I have been reading bad things about this drug on here-
Permanany neuropathy and bad reactions with generic (which I have and am supposed to start tomorrow)
Should I talk to Dr about the Alinia? Or, do most of you have an okay time with Flagyl?
Posted by kimberlyhughes (Member # 5311) on :
I took Flagyl for 9 months with no problems.
Posted by CD57 (Member # 11749) on :
I did two 3 week pulses of it and LOVED it!
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
I took it for 2 months for the cyst form of lyme and got rid of my lyme.
Years before lyme, I was prescribed it by a doctor overseas for travelers' diarhea and it worked great then too!
This is what Burrascano says about it (p.15):
Important precautions: 1. Pregnancy while on Flagyl is not advised, as there is a risk of birth defects. 2. No alcohol consumption! A severe, "Antabuse" reaction will occur, consisting of severe nausea, flushing, headache, and other symptoms. 3. Yeast overgrowth is especially common. A strict anti-yeast regimen must be followed. 4. Flagyl can be irritative to the nervous system- in the short term, it may cause irritability, "spacey" feelings, etc. Longer term, it can affect the peripheral nerves, causing tingles, numbness, etc. If mild, a change in dose may be required. Often, extra vitamin B can clear these symptoms. If the nerve symptoms persist or are strong, then metronidazole must be discontinued or these symptoms may become very long lasting. 5. Strong Herxheimer-like reactions are seen in almost everyone.
So, Dr. B. tells you what to do to clear the symptoms, if they start to occur.
[ 03-23-2009, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: TF ]
Posted by Cass A (Member # 11134) on :
I took Flagyl briefly many years ago.
It gave me transient global amnesia--meaning I found myself sitting on a stool in a building, holding something in my hand, and had no idea at all who I was, what I was doing, what I had in my hand, what I was supposed to do......
It truly took some time to figure it out!!!!!
Needless to say, I never took another one of those pills!!
LOL!
Best,
Cass A
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
I know that every time I would start a new medication, I would plug it in on Lymenet and read as much first hand information that I could on it.
As with any antibiotic, there are always side effects and although they may affect one person, they don't the next.
I too was on Flagyl (IV for me) for a few months and had no problem with it at all, but I know that it's always worrisome for all of us when we start a new medication.
I have found that quite often you have to try it yourself and see how your own particular body responds to it.
If you decide you don't want to try it, I wouldn't hesitate to talk to your LLMD about other possibilities.
Good luck and hope things work out for you.
Cathy
Posted by Janice70 (Member # 16319) on :
Flagyl did not make me feel sick. It did increase my brain fog a lot, and I had a few scary severe brain fog moments.
I think it hit my babesia within minutes, because minutes after the first dose, my left arm got weak and heavy, which my LLMD said can be a babesia symptom. He said Lyme will not respond that quickly to medication. I continue to have that symptom 4 months later, 3 months after stopping Flagyl. (Which may be a good thing--maybe Flagyl got the babesia out of hiding)--just an unscientific guess on my part.
Posted by NMN (Member # 11007) on :
Dose anyone know if flagyl can be taken with quinalones??
I am due to start Factive soon and I also may be changing over to flagyl from plaquinil along with the IV Ricephin.