I suffered for about two weeks before I figured out the "fishey smell" was not going to clear up by itself. I was prescribed this drug and after the second day I was back to smelling normal! After following the doctor's orders (absolutely NO alcohol) I had no side effects whatsoever and I am generally sensitive to anything I ingest, especially antibiotics. My only suggestion is do not leave the pill in your mouth more than a couple seconds before swallowing, it does leave a bad metal aftertaste in your mouth, but with a couple of swigs of juice (or what have you) the taste is gone. Published: October 06, 2008 ::

Every time I have taken this medication, it has landed me in the hospital(for 5to8 days) for pancreatis. This illness is severly painful and there is no cure, and my doctor did say that the metranidizole was causing my pancreas to inflame. Be very careful!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Published: October 09, 2007 ::

Severe diverticulitis. Felt better within 48 hours. Only problem is the taste.I found that if I took it with a spoonful of applesauce it helped. Published: January 05, 2008 ::

The medication worked but I experienced severe stomach pain & vomitting because I did not listen when I was told to avoid alcoholic beverages. Strongly urge anyone who takes this medication, really to avoid alcoholic beverages. Published: February 05, 2008 ::

I found this medicine to be very hard on the stomach so I always took it with food, but still had a little nausea and a slight headache at times. My doctor and my pharmacist warned me that any alcohol concsumption(including mouthwash and cough syrup) with this drug would make me violently ill. I am surprised to see that there's no mention of that in the drug description. Some of the harsh side effects others have described may be do to alcohol interaction. Published: April 24, 2008 ::

look, i have to agree that this medicine tastes terrible (as most uncoated tablets do!) but it's not rocket science. have a large meal and thick beverage- take the pill mid-meal. this will help with any nausea and after taste. as far as drinking, you're not supposed to- but if you know you're going to drink, skip the dose or you will throw it up anyway. i knew i was going out for drinks- so i skipped my night time dose- no big deal. be careful if driving at night- it makes you sleepy. Published: February 22, 2009 ::

It worked to cure my problem, but the metal taste was almost more than I could bear. I am still tasting metal after being off it more than 2 weeks. I called the pharmacist, who called the mfg. and he told me I get to my Dr. as I could have a fungal infection in my mouth. I will be going next week. Has anyone else had this prolonged side effect??? Published: October 14, 2007 ::

This medication has worked great for me. If taken with food, you can't go wrong. I experienced no side affects. Published: October 01, 2007 ::

This has tasted terrible, and although I think it's helped the diverticulitis (been on it for 12 days), it has given me diarrhea and loose bowels the entire time. Doctor recommended yogurt and acidophilus to get the cultures back into the intestines, but I find that eating bananas regularly has helped a little bit. Still very uncomfortable with 3 days to go. Ugh! Published: August 18, 2008 ::

I am not too sure how this is going to work all I know is I want to be done with it! The whole time I have been on this I have had no energy,and I have been feeling ill. All I want to know is does it work? Published: June 28, 2008 ::