Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 35) (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 Anna and hope some of the rest of you poor people been poisoned by metronidazole. I think I may have just figured out after a year a name to what happened to us. It is called mitochondrial disease. I believe our cells are having trouble taking in nutrients and forming energy we need to function. There are a number of articles if you google metronidazole induced mitochondrial disease. Basically there is no def treatment but we prob need to see a specialist in mitochondrial disease and try out supplements to help. I don't know if there is a long term prognosis but it is important to be on top of it before organs start being affected. Of course this is my opinion from research. It is a scary thought that we can have a disease that may affect the rest of our life but there maybe a name for it, so I would print out information on this for future dr appointments. I will keep you updated with anything I figure out. Anna I def would bring this to ur Drs. Your herniation def drug induced and they may need information for proper treatment for you.

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Hi melissa
I Will look that up, about mitochondrial disease. But is that something we can do anything about?
Yes im trying to get help now with The tonsill herniation. But The doctors says that flagyl can not do that. But i have read that flagyl can do that herniation. But now i have changed health care. So i hope they have better doctors there. Because The doctors until now just want to prescribe antidepressants. And i dont want to take more medications. Hugs!

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Hi Anna,
I am not sure if there is a cure yet but there are things as far as supplements that can help us. I am going to get a phone call from their information help line and see for sure if this is what we have and see if there is a dr close for me to see. Are they saying you should be on anti inflammatory for the herniation ? I would think you should put heat and ice on it?i will write as soon as I hear. If you can look up mitochondrial disease specialist in ur area. Hang in there.

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Thank you for your post. You give me hope.

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Melissa
Ok, if you do that call, tell me if they say anything about this. Very Nice of you to pass The information
No they have not give me anything for The tonsill herniation in the head. The doctor dont even belive my symptoms is from that. So i dont know what to do any more. I need to see a neurologist or a neurosurgeon i belive. But The doctors here in sweden have no clue about anything. They dont even belive that we can get hurt like this from flagyl. They say "Ohhh maybe you have this from something else " then i get angry and tell them that i was healthy before. But they dont listen. Thanks melissa. And Hang in there to :-)

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Yes I just have headaches but I just lay down

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Hi Anna, ugh I missed the call from the woman from the mitochondrial group, hopefully she will call me back. The website is mitoaction mitochondrial disease. I can't stand Drs, none of them admit it. I've recently been feeling worse, weakness in my arms, lil in my legs. I'm trying take b12 to see if it helps. Did I ask you do u take b12? I know in the past for me b12 has been my worst nightmare and saving grace. It's good to take in small doses. I know ms patients take tons of b12 and vitamin d. Hopefully I have some news this week in a direction to go. Hang in there too.

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Hi Erin,
How are you doing? I was kind of not good or bad for awhile now back to bad. Do you happen to know why metronidazole is soo similar to fluroquinolones? I am just wondering if the same things they use would be helpful to us or not. Maybe we need to try and get news people because I don't even know who's gonna help us. I recently tried to contact someone on mitochondrial disease website to see if that is a possible cause to our issue. Have you looked into this at all? I have also wondered if we could also have symptoms of pernicious anemia. Hope ur doing better than I.

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I took this drug like a month in a half ago most of the symptoms are gone but I still feel the racing heart and anxiety which is about it. I'll have like 3 to 4 days where I'll feel normal again and then some of the anxiety and adrenaline. Has anyone else felt the parts of feeling normal? Maybe a bunch of us should write into Dr Phil. If enough of us do on the same subject he will answer back.

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It has been almost a year since I took Metronidazole and experienced a plethora of side effects. Thanks God that I'm feeling a lot better although I also have bouts of anxiety, aches, feeling off balanced and slow thinking. It's my prayers that this medication will be taken off the market. I was hoping to hear back from others who are feeling "normal". We all need encouragement.

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Hi Again melissa
Ohh so you missed The call, i hope she Will try to call you Again
I cant stand doctors either now. I thought they would help me, but no, they dont admit anything with flagyl. They only blame all this with depression and so on.
No i dont take any b12 now. I had to stop a lot off supplements because of my stomach. So im only taking omega 3 for my brain now and vitamin d. I took a lot off supplements, but i have to heal my gut to. But maybe i Will try b12 Again later on. So a small doses of b12 helped you some?
By The way melissa, The thing that you wrote to Erin. I think we have The same damage like The ones Who has been Hurt from Fqs. Its toxicity with that to.
melissa, do you also have a lot of pain in the body? I have soo much joint pain and muscle pain. Its also Hard to handle
hugs

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Hi i have faith
I also think flagyl should be out off market, and should not be prescribed, only in life or death situations.
Thats great that you feel a lot better than in the beginning, but its sad that you have symptoms still
Do you feel The aches in the whole body?

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Hi Anna,
Yes b12 helps me w depression brain fog. I need to take probiotic what kind do you take? I spoke with a very kind woman from mitochondrial disease and she said that the only way is to have a neurologist do testing and give a script to see a specialist in mitochondrial disease in ny city. She said it takes a very long time to get an apt. She said either you can have it genetically and the flagyl made it come out or the flagyl could have made the body have mitochondrial dysfunction which would be better because that is treatable and curable. So I am hoping if we have mitochondrial issues its dysfunction and not the disease. Her daughter and her both have it and she asked if anyone in my family has it? So I'm thinking if that is it that it is the dysfunction type but there is soo much testing for it and I don't trust or have a good neurologist. I feel like we are on our own. She did say if you have this to try and excercise that can make everything better. So that's my plan little at a time. Been hard cause have felt out of breath slightly off balance weak lately out of nowhere. I am wondering if it's because I was taking care of mom who's on oxygen and boyfriend who both got the flu. I dunno. I pray for all of us to heal, this is crazy. Im 38 been taking care of sick family members for years I thought this was going to be a time to start my life have a baby, now I just hope I don't die or suffer the rest of my life from this. Do you take Epsom salt baths, I take them when feeling worst seems help a bit. On the bright side people have still healed two years out so maybe there is still hope for us.

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Hi melissa
Yes off course we can heal, i have read People that it has taken years to recover, they recover slowly. I know what you mean, im also afraid this is my life now, not knowing if this is permanent or not. Its The most scariest thing i have go through. I hope then that this is The dysfunction and not The disease. I have been in the beginning at a neurologist, and it didnt make any difference. She said that i have to live my life. I told her that i can hardly walk, and so dizzie and off balance, she didnt know why. And she was a neurologist, so i think we just have to help our selves. The doctor said that i have to go to a neurologist Again, but they dont belive that flagyl did this to me. I did nerve tests, it didnt show neuropathy, but it showed damage in my feet and some in my hands. The only explanation they gave me was that i have damage there, like The diabetics has. And i am not an diabetics. Thats why i have so much pain in my legs and feets, but i have pain in my whole body, thats awful to live with.
Im also 38 years. My fiance should move in with me when this all happen, but we had to do that later on, i cant deal with that now. And we also thought about kids, but now im afraid that im never going to have a family, because i hardly cant take care of my self. I also hope that we all get Well and heal. Its so sick that we have been so damage, from a medication that would heal us. Its just a nightmare.
I dont take magnesium salt baths, but i have been taking magnesium oil, but i had to quit it yesterday, i got rashes all over my chest. But magnesium is very good for The nerve pain.
Im taking a probiotics, but im going to a naturopath now, so he gives me some herbs to heal my gut, so i have to quit The probiotics. So im taking less and less. And to be honest, i feel more strange with The dizziness, off balance and headpressure when im taking probiotics, so i seem to react very bad to everything i put in my body.
And melissa, we have to fight, i belive we can heal, but its going to take time. I just take a day at a time. I also have trouble breathing. I wonder why?
Can you work melissa? Im on a sick leave now, but i miss my job so much. I feel like my whole life is on hold

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PAYING THE PENALTY FOR TAKING THIS TERRIBLE ANTIBIOTIC PRE DENTALSURGERY AND POST OP!
ILL WAS NOT THE WORD AND I GOT OVER EVERYTHING BUT THE EFFECTS OF THIS WHICH CONTINUED AND CONTINUED.
ABDOMINAL CRAMPS,BIENG SICK ITCHING OF THE SKIN AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE I EVER TO HAVE THIS DRUG AGAIN AND THATS OFFICIAL SO THEY MUST NO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IS NOT BEING TOLD TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE MANY DRUGS THAT INTERACT WITH THIS AND THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS THE PHARMACIST I PUT MORE TRUST INTO THEM THAN THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE SCRIPTS FOR THEM.
THINKING ABOUT THIS DRUG I OFTEN WONDER IF ITS JUST TOO POWERFULL AND PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE GIVEN BY BODY WEIGHT.
SHOULD POINT OUT PRIOR TO BEING GIVEN THIS I HAD AN ENDOSCOPY DONE FOR STOMACH /THROAT PROBLEM AND IT CAUSED A FLARE UP OF OESOPHAGITIS .

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Thanks for your reply Erin, how many doses did you take and how many times again? What have you found helped you because I have been feeling sicker lately and wonder if I am getting worse sometimes. My whole body aches never had that symptom until week ago. I am 11 months now and I was given this med six times last year, I didn't start having a bad reaction until the fifth time and then the 6th time did me in on the third night I took it. Mine was taken vaginally. Any advice would help thank you

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hi Lizzie , how much did you take for how long? What were your symptoms? Are you better at all? How long ago did you take this poison? I am sorry you have also got sick. Hope ur doing better then me. Thanks Melissa

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Hi Erin also wanted to add everything gets worse after my period / menstrual cycle as well.

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Hi Anna,
I can't believe you are the same age, yes we must be strong and not let this poison get the best of us. I actually been a dog walker while taking care of my mom who recently got diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and needs oxygen. But prior I was looking for an art teaching job was an art teacher. I stopped doing the dog walking the last few weeks because everyone got sick then I started feeling unwell. Plus my kitty cat passed away just before his 20 the birthday he was the lil light of my life. Since this happened with the metronidazole I was soo ill all I did was sleep and try force myself to eat even though was nauseas and had no want to eat. Then the b12 helped but gave me insomnia now I'm back to feeling unwell like beginning but have trouble sleeping so I can't get away from feeling sick and have new symptom of all over body aches swollen glands. I don't know what the heck is going on. Is this the first or second neurologist you have seen? Def get another opinion if you can. I feel like we need maybe to see neurologist who specializes in biology or something. And a toxicologist. I recently read that metronidazole can cause increase in liver enzymes can cause lithium toxicity or renal issues. It said to have your creatine and lithium levels checked. I will look into that. Have you seen N endocrinologist? I had high level prolactin that could cause problems with ur pituitary gland I have to have that rechecked. I will keep searching. Hopefully we will be healed sooner than later and one day get to meet and be pregnant lol. Thanks for keeping in touch

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Hi Again melissa
And thanks for your answer
Yes im 38 years old to, going to be 39 this year. And not knowing if im going to be better or not, when i had so much plans, its scary. Im so sorry you are getting worse. Is it The pain in the body Who is worse now, and The insomnia? My body pain is also bad. And my joints are making loud popping sounds all The time.
I have been to one neurologist. The second time i was talking to her on The Phone, but she didnt know why i have all of this from flagyl. and she didnt seem to care. But i saw her early on, when this all happen. I saw her, i think it was november last year, and talked to her on The Phone in december. But she didnt seem to care to find out what was wrong.ohh im so sorry your cat passed away and your Mother getting ill, in all this. Its Hard to deal with all this when we also are sick. My fiance has also getting sick in all this, and had to go to The hospital twice. so now im not only worried about my self, im also worried about him to, so i have to be strong.
No i havent been to an endochronologist, i dont know what that is. Have you been to one?
I wonder what is happening in our bodies. And The doctors dont seem to have any clue either i just want to get Well. Hugs

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