Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 33)
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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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What is a bla bla kidney liver? I was unable to figure out what you were saying without any real punctuation.

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hello ana, thanks for your message
actually im one of the crazy person in here that having a lot of complaint in flagyl but i stop posting here as i told that i never think of this condition much ..i was 22 when i took
7 days of flagyl 3x a day and together with cefuroxime .. and believe me it was worst nightmare ever.. but surely
i almost forgot how it felt because it was so different now ..my first year was a tough year i tried everything except drugs or bunch vitamins ..i cut some bad food ofcourse .but only raw foods help me i think ..they say right now that i just look like 20 even im 25 perhaps because diet help me ..but there is no magic in this condition ofcourse i still do have pain .. but i dont pay attention on it i am more excited now to give more nutrients in my body .. i think i am sensitive too in some hard foods ..even nuts so i soaked overnight them and cultured them so it will be easy to absorb by the gut ..and do nut milks ..i do eat fruits and veg by itself and do juicing because i like it to be much absorbs .and i drink boiled leaves for my tea so my protein and sugar bla bla well balanced .sometimes im having trouble with my gut
i also experience my gut hasnt moving but i help it everytime by hard inhale and exhale move your stomach for a second and the pain gone or a hit of cannabis if its allow in some places..ofcourse it only comes when i eat a lot specially fruits .. so not all fruits so you have to choose what food it is easy to digest .. im using vitamix blender for some of my cashew nuts, flaxseeds etc and some fruit for it was easy to grind ..and i do that in daytime so i can make sure that they are all digested .. moving helps.. and do some tours like swim in the ocean ..actually i was so happy this year ive been a lot of places and i never get afraid to swim in ocean unlike before my mind was a bit settled ,my skin and hair got better now and also i forgive that medicine and myself too..
that i know i cannot be like other person out there that living normal and eat normal . i accept my condition that sometimes i have to go home and give myself a peace of mind , rest and eat well
and my anxiety was so controlled ..everyday i became excited , and bit felt happy
i even rarely visit some horror stories .. the way i felt before was different now ..
i love dates and a lot of fruits ..fresh fish , beans and nuts veggies and do design on it ..and be with friends and go visit a lot nature when i dont have work .. i spend mostly in eating not n my clothes or some gadget out there ..well im just sharing here what ive been through right now ..i hoped i can have my own fruit market or my farm ..i can drive well right now .. i have a pain in my muscle yes but its fine ..i think its just normal ofcourse im poison and i accept it ..and i can do a better things coz ive learn well i just believe on that .. and also i forgive that some doctor or some people will give an opinion in my health because i was so open now to them, listen to them and i just analyze those things before i try and the mostly i would do is to listen to my body ..
i doing carrot juice ,apple juice many mixed everyday ..
im living in tropical country so its a bit lucky ..
i never think that fruits and veggies will be a magic bullet to any illness
simply i consume it because it is a food ..
just dont expect anything ,but be open for everything
i always do research on healthy things ..not in related in my condition
because i believe this condition has having a lot of complications so they cannot diagnosed easily .if you have gut problem then your skin sucks ..bla bla kidney liver will make complications if not working properly ..they are connected to each other
i do have immune response as i really observed when i introduce new things in my body it hurts reallyl actually even it was good things
so i try to keep myself balanced in everything i take
have a nice day :)

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Yes, going to do that.. the pharmacist today said that the effects of this med should have worn off by now, since the last pill was taken Sept 8th... but he also said this was a terrible med and has major side effects... doesn't mean that he can refuse to sell it when it is Rx'ed.. I think we need to post info about the dangers of taking it so that docs will get the message or at least the consumer will.

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Ohh ask her if she has taken any antibiotics at all in the last couple of years. Sometimes side effects will not turn up instantly though.

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Interesting that I talked with a lady this a.m. who seems to have difficulty walking also and she describes her symptoms sorta like mine. I'm going to ask her more questions..

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Ohhh so they tried to give you cipro? Its just crazy! They are exactly like flagyl. Just poison. Good that you refused. It is so much People out there, Who are so damaged from antibiotics. I Will nerver ever take flagyl Again and never ever take a fq. If I take an antibiotics again, then i Will research it like crazy before.

Off course you can get back to normal. Many do that. Some recover some, and some dont. You are in the beginning off it. So it just takes time to see.

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Improve a lot? Does this mean that I'll never get back to normal? I don't find that acceptable... and Congress just passed a law to reduce regulation on drugs and medical devices. Which means that we are going to have to do all the research before we take anything. I've got another UTI.. and the doc wanted to rx Cipro... I refused and asked them to prescribe something else...the side effects of Cipro are very much like what I've experienced with flagyl. Why would I want to do that?

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I also got worse after removing The gall bladder. They took it out because i had so much gall bladder Stones and so much pain.

Bjh. About The off balance. If you took flagyl in september, you can still can improve alot. Many in here have had balance issues and dizziness, but got better with time. So you can still heal that. For me its over 13 months. So for me I think its permanent. But i still have hope, even if its so Hard

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Actually my gut has not functioned well since I lost my gallbladder... docs just take it out so the pain stops and offer no advice, etc... but then they mostly know less than we do about nutrition. But it just got worse in the past 2 yrs. actually it got worse after I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy the same day.....so I know that what was happening before was just irritated by these procedures...

the flagyl is a new thing, taken late Oct and first 8 days in Sept.. had balance issues about half way into the regime. I'm thinking the tai chi may be helpful. I'll let you all know.

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Bjh
Ohhh so you had that over two years? Painful.
Its horrible that we got flagyl, to help us get better. And now we are even more damaged.
I dont remember what you have been writing before. Did you have more problems then off balance from flagyl?

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I've had a feeling for over 2 yrs that things were not moving through my gut and would have lots of constipation and then for some odd reason a bout of diarrhea and for one month I lost 5 lbs because when I was hungry I could only eat a bite and then felt like it wouldn't go down..... went to doc... she was more interested in my noisy gut and wanted to send me off to a hospital to do a breath test to see what bacteria was in there causing all that noise... I didn't go because she wasn't dealing with the issue I went to see her for...then when I finally got my reg doc to pay attention I was sent downstairs to the lab for a breath test that didn't need to be done at a hospital....and that showed that I had H. Pylori for which I was rxed Flagyl and started all this other stuff. grrrhhhh...

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Thats sounds like me Erin.
When i first took flagyl i had no appetite, extreme nausea, i also felt like my stomach was full after just a few bites, extreme pain and more. But after 6 months i could eat more and my stomach felt some what fine. I had an appetite Again. But since this with my heart happened its even worse then before. I have pain, my stomach try to move The food, but it dosent seem to work. I have no appetite and i have pain Again, nausea and i feel so full in the stomach Again. I hope it can get better, like The last time. Because this weight loss is not fun anymore. fortunately i was a heavy woman before.

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I had problems when this first happened, and there were issues for about four months. The worst was the first six weeks--complete loss of appetite, mild nausea, and the feeling of being full after only a couple of bites of something. Also, my gag reflex was ridiculously sensitive--at one point, I couldn't brush my teeth due to the gag reflex.

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Erin so you dont have a gall bladder either. Weird. But you dont have problems with your gut now?

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BJH, Anna--that's weird. I don't have a gallbladder, either.

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Bjh,

Yes that would be very nice of you, to update how it goes. I hope you can find relief with The tai Chi. I Will tell you what my neurologist says. But i also have a terrible tingling and numbness from head to toe.

Well i found a thing called ergozym over here. It has Pepsi and hcl in it and enzymes. Im eating reflux tablets every day, so i will ask my doctor before i buy it. But i hope that it can help me. Thanks for your advice.

Okay, so you have some exercises to help with rhe balance, i hope you will see improvements soon.. I hope the neurologist can help me with something. For me its my balance and dizziness. Tonight i woke up and the room was spinning. The off balance is way worse when im walking though. I wonder if i also have ataxia? Or maybe it have to do with my severe neuropathy. Everything is a mystery still, after 13 months.

I hope we can get better from this all. Maybe its going to take a long time though.

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From my research it is possible to help the ataxia... whether or not it can be totally resolved I don't know...I'll let you know what the neurologist says and how I feel about the TaiChi. I've got another private session today..

I believe you can find the HCL with Pepsin in Sweden as well as here.... but if you have no gall bladder find the Ox Bile also... take one of each with meals. If it is going to work you should notice a difference by the 3rd day I think.

Hang in there... oh, one thing the thai chi instructor said is that we are NOT supposed to balance ourselves with our brain...but rather with the core of our body, our stomach.. I'm doing the exercises he gave me to do.. not enough but doing them. I'll report by end of week whether I see any difference after the 3rd class.

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Hi bjh
I Will read about Ataxia
Thats great that The doctors did admit that it was because off The flagyl. Here they Will not admit anything. My life has been destroyed because off flagyl. I now have heart problems also, because of it.
Can The ataxia get better? Have they said anything about that?

Well for me, im dizzie and off balance when im also sittning down. But im much worse when im walking. I can feel that my brain can not balance me, horrible

No i dont have a gall bladder. I had it removed 12 years ago. I have exactly The same that you said. I can feel every movement in my stomach and have so much pain. Im eating probiotics, but thats not helping either. I dont know if we have hcl here in sweden, but i Will look at that. I have read about enzyms for The stomach, maybe i Will try that also. Its like my stomach can not function any more since flagyl.

Keep us updated about thai Chi, if you see some progress, and also about seeing The neurologist. Im going to see one in a week. I hope she take this serious and not send me home and says everything Will be better with time.

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First, yes, I'm having balance issues and dizziness when I walk. I observed and figured out that I'm quite ok when sitting down, even when driving. I have issues when I walk, seem to walk with my feet wide apart to remain balanced and have to walk looking down as looking up makes me dizzy. It is called Ataxia...do some research on it.. My doc finally admitted it was caused by the medication.

Second: well, first a question... do you have a gall bladder?

I talked with a nutritionist...who is the only person that took me seriously about the almost constant constipation and she said that because I have no gallbladder my food is not being digested properly and then the other issue is NOT enough stomach acid. So I was advised to take Ox Blood with each meal...just one capsule.. and HCL with pepsin...that's all in one capsule. Within 24-48 hrs my gut started moving. I was having so much pain and could feel every movement in my gut and I swear that it felt like there was some kind of animal in there and I could feel it move across my body... I could feel it with my hand on my abdomen. And I was having a lot of pain in my back right about the same level as the bottom of my sternum. The pain was pretty intense. Now I've been having a lot of diarrhea but I do believe that is related to what I've been eating. I am gluten free...lost 35 lbs the first year when I stopped eating wheat, etc. Recently I've gone caffeine free and avoiding sugars as well. I'm still in the process of evaluating what to do next for the gut.

For the dizziness and balance issue I'm taking some private Thai Chi lessons to see if that helps at all...my research shows that it likely will... All this while I wait until end of the month to see a neurologist...who knows how they may be able to help...perhaps vestibular physical therapy.

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Hi bjh
Can i ask you? what have you done to have your gut move good now? I have had trouble with my gut my whole life. But since flagyl 13 months ago, my gut Will not function at all. It Will not move like it should, have alot off pain do you have any suggestions? I only eat organic, no gluten, even tried cut out Milk for a while, no Coffee. Do you take any probiotics?
It was you that had a terrible off balance like me and dizziness? Wasnt it? Do you also have fatigue or pain in the body? Im so sorry that flagyl Hurt us so bad.

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