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Topic: Metronidazol- flagyl

MADDOG
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
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My diverticulitis has got terrible. My doc. allways gave me cipro and flagyl.

I had to go to the clinic at the Hospital Sat. night it got so bad.

The doc. there gave me levofloxacin, it started to work but i need to add the flagyl.

Flagyl makes spots on my thy get red and firey hot. (Allways the exact spots same places).

I think they are places were lyme cyst congregate.The die off acts like lyme rashes.

Any ideas on this,my regular doctor does not get it!!

I would think an alergic reaction would be random, not the exact spots same places.Then when not on flagyl they go completly away.

MADDOG

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Ann-Ohio
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 44364

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Those are all three some nasty meds! Here is where you can read about any or all of them.
www.RXlist.com
Really good info!

Ann - OH

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faithful777
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**moving to medical**

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Faithful

Just sharing my experience, I am not a doctor.

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MADDOG
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Member # 18

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Thanks Ann!!!

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ralphi
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Member # 33834

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MADDOG, are you treating Lyme continuously, or only when you have a diverticulitis flare?

Your reaction to Flagyl does sound like a herxheimer reaction. Flagyl breaks up the biofilms which can cause major dieoff.

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randibear
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Member # 11290

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last time I took flagyl my eyes turned dark red and itched until I almost cried. and my face turned numb especially my lips. my chest hurt and I had trouble breathing.
I'll never take it again.

doc now says I have exhausted all divert meds and he doesn't know what else to give me if I have a flare. end up in er I guess.

so be sure it herx and not allergic reaction. I'd taken it for years but no more.

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MADDOG
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 18

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Thanks everyone!!

I stoped the flagyl still had terrible chest pain.

I stoped the levofloxacin the chest pain went away.

I was in so much chest pain it was causing me panic attacks.I felt I was drouning.

I had went back to the hospital sat night. The doc there wanted me to take prednisone and buy an expensive inhaler.

No prednisone for lyme people is what i belive,i did not tell him that, just left with the prescriptions.

He did a chest x-ray no Pnumonia. But it is being read by experts today as I worked in asbestos.

Found out today online that amoxicillin is good for diverticulitis,I got a ton of it and went on it now.

The diverticulitis has got a lot better,hopefully the amox. will finish it off.

I was herxing terribly also.

MADDOG

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randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 11290

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hey mad, stay away from augmentin for dd. I had the same kind of reaction. it's not a herx. no way...

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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What?

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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