Metronidazole Lasting Side Effects (Page 69) (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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Re: BAH (# 1372)

Hi BAH, we here appear to be all suffering from serious antibiotic toxicity due to abnormal sensitivity or venerability. As I'm sure you have surfed the net looking for data, your doctors probably dismissed everything you have showed them. I'd bet that they even made fun of the literature despite the fact it may have been authored by a reputable scholar, or even from the the manufacturer directly. One neurologist dismissed my data claiming it was written by attorney's not medical doctors. I told hime it was written by Pfizer, the originators of Flagyl. Here see for yourself. https:/­/­jmp.sh/­Yb5QsVi

I'm suffering dearly, my life has been totally destroyed by Metronidazole 18 months ago... symptoms started out with the usual, balance disorder, ataxia, severe nausea, lightheadedness, blurry vision, but within 48 hours I went completely blind in my left eye, (it was my good 20/20 eye) then the headaches came and slowly progressed into severe debilitating migraines 24/7, followed by severe maddening ear tinnitus, and massive weight loss... (60 lbs in 12 days) I was so ill & weak I though death was at my front door. The doctors told me not to stop at the time, that it would all go away after I finished the bottle.

None of it went away, it only got worse with new progressive symptoms that have devastated my once peaceful life. They claim I must have suffered Metronidazole induced encephalopathy producing multiple ischemia strokes, massive retinal (Macular) damage due to abnormal inflammation damage, and massive destruction of my Vestibular system... all seen through MRI, and MRA, & CAT imaging.

Be careful. Stay away from this poison.

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Re: Dennis (# 1374)

If by "this poison" you mean this medication I'm totally in agreement. If by "this poison" you mean the American medical profession I'm beginning to come around on that too. LOL

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Re: BAH (# 1375)

Yes indeed, healthcare today is unfortunately a huge for-profit industrial business where huge quotas and deception rule. We are simply considered the vehicle for making money, nothing more... like herded cattle led to slaughter if conditions are right. There's a need for new legislation by State Licensing Boards to require all healthcare professions to take routine refresher courses in their field of practice every 3 years and then be retested or risk having their license revoked. Clearly doctors today are either too busy making the money or too lazy to keep up with the latest findings, safety warnings, drug alerts, diagnostic techniques, etc thus placing all their patients at greater risk for harm.

PS: Sorry for any previous typos, auto correct sometimes selects the wrong words. The word was "vulnerable" not "venerable" . : )

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It might be from the Ciprofloxacin. Google Cipro toxicity

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Chantal

There is no way to know for sure, each person is different. No doubt you have lasting effects and that's what brought you here, you feel somethings not right. You're not alone, that's why we are all here, looking for answers. Unfortunately it appears we're on our own as prescribing doctors refuse to acknowledge the latest medical data about this powerful antibiotic that easily crosses the blood/brain barrier. When it does it can wreak havoc on your organs. If you have a predisposition or are extremely sensitive to this drug, or suffer from an undetected brain or neurologic disorder, this antibiotic can exacerbate or worsen these conditions especially if the patient's kidney's or liver was already not fully up to par causing the drug to build up in the blood. These high serum level in the blood will rise quickly to toxic levels if not properly secreted during therapy. For some it takes months, even years to feel healthy again, while others never improve or get worse.

So I would report these lasting side effects to your doctor ASAP along with the FDA's MedWatch program. Please seek professional guidance from a third party if you do not feel as if you are getting any better. In the mean time, scan down this forum and read the posts from Erin or visit her blog for detox advive and other helpful information. https:/­/­metrogirlblog.wordpress.com/­treatment/­

Good luck

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Re: Karen b (# 1377)

Yes, that is what I suspect and or the flagyl or the combination....or..... I guess time will tell and I hope to be able to get through it.

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BAH (# 1378) --

Hello BAH, I also took metronidazole for H. Pylori. I only read the metronidazole insert after I took it for 11 days and saw a Warning: Metronidazole has been shown to cause cancer in mice and rats with long term use. At that point I was so upset to learn that I took a medication that can cause cancer. After I took this medication, I developed severe hormonal disbalance. I was having 3 menstrual cycles in one month. Doctors found 2 cysts and fast growing leiomyoma in my uterus. Luckily, cysts ruptured and went away but leiomyoma was still there at the last ultrasound. My gynecologist said that she doesn’t want to do any invasive procedure to destroy leiomyoma and monitoring it would be a better option. I just hope that it won’t become a big problem for me. Overall, It took me 9 months to get my menstual cycles back to normal and I hope it stays this way. BAH, I do believe that metronidazole is a pure poison and I hope that one day it will be revoked, so people won’t get damaged anymore. I just don’t understand how this drug is allowed to be practiced when it clearly destroys people’s health and lives. Please BAH hang in there and hope that everything is going to be okay! I hope that Lord will help us to overcome our struggles and continue our journey to recovery!!!

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Re: Galina (# 1380)

Well, here is the thing that perhaps we should all insist that they test for: calcium channel binding antibodies..... this test, which a neurologist decided to run, showed me positive for this. And if you look that up it talks about indicators for cancer of various kinds including small cell lung cancer..which I've not researcher further and don't know if there are any symptoms for it. As I think I reported - when I asked my oncologist (I have carcinoma in situ in my right breast) about the test, etc. she said she had never heard of it. So, I'm really curious now. She said she would call the neurologist and ask him about it and why he thought to run the test (other than the fact that the info on these antibodies show symptoms of ataxia and polyneuropathy, which I have).

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Re: BAH (# 1381)

BAH, it is very interesting that your neurologist ordered this test. My neurologist is so lazy, he did not order a single blood work, but he ordered a mri which came back normal. I also visited my regular doctor at that time and she ordered bunch of blood work but not the calcium channel antibody test. In September I switched to Naturopatic doctor which is better than other doctors I visited. He ordered some antibody tests check me for cancer of nervous system and it was negative. Thanks to God! I will see him for my follow up in April and ask him about a calcium channel antibody test. BAH, thanks for sharing this information with us! I hope that everything is going to be well with your health. Are you planning to start treatments soon? What your oncologist recommended?

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Re: Galina (# 1382)

Treatments? Not sure what that will be but more medicines to reduce the symptoms. Before doing that I'm going to do my homework. One med that I noticed being used(from my research on the condition) created the same kinds of symptoms as I currently have and added tingling sensations in the lips and fingers for the first hour after taking it. Unless I know that it will in fact do something positive I'm not planning to take any more "treatments". So, first he is doing more tests.. I'm to see and ENT but so far he hasn't sent the referral to them as far as I can tell. Feb 1st I am to have another test...EMG ... Nerve conduction test...

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Re: BAH (# 1383)

BAH, it is very wise of you to research every drug before taking! I am also not taking any pharmaceuticals and research every drug throughly. When I went to my neurologist for severe burning neuropathy, he prescribed my nortriptyline for a nerve pain. When I took it first day, I started feeling very dizzy and just not myself and I stopped immediately. When I mentioned these symptoms to the neurologist, he acted like it is not a big deal and said that I should continue taking it and even increase a dose. Soon after this doctor left working to the different location and I ended up with a new neurologist that is no better. BAH, the 2018 year was a big eye opener for me! I learned a lot about Big Pharma business and incompetent and ignorant doctors. I have a better doctor now but still I don’t trust any doctors like I did before and doing my own research. After taking metronidazole and becoming damaged, I refuse to rely on pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics. BAH, you are very smart in doing a thorough research on any drug that you may potentially take. BAH, for how many days did you take metronidazole and Cipro? I know you said that you fully recovered from metronidazole but what symptoms do you have from Cipro? Thank you!!!

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Re: Galina (# 1384)

I took the full dose for the Metronidazole , which I think was about 2 weeks.. with the cipro I think it was about 10 pills. didn't kill the bacteria either!!!

I'm not at all sure that I totally recovered from the metronidazole, but I know that I felt like I had for a while. then this. I still don't know. I do know that it snowed here last night and this a.m. I moved a bit of snow on the deck...and then went to a birthday party for a friend who is 100 today....and I'm so exhausted it hurts to sit in my chair but I don't think I have the energy to climb the stairs to bed... guess I'd better.

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Re: BAH (# 1385)

Hello BAH, Wow, your friend turned 100 years old! It is awesome! I hope we all can make it to 100 healthy and well.

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Re: BAH (# 1383)

It's been awfully quiet here for about a month, did everyone get well and go dancing in the streets? I'm in the middle of a series of tests with the second neurologist although I don't expect much. Will update after the next appt. on about March 15th.

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Re: BAH (# 1387)

Hello BAH, I am not well enough to dance yet but I am slowly healing. My biggest problem is neuropathy in my feet and legs. As time goes by my feet are getting better but very very slowly. The pain and burning sensations in the calves are still there but the intensity is getting less and less. So I hope that time will heal me. BAH, how was your nerve conduction test go? I had one in summer after 4 months I took metronidazole and it was normal. So my neurologist said that I have a small fiber neuropathy and it should get better overtime. I am going to see her next months for my follow up and request to send me a copy of my health record to see what she wrote down. How is your health? Is your symptoms from metronidazole and Cipro getting better?

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Re: BAH (# 1387)

Lol... not "Dancing", just very, very ill. My current doctors have all privately expressed their dismay as to why I was given Flagyl when there was clear evidence not to do so. It most certainly exacerbated a pre-existing condition to the point of almost complete disability and severe discomforting pain. I went from being completely active with no symptoms to abrupt disability in less than 48 hours after being given this satanic antibiotic. What it was so bad it can be seen on MRI.

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Re: Dennis (# 1389)

Hello Dennis, I was so hoping that you are slowly getting better as time goes by and it is so sad that your symptoms are not improving. I am also have a lot of pain in my legs and feet but it is very slowly getting better. The progress is very very slow. My family lives overseas and they ask me often if I am getting any better and every time I tell them that they should not expect that my symptoms go away all of the sudden and I get healthy overnight. I told them that it is a long road and I don’t know what is going to happen over time, I can just hope for gradual improvement. Dennis, you said that your damage can be seen on an MRI. Did the doctors see the damage right after you took metronidazole/FLAGYL or many months after? I was just wondering if the damage in the brain heals overtime. I had an MRI of the brain 1 month after I took the medication and it did not show anything, but my neurological symptoms were getting worse overtime. Some symptoms went away and the new appeared over the several months after I finished the medication. Nobody could not explain why I was getting a new symptoms when I was no longer taking any medication. My neurologist blamed everything on some kind of mysterious virus which is ridiculous. Dennis, do you have any new symptoms appeared over the last several months or you have only the original symptoms while you were on FLAGYL? Sorry for asking you so many questions.

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Re: Galina (# 1388)

The EMG test basically showed that I have some nerve damage in my legs from a spinal injury at some point... something about L4 and L5. I've not seen the neurologist yet to discuss. That will happen on Mar 15th.. But I did have muscle spasms for about a week or more after the test!! especially concerning as they were in my neck area, which I've never had issues with before.

Had some tests done Feb 4th, ENT office, will see the ENG on Mar 5th to go supposedly do more tests and get results from this first batch... to what avail I know not. Then all this info is to be gone over on Mar 15th. When I go for the tests on Mar 5th I'll take the MRI on my brain that was done in March 2018...for whatever that is worth. My GP didn't seem to be at all concerned about anything on the test...so. meanwhile, back on the farm, I am having other issues.. osteoarthritis in knees and hips, etc.. one knee started acting up about Jan 15th and on the 20th I was climbing the stairs when the knee that was paining me gave a big ouch and I didn't lift the foot high enough, caught my toe on the top stair and since I was carrying stuff in both hands, fell forward on my "good" knee and then hit my head on the floor! Off to ER... fortunately no concussion and right knee just bruised. Had to set appt with ortho surgeon to get knee injected. Helped but got some CBD oil (without THC) and used it to reduce the pain greatly. Going to look at stem cell therapy on the knees once I get somewhere on this other issue.

So my symptoms are still balance and total exhaustion if I try to do anything that requires moving my body in space. I still can't walk more than about 100 ft without feeling like I'm going to faint and I huff and puff as if I'm not getting enough oxygen...but the tests show that my oxygen levels and heart rate are fine after walking around a bit in the doctors office.

I don't know if I told you all that the new neurologist told me that I should just slug on through the exhaustion and I'd get a second wind. Said I needed 1 hr of physical activity a day. So I set the timer on my phone and went about trying to get that much activity in a day, breaking it up into small segments. Next day I was totally exhausted and barely functional. Rested a day and tried again. My "activity" consisted of standing in the yard holding the garden hose and watering plants on a warm day in January. 48 min in the a.m., and then went to teach my watercolor painting class and came home and watered the plants in the back yard. worked out to be 77 min altogether over the day. Next day had the same reaction. Makes no sense to me.

So, I do what I can, when I can and believe that I'm destined to have at least another year of this before my nerves heal....or the rest of my life. Not sure which.

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Hi Galina (# 1390) --

Hi Galina, I will answer your questions in upper case. See below.

Dennis, did the doctors see the damage right after you took metronidazole/FLAGYL or many months after? (THREE WEEKS AFTER)

I was just wondering if the damage in the brain heals overtime. (YES & NO... IF YOU HAD PREVIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE IT PERMANENTLY WORSENS IT. IF YOU HAD NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE, IT COULD HEAL, SOME LITERATURE CLAIMS IT CAN ALSO CAUSE BRAIN LESIONS AND ENCEPHALOPATHY TO DEVELOP EVEN WITH LOW OR SHORT TERM USE. SINCE FLAGYL EASILY CROSSES THE BLOOD/BRAIN BARRIER, IT CAN PHYSICALLY HARM BRAIN TISSUE IN SOME PEOPLE. IF IT DOES, IT COULD CAUSE PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE RESULTING IN SEVERE SYMPTOMS DEPENDING WHERE THE DAMAGE IN THE BRAIN HAPPENED.)

I had an MRI of the brain 1 month after I took the medication and it did not show anything, but my neurological symptoms were getting worse overtime. Some symptoms went away and the new appeared over the several months after I finished the medication. Nobody could not explain why I was getting a new symptoms when I was no longer taking any medication. My neurologist blamed everything on some kind of mysterious virus which is ridiculous. (AGREED, COMPLETE NONSENSE)

Dennis, do you have any new symptoms appeared over the last several months or you have only the original symptoms while you were on FLAGYL? (YES, MY SYMPTOMS STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEGAN FLAGYL AND THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVED AND CHANGE EVER SINCE. SOME DAYS I FEEL COMPLETELY UNDER ATTACK FROM WITHIN. THEY'RE NOW CLAIMING THE FLAGYL TRIGGERED A SEVERE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER CALLED CNSV-SI or CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS with SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT. VERY RARE AND DISABLING. IT HAS A HIGH MORTALITY RATE) Sorry for asking you so many questions. (NO PROBLEM) : )

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Dennis (# 1391) --

Hello Dennis, Thank you for your reply! During the course of my symptoms I was also very concerned whether I developed an autoimmune disorder triggered by metronidazole. I went to my doctor and she ordered several tests such as ESR, C- reactive protein, and ANA comprehensive tests. All of them came back negative and she said that I don’t have an autoimmune disorder. Thank to God! I also was thinking about Vasculitis disorder and even chicken pox since I have a lot of nerve pain and skin burning but at my clinic the new doctor refused to check me for the chicken pox. Dennis, did the doctors diagnosed you with Vasculitis by blood work or it happened by CT scan or MRI? Dennis, I am so sorry to hear that FLAGYL caused the onset of Vasculitis. This is the least you need in your life on top of dealing with FLAGYL damage. I hate so much this evil, life altering drug and hoping that one day it will be banned in The United States. I am going to see my neurologist next month and ask her if she may order some blood work to check do chicken pox but I don’t think she will. She is very cold and superficial women.

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