Flagyl - good or bad experiences?

[Guest guest]

My personal experience with flagyl is not pleasant. Though maybe I am not

typical. I had to stop it after three days as I felt so nauseous, and my

mouth dried up, got dry eyes and my tongue went yellow and deeply furred.

I felt generally v unwell. the Doc said theses are " expected side

effects " ..No way could I have done 4 weeks!

Fortunately the 4 days did the trick out of the weeks course prescribed.

Cassy

AndyCutler@... writes:

Flagyl (metronidazole) is powerful and can make people with slow phase

1 metabolism quite miserable. It is typically given for much less

than 4 weeks, too, so the potential for extreme ickyness or even real

problems is not trivial. I think I'd try other stuff first.

BTW, from what I hear the drug tinidazole is as good as metronidazole

at clearing things but is much more pleasant to take. Unfortunately

it isn't FDA approved so it has to be gotten from Mexico.

Andy . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..

> I was wondering whether any folk have had good or bad experiences

> with using Flagyl.

[Guest guest]

I was wondering whether any folk have had good or bad experiences

with using Flagyl.

My 5 year old tested positive for the blastocystis huminis parasite

in his stool and my doctor thinks it warrants eradication and control

with 4 weeks of Flagyl, followed by artemesia with probiotics being

provided through the course of treatment.

There does not seem to be agreement that this parasite, by itself, is

a pathogen. However, the Great Smokies literature inclines to

treating it as a pathgogen, particularly if there are symptoms. My

little guy has had infrequent abdominal pain, a lot of bowel

movements (not diarrhoea) and what the lab calls " moderate faecal

loading " (by way of X-ray) which I take to mean a degree of

constipation. We are treating the constipation with drops of Coloxyl.

I am chelating him with DMSA and ALA and I suspect the passage of

toxic metals (I believe he is poisoned with lead, mercury and

possibly arsenic) through the bowel are causing the parasite problem.

I note from the Amy Holmes list that she seems to prescribe Flagyl,

although the children taking this also seem to have evidence

of problems other than blastocystis eg candida and clostridia.

Would anyone advise for and aginst the use of Flagyl?

[Guest guest]

" Moderate fecal loading " suggests using supplements that increase

bowel motility. Perhaps Moria would be willing to list the

ingredients of " Dr. Schultz formula #1, " or anyone else could list

ingredients of things intended to do this.

Flagyl (metronidazole) is powerful and can make people with slow phase

1 metabolism quite miserable. It is typically given for much less

than 4 weeks, too, so the potential for extreme ickyness or even real

problems is not trivial. I think I'd try other stuff first.

BTW, from what I hear the drug tinidazole is as good as metronidazole

at clearing things but is much more pleasant to take. Unfortunately

it isn't FDA approved so it has to be gotten from Mexico.

Andy . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..

> I was wondering whether any folk have had good or bad experiences

> with using Flagyl.

>

> My 5 year old tested positive for the blastocystis huminis parasite

> in his stool and my doctor thinks it warrants eradication and

control

> with 4 weeks of Flagyl, followed by artemesia with probiotics being

> provided through the course of treatment.

>

> There does not seem to be agreement that this parasite, by itself,

is

> a pathogen. However, the Great Smokies literature inclines to

> treating it as a pathgogen, particularly if there are symptoms. My

> little guy has had infrequent abdominal pain, a lot of bowel

> movements (not diarrhoea) and what the lab calls " moderate faecal

> loading " (by way of X-ray) which I take to mean a degree of

> constipation. We are treating the constipation with drops of

Coloxyl.

>

> I am chelating him with DMSA and ALA and I suspect the passage of

> toxic metals (I believe he is poisoned with lead, mercury and

> possibly arsenic) through the bowel are causing the parasite

problem.

>

> I note from the Amy Holmes list that she seems to prescribe Flagyl,

> although the children taking this also seem to have evidence

> of problems other than blastocystis eg candida and clostridia.

>

> Would anyone advise for and aginst the us

[Guest guest]

--- My son had these parasites also, he took the Flagyl, and then Uva-

Ursi for awhile...and continue to this day with probiotics. I did not

notice any adverse reactions at all.

Lindy

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@y..., " healingjason " <john.gilfillan@a...> wrote:

> I was wondering whether any folk have had good or bad experiences

> with using Flagyl.

>

> My 5 year old tested positive for the blastocystis huminis parasite

> in his stool and my doctor thinks it warrants eradication and

control

> with 4 weeks of Flagyl, followed by artemesia with probiotics being

> provided through the course of treatment.

>

> There does not seem to be agreement that this parasite, by itself,

is

> a pathogen. However, the Great Smokies literature inclines to

> treating it as a pathgogen, particularly if there are symptoms. My

> little guy has had infrequent abdominal pain, a lot of bowel

> movements (not diarrhoea) and what the lab calls " moderate faecal

> loading " (by way of X-ray) which I take to mean a degree of

> constipation. We are treating the constipation with drops of

Coloxyl.

>

> I am chelating him with DMSA and ALA and I suspect the passage of

> toxic metals (I believe he is poisoned with lead, mercury and

> possibly arsenic) through the bowel are causing the parasite

problem.

>

> I note from the Amy Holmes list that she seems to prescribe Flagyl,

> although the children taking this also seem to have evidence

> of problems other than blastocystis eg candida and clostridia.

>

> Would anyone advise for and aginst the use of Flagyl?

[Guest guest]

My son had terrible regression from Flagyl, so I was afraid and

stopped it after 3 days. I was so happy when he came back to normal

after that. We tried Humatin for 2 weeks later, he was feeling very

well, and blastocystis were very happy too, so in the following stool

test we had got them and also Klebsiella and Pseudomonas which we did

not have before... When we visited Dr.Amy Holmes in the end of April,

she told us that she was going to get some very effective treatment

for blastocystis in about 3 months (the treatment is under

development now).

Margaret

--- In @y..., " healingjason " <john.gilfillan@a...>

wrote:

> I was wondering whether any folk have had good or bad experiences

> with using Flagyl.

>

> My 5 year old tested positive for the blastocystis huminis parasite

> in his stool and my doctor thinks it warrants eradication and

control

> with 4 weeks of Flagyl, followed by artemesia with probiotics being

> provided through the course of treatment.

>

> There does not seem to be agreement that this parasite, by itself,

is

> a pathogen. However, the Great Smokies literature inclines to

> treating it as a pathgogen, particularly if there are symptoms. My

> little guy has had infrequent abdominal pain, a lot of bowel

> movements (not diarrhoea) and what the lab calls " moderate faecal

> loading " (by way of X-ray) which I take to mean a degree of

> constipation. We are treating the constipation with drops of

Coloxyl.

>

> I am chelating him with DMSA and ALA and I suspect the passage of

> toxic metals (I believe he is poisoned with lead, mercury and

> possibly arsenic) through the bowel are causing the parasite

problem.

>

> I note from the Amy Holmes list that she seems to prescribe Flagyl,

> although the children taking this also seem to have evidence

> of problems other than blastocystis eg candida and clostridia.

>

> Would anyone advise for and aginst the use of Flagyl?