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Hi Everyone I started taking flagyl a week ago and about the 3rd day I started feeling really weak and sick. I wake up at night the sheets are soaking wet from my sweat. I am looking for advice if this would be a herx or could it be that the flagyl itself has nasty side effects. I have read where flagyl can be hard to tolerate. Cornhusker (new member)
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I was on Flagyl for almost 2 months, when I ramped up a little too fast during the 3rd week I got costochronditis (started in lower front rib cage and moved to back) and my knee pain came back...when I lowered my dose back down a little I was fine and I eventually got up to the 250mg 3x day for the last 3 weeks.
Went on Bactrim after 7th week because I got a urinary tract infection.
I'm not sure if I improved more on it or the Zithromax I took previously that I didn't seem to herx on. My LLMD has us start all meds at a low dose and ramp up to the common Lyme dosages so that we don't herx.
Hope this helps!
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I was on Flagyl for almost 2 months, when I ramped up a little too fast during the 3rd week I got costochronditis (started in lower front rib cage and moved to back) and my knee pain came back...when I lowered my dose back down a little I was fine and I eventually got up to the 250mg 3x day for the last 3 weeks.
Went on Bactrim after 7th week because I got a urinary tract infection.
I'm not sure if I improved more on it or the Zithromax I took previously that I didn't seem to herx on. My LLMD has us start all meds at a low dose and ramp up to the common Lyme dosages so that we don't herx.
Hope this helps!
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Flagyl is extremely hard. For me, it seemed to be a major herx though. Mine would start within hours of taking it.
But, if you can make it through, people seem to do much better from it.
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I have done flagyl and still doing it some. A 1/4th of a 20mg flagyl pill would knock me on the floor for a day or two. Right now I can handle 1/2 a pill but still get my head knocked off!
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Byronsbell, I am taking 1/2 a tablet and I feel that I have rubber legs. My wife and I went to a movie and halfway through she noticed I was soaked with sweat. I told her not to worry, but if I start foaming at the mouth and my eyes turn red, you better run
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Hubby has done flagyl. He has done 1/4 pill, and a few times the full pills.
It's really hard on him.
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Wow! I have been taking Flagyl for a little more than a month. 500mgs x2/day, 4days on, 3 off.
I am not sure if these sweats and flashing are due to the abxs or the humid weather we are having in the east.
I really don't like the aftertaste of the Flagyl. Tried chasing with something to eat but, still there. Any suggestions?
Tic
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Eeekkk..I am getting ready to start it 500mg 2x day along with Ceftin & Biaxin..Sounds like this might be a doozy. Wonder why I was not started off slower on it??
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quote:Originally posted by tic chick: Wow!
I really don't like the aftertaste of the Flagyl. Tried chasing with something to eat but, still there. Any suggestions?
Tic
Yes Yes Yes-dip pill in olive oil before swallowing-goes down smooth. Worked for me.
Flagyl was brutal the first time around. Got easier with each pulse- so much so I asked the LLMD why she was stopping it-she said to lesson the possibility of develping neuropathy or something.
I may be able to take it again after a break.
A spoonful of Olive Oil helps the medicine go down-learned that on Lymenet.
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I try to take it in the middle of the meal and chase it with food ASAP. If that doesn't work, I eat a bit of peanut butter. Covers the taste right up, but some on the anti-yeast diet can't eat PB, so do what's right for you.
I just asked my pharmacist if there is any generic flagyl that has a coating of any kind and he said he'd look into it. If he turns up a manufacturer for me I'll post so you can ask your pharmacist for it.
BTW, if it bothers you that much, name-brand Flagyl has a lovely blue coating and doesn't leave a taste ever. We're just not willing to cough up the extra $25 per person per month for the name-brand.
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Thanks Carol. This would probably work with any abx. I am going to try it now.
Well, it was better and the EVOO is good for you too!
Tic
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Flagyl has been the only ABX so far that made me shudder and gag. I took generic-and it seemed as though it would start to dissolve the nanosecond it hit my mouth.
So remember- pass it on when the opportunity presents itself.
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Byron, are you doing better now? Or still having a rough time?
cornhusker, just go easy on the flagyl. Hubby has taken a full pill in the past, but he really crashed after that. He's doing 1/3 of a pill every few days now. That seems to work much better.
Take care.
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