Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 34) (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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Anna, may I make a suggestion? You have looked at a lot of reviews on askapatient, and what I'd like is for you to read my review. If you go there, my review is under "metronidazole" (not Flagyl--look up just the generic name which has its own separate list of reviews) and mine is about 15 reviews down. It talks about METRONIDAZOLE TOXICITY (those words in all caps).

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Hi Erin
Did you mean The ratings on metrodinazole?

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The ratings are the scores, but yes. Look at the reviews for metronidazole (not Flagyl--there is a separate rating for the generic version, metronidazole) and look at my review that had the words METRONIDAZOLE TOXICITY in caps. It has my contact info in it.

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Ohh Thanks Erin
I saw that now. I will look on your blogg and now i have your email, so I will contact you.hugs!

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I took flatly about 6 weeks ago and am experiencing tingling numbness etc. did you recover after taking it or do you still have problems.

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I have recently taken flagyl. Did you recover or are you still having problems. I am experiencing intermittent tingling and pain and numbness in hands and feet.

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Hi tmb
Im sorry you have that to.
I have taken flagyl. 14 or 15 weeks ago. I still suffer. But i have a lot off symptoms. do you feel anything else? Or just The tingling or numbness?

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Hi, TMB. The tingling/numbness sounds like peripheral neuropathy, and metronidazole can cause it. I would suggest pulling up the official FDA label (which has it listed as an effect of the drug) and give it to your doctor. Google "FDA label" and "metronidazole" and you should be able to find the label. You might need to see a neurologist.

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Yes me to along with alot more, the worst being, skin burning, nausea, aggression, speech problems and eye sight problems

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Hi tanya
Im Sorry that you also dont feel find
How much of flagyl Did you take?
I took 400 mg, 3 Times a Day, for 6 days
I also have all that you was writing, except for the aggression. I also have extremly dry skin now, my nails has start to crack, cant feel the difference between cold and warm on my feet, panic attacks, depression, extreme headpressure in The whole head, Light and sound sensitive, eye problems. Shakking, tremors, hard time breathing, fatigue, pain, my joints are popping. Furry tounge and much more.
How long was it since you stopped flagyl?

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Hi, can you ask your doc about a probiotic called VSL3, it should be used under medical supervision. My doc prescribed 9 a day for 6weeks and a gluten free diet. It is a miracle. I wish you the very best.

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Thanks to this awful flagyl i have now found out that i have tonsill herniation in my brain. I am now damaged for life. This is just a poison poison poison!

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Hi Patricia, what symptoms did you have? Did they go away with this? Thank you Melissa

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Hi Anna,
I can't believe ur post. What test confirmed this? Did the dr recommend anything for treatment? Have you gotten second or third opinion? How long has it been for you since poisoned? Maybe it will still heal on its own? Please hang in there, I know that is scary news but many people from these drugs were in a wheel chair bed ridden and now are in perfect health. I will be praying for you. Do you have any holistic drs or naturopath by you? Please let me know how you are doing and whats going on?

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Hi melissa
Belive me, i cant belive it either, this has been a nightmare since i took flagyl. And im going to tell everybody out there and warn People. Its a Dangerous medication to put in the body
Actually this is a worse nightmare than i thought. Because in january i took a brain scan. My doctor said it only showed to little fluid in the head. She said that this was not Dangerous. I thought it to be very strange, it cant be good. But i belived her. Did a mri in february. My doctor called my and told me everything was find. But said that she would send it to another hospital to have a second opinion. I thought Again that it sound very strange. If everything was find, why have a second opinion? So i trusted my instinct and went to my doctors office and asked for my medical records. And there it was. It showed on both brain scan and The mri that i have tonsil herniation in the magnum foramen in the head. I searched for it, and Yes, i found that it has been reported as a side effect from flagyl, very unusual, but there are cases. I am very curtain that this is from flagyl, i was healthy before. And The fifth day, i felt something happened. I have told my doctor Again and Again that my brain has not felt right and all The symptoms from my body. But she told me Again and Again that i have depression. And now i found out that she lied to me. She said everything was find on The mri and brain scan. But she has her self, been writing in my medical records that i have very special changes in the brain. So im so mad.
I havent had any help yet, but im going to change doctor. I dont know if i can have help or not, but i think i have to see a neurosurgeon and a neurologist. But im afraid im going to be like this forever. I told my doctor Again and Again that i have a head pressure i have never had before, i have a very Hard time function
I took flagyl, started 30 oktober. And took The brain scan in january and mri in the middle of february.
Im afraid its going to get worse. My nails has started to crack and are White and blue, have a lot off pain in the whole body. I havent seen any changes to The better, only a little better from depression and anxiethy, but just a little. But doctors Will not admit that flagyl can do something like this in the whole body and brain. Okay so People have healed even from wheelchair?
How are you doing melissa? Hugs Ann

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By The way melissa
I go to a naturopath now, he is helping me with my stomach, also a very hard thing to deal with, because i belive that my gut is very destroyed because of flagyl and heracillin. But he cant help me with The other symptoms i have. Here in sweden we cant have ivs and so on.

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Hi, I just started the gluten free diet and sl3 can you tell me when you started to see improvements? This has been going on since September and I have extreme anxiety from it. I sure would appreciate feedback. I took flagyl in IV and continued pill form at home along with 2 other abtibiotics

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Hi patricia
Im so sorry you also going through this nightmare
I also have anxiethy, very extreme to. But i have seen small changes, around 3 months after. Its not big changes, but small. I tried to push my self to work in all this, and for me it made it worse, my body is not function. So now im on a sick leave. I also started a gluten free diet, after three weeks in. I had so much trouble and could not eat, lost a lot of weight . Still have problems with my stomach, but i can eat a little more now. Taking herbs, and going to a naturopath, i did blood test and was told that im allergic to gluten now.
I also take accupuncture, that has helped me a little with The anxiethy and depression. But like i said, its just small changes, im living every day with this.

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Hi Anna,

It is 11 months since my reaction, I was given this med 6 times in a year each time my reaction got worse until it seemed to reach the point of no return. I believed my reaction was encephalitis that is a side effect of flagyl. But all Drs said no and said Mri was fine. I think I should of or should have a spinal tap in which it def shows whether you have encephalitis or not. I wonder also if we all should get a repeat Mri. My situation got worse with the b12 shot taken 5 months into this nightmare. Although in small amounts the b12 helped my brain fog in high doses almost killed me. My heart rate went through roof blood pressure and anxiety and insomnia since. I felt like I went from chronic fatigue to speed overnight. I think this med causes ur body to lose b12 and iron absorption that is why we get fatigued and short of breath in my opinion. {edited for privacy}. Many can ask questions here and also share success stories. Many after years still healed. Since this group is getting the word out to others maybe more Drs will look into this seriously and maybe there will be more help for us. Sucks we are in this situation but it's good to know we are not alone. Please contact me anytime {edited for privacy} and hang in there, keep us updated. On the plus side the depersonalizations and brain fog has mostly subsided, vertigo went quickly, now I still have insomnia, feel like I have a weak heart, shortness in breath comes and goes. Depression and crying spells much better.

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Hej i melissa
Ohhh it was you that took The b12 shot, now i remember. Okay so you took this awful flagyl 6 Times. The doctors Will not accept that People can get hurt from this medication.
I also belive that we should take follow up mri. Did you know that you had encephalitis?
Okay so you had vertigo? How long was it until you got better from that ? I have off balance and dizziness, havent seen any changein that, and it has been over 4 months now. I have that all day. But when i stand or walk its getting even more worse, its like a nightmare. Im also light and sound sensitive. And it feels like my brain is overstimulated all The time, have never felt anything like this before. The fatigue is still Hard to deal with. And i also have trouble breathing. I feel like my lungs cant take in the air. And my heart also feels weird every day, sometimes it feels like its going to stop, but often its beating like crazy. I can hardly walk,im getting weak because of The heart beating.
Where can you ask questions and share sucess stories? It dosent seem to put that link in here
My crying spells are also a little better, but still there. My brain fog is there and much more. I also have bad insomnia. Melissa did you also have nightmares? I have that every night now, because of flagyl
It would be Nice to contact you, so we can write to each other, but i cant see your contact info. Dosent seem to work in here, to share private e-mail.

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