Metronidazole for Trichomoniasis User Reviews (Page 5)

• Roxana
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 24, 2016

"The doctor didn't tell me if I had Bacterial Vaginitis or Trichomoniasis, but he said that I can be cured from both using those pills. He gave me metronidazole in the form of vaginal suppositories, for 10 days every 24 hours and a cream. This is my second time with the treatment because the first time it didn't work. The first time, I used it for 7 days, and other pills that I don't remember the name but the experience was the same. This time I'm on the third day and I'm not having odor or a lot of fluids coming out, just the white one from the pills. But I saw today a green discharge and I'm worried because I feel like I'm not doing it right because I have to insert it with my fingers and I don't know if it goes all the way through."

• Starg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 29, 2015

"As most of these other people who have posted stated, it's no secret how bad this medicine tastes. Although I can attest to a few of the symptoms after taking it, they haven't been so severe that they affected my appetite or sleep pattern. I've come very close to wanting to throw up because of gagging on the pills. I've taken them most effectively without the nasty taste by saturating them in oil (vegetable, olive, etc.). They go down effortless and with no taste. I don't have time for all of the other disguises for this medicine! Lol I think many of you will maybe want to thank me later after this suggestion. Good luck!"

• captain...
• January 27, 2016

"After reading the reviews, I was anxious about taking my 4 pill 2k mg mega dose. It is bitter to say the least. But I have have tasted way worse. Rotten porkchops, spoiled rice, siphoned gasoline all top this over rated little pill. Be prepared and have a sweet soda ready and you will be fine. as far as its effectiveness I don't know. I don't even know why I am taking it. My wife brought it home from her doctor for me to take. Only god knows what she dragged into our home. Just kidding. I know what she dragged home"

• annon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 31, 2017

"I just took my second dose I recommend TAKING THIS PILL ON A FULL STOMACH this will help minimize the side effects. So far I have experienced no side effects of this medication. I don't feel sick and my stomach is just fine and if possible take the pill and just go to sleep for about 20 to 30 minutes right after taking it. PLEASE TAKE WITH FOOD OR ON A FULL STOMACH !!!"

• Starr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 24, 2018

"I've had to take metronidazole for both BV and trich. I had to take a megadose (2000 mg) yesterday for trich and this morning I threw up and have had a headache all day. The taste sucks, it gives me a headache and makes me nauseous but it clears everything up."

• Anonymous
• August 24, 2011

"The first dose of 4 tablets a day had me really sick and throwing up but after that you had to take 2 a day it was fine. Its taste is horrible but put it in peanut butter and it goes down smooth and take it on a full stomach. I didn't with the 4 pill dose..bad idea."

• thiss...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 16, 2021

"I went in for a routine check up and told them to test me for everything per usual and I found out I had trich. I started this and I think I might of messed up though because I drunk some wine a few nights which probably caused it to be less effective. I went to my physician to check on some other stuff weeks later and also gave her a dirty urine and trich came back positive I’m now taking the 7 day/2 times a day antibiotic by the grace of god I hope it works it is just really mind blowing to me because I am barely sexually active and this happens I feel so gross no matter how common they say this is it’s just upsetting. I pray for better results!! Yeah"

• Anonymous
• March 31, 2010

"I'm still not finished taking the antibiotic, but all my symptoms of the infection were gone with in 48 hrs. I'm hoping that when its gone that the infection doesn't return. The main reason for my response is the taste of the drug. YUCK! I try to find things with strong flavors to disguise the taste, but nothing seems to work. The drug works, but the taste doesn't."

• Mj566
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 2, 2019

"So after being diagnosed with trich, I was prescribed the mega dose. Four pills at one time. Took it after a meal at 7:30pm. About 10:30pm I became very sleepy. Through out the night I developed on again off again headaches. Since I had no symptoms of trich, I couldn’t tell if it cleared the infection or not, but my doc said that I probably don’t need to be retested."

• amgel
• June 26, 2015

Flagyl (metronidazole) "This medicine works but, the taste is so bad the second day of being on it I started throwing up the sickness went away but, I'm still getting major headaches and I feel exhausted. I was percribed 30 of them for a colon infection due to not being able to go to the bathroom caused the infection spread into my stomach."

• Boo
• September 7, 2019

"My life have been drained from this medicine. I was diagnosed with trichomoniasis on August 11 2019. My partner left me before I could tell him he gave it to me. When I got my papsmear last year everything was good went back talking to him in March of 2019 once unprotected and the rest was protected we stop talking in April he cut me off. I didn't know I had it until I went to the hospital and they gave me single dose 4 pills and gave me pill to take home I was really scared when I was taking the pill, I didn't have any side effects until after I finish taking the pills. I had mostly all the side effects headache dizziness lost of appetite back and chest pain. I thought I was going to have a heart attack but I was having a panic attack. I was going through depression having anxiety attack. Everything happen to me and still can't eat as this day have to make myself eat. I made a Dr appointment to have another papsmear and I might have a yeast infection don't want that. This has never happened to me before."

• qwerty
• June 22, 2017

"Having read all the terrifying comments, I was expecting the absolute worst. However, I had absolutely no side effects AT ALL! I didn't even know I had taken it. I took 2g before going to sleep, so in case it got bad I would hopefully have been able to sleep through it. I'd eaten two sandwiches and some cookies before I took it, spread out over one hour period, so my stomach wasn't too full - I was scared I would be sick from having too much food, so I wanted to be full, but not too full. I then went into bed, watched a movie, and fell asleep. Woke up in the morning, no side effects for now. And the taste isn't that bad at all!!! It might not be the most pleasant ever, but definitely not as bad as some people make it sound"

• Mimi
• April 28, 2018

"This is my second day on the antibiotic. I was given four 500mg of this medication. The smell has gone away. I still have minor itching. I've read all of these comments and I'm worried this treatment will not work because of all the people that have said it didnt for them. I know I've had this infection for at least ten months with no noticeable symptoms until I had my daughter a month and a half ago. The odor still remained. I went in for my 6 weeks check up and tested positive for trich. And they prescribed me this. My side effects were minor. I did fall asleep not long after taking them. I woke up two hours later with a horrible headache that lasted hours and severe thirst. When I went back to sleep I woke up with right side stomach pain. The pills have a awful taste but I took a vitamin c drop and that got the taste somewhat gone. I can't really say for sure if this pill works... all I know is I don't smell like fish anymore."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 13, 2018

"I was prescribed the 500 mg metronidazole for Trichomoniasis, I take it twice a day for 7 days. I'm afraid to take this because of the side effects listed. The first dose I took in the morning I became very nauseous. So my doctor said I could take 2 of them at night before bed instead. Is this medicine still going to work since I'm taking 2 of them at once a day instead of spacing them out. I'm already on day 3 of doing it like this and really don't want to have to start some new medication. Please help!"

• Bhrd
• January 14, 2018

"Well I'm still taking medication since I found on Jan 11 about the trichomoniasis. It is making me feel rubbish but I haven't thrown up like I see a lot people post. It does taste nasty, so leaves a bad taste in mouth and dark urine. The smell and itch went away, I'm still discharging a little hope I'm cured soon 500mg twice a day for a week"

• Pretty...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 22, 2021

"I had to take it today, and my only experience was a bad after taste. And it seems the taste won't go away! I took it with food and water, then had to throw it away because the taste. Anyone experiencing the same thing? I only took 4 pills= 500mg and, they told me to come back in 3 months."

• Anonymous
• November 13, 2011

"I agree with the person that took the pill with the peanut butter. The pill did leave a nasty bitter taste like the "old aspirin" not coated taste. I made an English muffin with peanut butter and drank juice with it and I hardly could taste anything but the peanut butter and yes it does make you want to throw up but take a nap or ask doctor for a medicine to help with nausea and make sure you eat the toast with peanut butter."

• brtur...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 2, 2021

Flagyl (metronidazole) "I was so scared to take this medication due to reading the reviews. I took four 500 mg pills (2000 mg). I went and got the medication at 7:30pm and got home around 7:45pm. I ate pasta with a strawberry banana smoothie. I took the pills after eating at around 8pm. I put them in the back of my throat and swallowed them with my smoothie. I did taste a little bit of the pill, but it wasn’t that bad, and it didn’t stay in my mouth long. I have a prescription already for zofran, so I took a Zofran along with the medication (pharmacist said it was okay). I then made me a cup of lemon ginger tea just in case & didn’t end up drinking any of it. I waited for the side effects to hit & nothing really happened. I had a headache that lasted for about 20 minutes and went away. I went to bed at around 10:45pm, just because I was sleepy from a long day at work. If you don’t want to feel nauseous, I would recommend asking for Zofran to help! This experience went great!"

• Anonymous
• December 17, 2017

"I had my first Pap Smear last week and my doctor informed me that I have Trichomoniasis, I had no idea I had something so I have no idea how long I've had it. I was prescribed Pilva there generic for Flagyl 500 mg tablets 3 times a day for 10 days and I must say compared to some of the other comments on here it seems like a pretty high dosage, but I must say it works. I'm about 5 days into this and I have had a lot less discharge but it leaves a metallic taste in my mouth when I take it, I'm really tired all the time, and also I was at the gym last night trying to workout and I got really dizzy and my vision got blurry. I'll be so ready when this medicine is over with it tastes like death but it works, and that's all that really matters."

• Jazzi...
• March 12, 2016

"Omg!!! This pill is awful. I took it with ginger ale.. You can't really taste them. I vomited 5 mins after taking the fourth pill. Its been three days since I took the one day dose. N forgot to take the pills for BV so I'm taking those now. Overall I stop seeing yellow stuff n then again it started over all because I didn't take the BV pills. But the smell is gone.... Yyaaaa"

• AGirl
• December 1, 2017

"I was prescribed four 500mg pills to take at one time. My gyno highly recommended that I take them with food, because it would most likely upset my stomach. I weigh 95lbs soaking wet, and I'd never taken antibiotics before, so it seemed like a rather harsh treatment, but I took the medication as directed. I took it around 10pm, an hour before I went to sleep. It made me very drowsy right away. I woke up around 5am with the most horrendous nausea imaginable, and I started vomiting an hour later. The nausea and vomiting stayed for a couple of days. I developed a fever and had chills. Other side effects I experienced: stomach cramps, diarrhea, mouth sores, that metallic taste in my mouth, extremely dark urine."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 13, 2017

"I'm on day 6 of this medicine only issue I'm having is nausea I have no other issue with it I notice some symptoms I had are gone the smell and discharge isn't as bad anymore so hoping when iIgo back to my obgyn for retest that everything comes back clean"

• Sarah
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 23, 2021

"Initially dealing with the shock of having to take it was a lot for me especially because I have intense health anxiety/fear of taking new medication. After reading the reviews on this site, it took me 7 days to work up the courage! I knew I had to take the meds and there was no way around it. I took the 4 pills, 500mg dose. All at once. I finally felt so relieved!! I used yogurt & put the pills 1 by 1 on a spoon w/ yogurt & then all the way back to my throat. Worked like a charm w/ 3 out of 4, tasting one a little because I didn’t do it right but that taste did not linger at all! As for side effects I did feel a bit nauseous & a tiny bit dizzy at first but I feel like antibiotics in general can make you feel this way. I was driving just fine! (Not saying drive but!) The hardest thing was that I slept very lightly the first night. No full blown insomnia though! I hope I can help someone who feels the way I did! Trust your doctor! (I know it’s hard)"

• Wild...
• July 24, 2021

"I was informed I had trich earlier this month. I was treated with a one time dose of 4 metronidazole tablets. And told to refrain from sex for 7 days. Other than the taste being horrible I have no complaints or side effects. My symptoms cleared up 2 days. No watery discharge. No irritation. No burning. I was getting back to my old self and happy as anything ! But then, on the 6th day. I noticed some symptoms resurfacing. The irritation, burning, and discharge (but different texture). So call my OBGYN and I’m back in the stirrups 2 days later. HOWEVER she informed me that I just most likely developed a yeast infection from the metronidazole. YES. Turns out that antibiotic can get rid of good bacteria in the vagina along with the trich parasite. So naturally I confused it for trich again ! She prescribed me fluconazole for the yeast infection and I’m waiting for it to clear up now! She also informed me she found no trich from the vaginal fluid during the exam. And my cervix looks healthy!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 9, 2022

"Was having crazy abnormal discharge. It would leak like I peed myself. Anyway I was prescribed this medication after being told I had trich. Dosage was 2 pills a day for 7 days. Day one was fine. Discharge had went away already and I didn't experience any side effects but Day 2 was horrid!! I only took one pill and I started having heart palpitations, chest tightness, heart racing, slight fever, dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, vision was blurred, my arms went numb and my body was very weak, extreme back pain, diarrhea..I mean you name it and I had it! I experienced every last side effect and never in my 31 years of life have I felt that way. It felt was almost like I was gonna pass away. I started crying from these side effects. Just awful! My Dr. now prescribed the other med that starts with a T. I won't take that until my symptoms go down. I still have chest pain. Good Luck to anyone who was prescribed this! Ask your Dr. for the one day dosage so you can get it over with!!!!"