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What is Metronidazole?

Metronidazole is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal agent used to treat susceptible bacterial and protozoal infections; as part of a multidrug regimen for H.pylori eradication to reduce risk of duodenal ulcer recurrence; topically it is used to treat rosacea. Off label it is used for Crohn's disease.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 5 0
Bacterial Vaginosis 5 0
Diverticulitis 4 2 Efficacy_major
Prevent infection 4 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Rosacea 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Lyme Disease 3 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 4
Mild
 3
None
 7

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Metronidazole

Nausea 1
Diarrhea 1
Oral thrush (candidiasis) 1
Ear infection 1
Loose stools 1
Bad taste in mouth 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  5 mg monthly 1 mg daily 500 mg weekly 250 mg daily 10,500 mg monthly 500 mg/100 mL daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Metronidazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 27   Course of treatment ended: 68%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 13%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 13%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 10%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Metronidazole

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Metronidazole

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Metronidazole

Always
 14 88%
Usually
 1 6%
Sometimes
 1 6%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Metronidazole

Very
 2 13%
Somewhat
 4 25%
A little
 5 31%
Not at all
 5 31%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Metronidazole

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.