you get hives. I got them about a week later. I haven't gone to the doctors because I don't even feel like they will help me. Especially since no one warned me about the side effects

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I'm sorry about what you are going through. Drink lots of water and try to eat as healthy as you can. If it gets worse go to the ER not the docs just go straight to the ER. Hope you feel better

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Hi Anna, just wondering how you have been? Me still suffering have some issues now tendons in my legs and arms. Did you ever develop pain swallowing or pain one side of throat? Been thinking of you hope you are doing better then me. Hugs Melissa

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Hi melissa
How Nice to hear from you. I have been thinking off you and how you are doing. I still suffer every day, but doctors cant do anything. The worst is my dizziness and off balance every day and my neuropathy. But im trying to get back to a life, its Hard but im trying. But i have alot off pain.
Yes i also have that pain with swallowing. And my tounge and teeth feels like its on Fire, like The whole body, especially my feet. Have alot off joint pain, still this awful fatigue and tiredness all The time. My shakiness is better though. The first 4 months i was shaking bad every day, now it Comes and goes. Still have trouble with my eyes and ears, and my stomach is not good, but now i can eat more. And i have finally stoped loosing weight. So its a struggle still. The new doctor im seeing are saying we have to give it two years before i can now how badly this is going to be. Im trying to work a little Again, i have too.
How are you melissa? Have you seen any healing? Have The pain swallowing Come now? I still hope that we can get better.

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