Metronidazole

Metronidazole, dem sell under de brand name Flagyl den Metrogyl among odas, be an antibiotic den antiprotozoal medication. E be used either alone anaa plus oda antibiotics to treat pelvic inflammatory disease, endocarditis, den bacterial vaginosis. E be effective for dracunculiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, den amebiasis. E be an option for a first episode of mild-to-moderate Clostridioides difficile colitis if vancomycin anaa fidaxomicin be unavailable. Metronidazole be available orally (by mouth), as a cream anaa gel, den by slow intravenous infusion (injection into a vein).

Common side effects dey include nausea, a metallic taste, loss of appetite, den headaches. Occasionally seizures anaa allergies to de medication fi occur.

Na metronidazole begin to be commercially used insyd 1960 insyd France. E be on de World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. E be available insyd chaw areas of de world. Insyd 2023, na e be de 203rd most commonly prescribed medication insyd de United States, plus more dan 2million prescriptions.

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