Flagyl and effects

[Zozo12345]

Hello,

hope you well. Me and my girlfriend started to take Flagyl 400mg 3 times a day. She has infection on and off, I do not experienced any symptoms. Her doctor prescribed this after we had an operation for her HPV level 16. She can take the medicine with no side effects, but me I am experiencing great anxiety and confusion. I am about to take my day 3 third dose. My question is that should I continue day 4 with the same dose or try 200mg 3 times or stop as probably the medicine worked on me already. Please help on this as I am super sleepy and paranoiac and this effects my job. I read horrible brain issues and probably i should reach out to ask other doctors for different method. It is very hard in Hong Kong. Thank you very much for your help.

[specialmom]

The thing about medication is that you do usually need to take all of it for the full effect.  While it seems like symptoms clear up and that you are better, in reality, the bug (or pathogen causing the infection) is still there and can very likely come back bigger and badder than ever because you didn't fully kill it with your round of antibiotics.  This is also how drug resistance happens.  Bugs become smart and start to outsmart the antibiotics.  So, I would not just decide to stop the drug on your own.  Call your doctor or whomever prescribed the medication.  Clinic or whatever.  If you can't tolerate the medicine, then so be it but do your best to finish it.  Good luck