Medication causing gallbladder attacks

[katjb]

2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with Diverticulitis (I have diverticulosis), my doctor put me on Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole. After about 2 days on that medication, I noticed everytime I ate, I would get a sharp pain in my upper right abdomen that would radiate to my flank (my right side), and then on around my back. My belly was swollen, as well. I called my doc, she sent me to get a ct scan...came back normal. Then sent me to get an ultrasound and a HIDA scan...which I haven't gotten my results, yet. I stopped taking the Ciprofloxacin and the Metronidazole, and I feel way better. I still have the occasional pain, and the HIDA scan hurt really bad, too. It didn't click that it could've been my medications until today (Sunday), and obviously I won't be seeing my doc. Is it possible that these medications could have caused me to have a gallbladder attack? If so, will all of these tests find anything? I was also told that some medications will make you have a gallbladder attack and if that is the case, than you have a bad gallbladder; and that it needs to be taken out. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm tired of going in and out of doctors offices and just want to get fixed!!

[katjb]

I didn't just stop taking the meds, it was the end of the bottles. Plus, it wasn't diverticulitis, the ct scan came back normal. She even told me it wasn't diverticulitis. She thinks the gallbladder could be causing all of that pain.

[CalGal]

If you've stopped the antibiotics you could be doing yourself more harm than good. If the inflammatory proocess is on-going you could end up with infection spreading into the abdominal cavity which could lead to emergency surgery for a perforation of the diverticular pockets. You need to talk with your doc about other forms of meds to treat the diverticulitis if you're not going to comply with taking the typical meds.