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Below are Metronidazole reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Metronidazole has an overall score of 6. The effectiveness score is 8.67 and the side effect score is 6. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Metronidazole review by 28 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Giardiasis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500mg taken 3 times a day for the period of 7 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The benefit is that it cleared up the giardia infection I had. |
| Side effects: | | The side effects were scary, and I was not prepared for them. The second day I was on it I became very dizzy, nauseous, shaky, lightheaded and sweaty. It happened so quickly that I got scared and had to leave work. The next day I was still shaky and dizzy, but not as bad as the day before. I remained nauseous, shaky, and dizzy for the remainder of the treatment. Doctors and pharmacists should warn patients of these possible side effects so they can prepare for them if necessary. Also, let your work know you are on this so they expect a change in you during your treatment. Take with food because the taste is awful. |
| Comments: | | 500 mg, three times a day for seven days. |
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| | Metronidazole review by 32 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | bacterial growth |
| Dosage & duration: | | 400mg taken 3 times a day for the period of 7 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Fter going back to the doctors for a nother swob the bacterial number was back to normal |
| Side effects: | | I would not describe the side effects as drousy but the tablets did make me a bit tired |
| Comments: | | tablets to be taken with water after meal, 3 times a day for 7 days |
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| | Metronidazole review by 64 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | diverticulitis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500 mg taken twice daily for the period of six days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The benefits were that the infection was eleminated. The infection had apparently grown over a period of several months and then reached a point that it suddenly was accute. I say it grew slowly over several months because my abdominal area, even as far up as including my waist, had grown from about 30 inches to about 33 inches and I required clothing two sizes larger. I had become more and more weak but thought that it was my age (even though up until a few months before the swelling started I was still hiking up to 10 or 11 miles a day in the Andes in Chili or in the Canadian Rockies. Weakness had suddenly become so accute that it was causing my heart to labor so much that radio-active dye x-rays were taken of my heart. My abdomin had a sonigram to see if I had ovarian cancer. |
| Side effects: | |
The metronidazole 500 mg and the ciprofloxacin 500 mg wer prescribed one tablet of each twice a day for two weeks. However, after several days I began to have slight light headedness, tingling in my fingers, much short-term memory loss, and constant whistling in my ears. By the sixth day these side-effects had intensified to the point that my hands were shaking, I was dizzy, and the doctor told me to discontinue the meds.Eleven weeks have passed and I still have CONSTANT whistling in my ears, my short term memory has improved but has not totally returned, and my bowels still do not work without taking a stimulant. I am taking probotics (460 mg each,6 billion total microorganisms per capsule twice daily), eating such as Activia daily, etc to try to repace the healthy bacteria level in my intestines but as stated earlier this is not yet accomplished. I am very tired of hearing the constant whistling in my ears. |
| Comments: | | This may be covered in the treatment benefits section, The prescribed dosage was 500 mg (along with ciprofloxacin 500 mg) both twice daily for two weeks: however, by the sixth day the side effects were severe enough that the doctor told me to discontinue taking both the metronidazole and the ciprofloxacin. |
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