Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 46)
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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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Has anybody experienced dry skin after taking flagyl? It started with my feet, then my hands, then my whole body, its like sandpaper, even if i use fat oil on my skin. And i cant sweat anymore, very strange. Anybody else Who have this problem?

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Malinda,

Im so sorry for you and all of us that are going through this. Ok, so the spots on your brain didn't show at first, but after a couple of months.Did The doctors confessed that it was because of The levaquin? I'm in all of this now.and im so sick, but from flagyl. and like you said, the doctors aren't there for me. Just saying im a little sensitive. But i did a brain scan, i found out today that i have to little liquid in the brain. So now i have to take an mri. So scared i have lesions on The brain to. My head is killing me, i have such a hard pressure in my head, fills like my head are about to burst. And i cant see on my eyes, they cant take in what im seeing. And my ears Hurt so bad, every sound echo in my head, and i'm sound sensitive. Also have neuropathy now, fatigue, numbness and tingling all over my body, even burning. Cant they do anything about this? I also get muscle spasm, and shaking a lot. Are you still as bad, as you was in the beginning, or have you at least recovered something? Sorry for my bad english

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Thank you for the clarification, Malinda. I am not surprised that fluoroquinolones are capable of this as well--I'd just never heard of it before. And I certainly never thought the lesions would return. (goodness, what else can go wrong with these drugs?) I appreciate your insight into the matter. But these "case studies" really don't show the whole picture. As an example, I've never heard of metronidazole causing a relapse of symptoms, but six months and one week after my initial reaction, I had a minor relapse. Insomnia, morning fatigue, hand tremors, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, and the anxiety came roaring back (no new stressors, nothing different in my life--it just came back). Thankfully it's dying down now after three weeks, but again, never read anything about a relapse. Even on my blog, I talk about no reports of relapses (I guess I'll need to update that part!).

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So agree. Do no harm. Bull. I have had both my gastro specialist and my GP prescribe metronidazole after a CTScan and six months later a office visit. Each time for what was supposed to be CDiff. Only thing... it never was. The GP insisted I hurry and start on the metro on the antibiotic or ... I was going to regret it. So I did. The tests took 3 days to come back. I just had IBS. Meantime the metro took me down so bad, I could not walk. A few months later I could not communicate with my left leg. I went to a neurologist. After an MRI of my brain... I had lesions. Surprise. Thank you drs for the lesions. I can add that to the collection of injuries suffered at the hands of drs. I had one dermatologist doze off while freezing a "suspicious" spot on my ankle. Burned me through to the bone before I could wake him up and reclaim my ankle.

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Malinda, are you doing well? I am hoping that you are totally symptom free. I've also had an MRI and thank God no lesions... but after reading your post I'm wondering if I should request another MRI.

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I am not sure who has the lesions on the brain as I rarely post anymore as have been floxed since 2009. I have 8 lesions on my brain that showed up within a couple of months. First MRI-done at start showed no spots, 2nd MRI done almost a month later from another DR. showed 2 spots, then a few months later as watching progress-four spots, then 8, and that is where it has held. No it was not MS-all this was from Levaquin. Lesions on the brain are sadly common side effect --only knowledge from what I read from others since 2009. So many odd side effects from these horrible drugs that drs. laugh us out of the room most of the time. To do no harm--not the case. It is awful that we are in need of so much help and most drs. are not there for us. If this happened to someone else, I would have never believed that drs. were treating patients this way--with disbelief. Granted-some are listening and a few researching, but my dr. had a new patient a few weeks ago that came to him after being as the patient said "Pooh, Poohed out of the office" of another dr. with total disbelief. She found my dr. somehow that goodness. He does not believe he KNOWS this is the case....

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Erin, you can alot about this . :-) I Will never take The antibiotics you mentioned . And i hope that i Will never take one Again in my life.
Erin,When could you go back to work Again ? Was it 7 months?

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They're symptoms are very similiar, there's no doubt about that. And I wouldn't be surprised if fluoroquinolone antibiotics cause lesions of some form; I just hadn't heard of it. Metronidazole is in the nitroimidazole-class of antibiotics. It is the most popular type in this class, but other antibiotics to look out for include: tinidazole, nimorazole, dimetridazole, 6-Amino PA824, ornidazole, megazol, azanidazole, benznidazole and pimonidazole. From what I can gather, the other antibiotics in this class are rarely prescribed, so you most likely won't run into them again.

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Erin
Thanks for informing me, i do need that. Because i didnt know that it hasnt fluoride in it. Because everybody on The floxiehope are talking about how important it is not to drink water with flouride. And said that to me to , even when i said that i took flagyl .
Ok i thought that even a fluoroqinolone could cause lessions on The brain. One person in here , that did take a fluoroqinolone , she had lessions on The brain , but it didnt showed up after 4 years . But any way ,its scary how this antibiotics destroy peoples lives .

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I'm not arguing that metronidazole doesn't act as a neurotoxin on the brain in a very similiar manner as fluoroquinolones. Absolutely, that's true. But fluoroquinolones are a flouride-based antibiotic, and metronidazole is not. I've never heard of fluoroquinolones causing lesions to form on the brain. I'm not saying not to look into recovery stories for fluoroquinolones--I do that, too--both antibiotics act as a neurotoxin. I'm just saying that confusing those two classes of antibiotics might hinder your search for the right recovery for you.

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Erin
I also saw that on askapatient. Very bad side effects for a lot of People, so scary . Wish i had looked it up before i took it.
Yes, they belive we are crazy . But if this would have happened to them , it would sound different. Very different .
I belive that flagyl is The same like fluoroqinolones. A toxic poison that destroys The brain , celles and much more. I have The same side effects like They Who have been taken a fluoroqinolone .
By The way . Last week i was in a store to by vitamins. The lady in the store probably saw that i was not feeling find and asked me. I told her about everything and mentioned flagyl . Then she screamed "Ohhh that poison ". Her daughter Ended up in the hospital and almost died . But she recovered fast Quick. She was Lucky.

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Erin.. Haha.. Yes, The doctors probably do believe we are crazy . If they where The one to suffer like this, they would never be crazy.. Noooo. I have given up doctors. Now im going to a naturopath. He cant take away rhe pain, and maybe he Will not believe me either. But i Will try. I'm doing everything that i can to recover, but nothing is working. Dont want to take pain medicine, but soon its the only option. I think flagyl and fluoroqinolone are really alike. I have The same symptoms like The ones Who have been floxed. I also saw that on askapatient, that so many People, had only bad things to say, almost everybody. By The way, I was in a store to buy supplements last week. The lady in the store asked me how i was doing . She probably saw that i wasnt fine. And i told her what happened. And when i mentioned flagyl she screamed out "OH my god , thats a poison ". And then she told me that her daughter had been on flagyl, and was so bad, like me, and was rushed to The hospital in an ambulance. Her daughter was Lucky, she recovered pretty fast, but she almost died.

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I've been to Floxie Hope--that's how I discovered what to look for--the toxicity. I think people with fluoroquinolone toxicity have different symptoms, like ruptured tendons, etc--but I do believe both metronidazole and fluoroquinolone antibiotics act as neurotoxins in the brain. I think both antibiotics screw up the mitochondrial DNA to some extent, although proving that is something else altogether. On askapatient, which is another medication review site, I cannot find another drug that has more reviews than metronidazole. NOT ONE. The closest is Cymbalta, an antidepressant with about 2,400 reviews; metrondiazole/Flagyl has over 3,000 REVIEWS. But no, Anna, your symptoms...they're just in your head. You and me and the rest of us here are just a bunch of crazies. *eye roll*

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Hi Again Erin
Okay, then we cant change e-mail here.
Yes i do seem to have both of them , The neuropathy and The cns problems.And i do think that this has destroyed something in my ears and eyes to.
Thats The most sad part, that The doctors dont belive us. They just think that this is something mentally. They just say that this poison are out of my system long time ago . They dont even not what they talking about. There are more toxic antibiotics, like cipro , avelox and so on.They are called fluoroqinolone. I have been reading on a site called floxiehope. People Who have been Hurt by antibiotics. Many other scary sites out there about this. But im only reading floxiehope , where People have recovered. Do need some hope.

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Hi, Anna. I'm sorry but this thing won't let me post links or emails. All I can tell you is that what you're describing sounds like "metronidazole-induced central nervous system toxicity" and "metronidazole-induced peripheral neuropathy." You can Google these terms and case studies will appear that go into detail about your conditions. The toxicity to the central nervous system causes the slurred speech, difficulty walking, altered mental state and those seizures you were talking about. Peripheral neuropathy causes a burning/tingling in your extremities, like your hands and feet. I'm really sorry this medication has hurt you so much--you and everyone else on this thread. And yet our doctors won't believe us. ???

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Ash .By The way , did The vertigo go away?

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Ash
But i cant live my life as i used to . I can hardly walk . A toxic and a poison it is. Some People tolerate that, some People dont. Its like The other antibiotics like cipro ,avelox and more, many People get hurt from them.
Do you take any supplements ? Eating right? Can you exercise ? I just wish i could turn back time.

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Of course! No one can stop you living your life other than yourself! :-)

The 7th day i stooped as my left side of face went numb. Yes it is lethal toxic medicine and perhaps our bodies so not tolerate it well.

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Hi Again ash
Ok, so it took a while to find some relief. I want that day to , because its so Hard.
I took flagyl 6 days , i quit that a day earlier. Because i Ended up in the ER,in an ambulance. Took 400mg ,three Times a day.
Okay , so now you still feel things from it, but you are not in pain anymore ? You can live your life Again?

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Hi Anna

I took flagyl for 7 days. In October 2014. I felt relief around July 2015. And honestly speaking I do still have some weird sensations but i try to be positive..you also need time to heal.

It took a few months for cupping to heal for me. You have to also have faith in something for it to work.

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