CheapDataGuy:
Don't know of Regards but flygyl na life saver.

Been using it and it's been working for me

Angelfrost:
Ironically, it's most of your fellow doctors that compound the issue of antibiotics resistance... Nigeria is one of the few countries where "trained" medical doctors prescribe antibiotics for flu and common cold symptoms especially in pediatric cases. Same thing for self-limiting oto-infections...

The case of metronidazole use in non-complicated diarrhea is an age long abuse that will be difficult to curb, mostly due to the constipation-inducing side-effect of the drug (which most mistake as the main therapeutic effect).

123marky:

Yewandequeen:
This will be hard to stop cos majority first means of stopping diarrhea is Flagyl.

Little did many know that Soaking garri or eating bread also helps.

Odingo1:
Nonsense, Flagyl na koko, just one tablet you are back to factory setting.

Sunnybabe:
ftc

Amuocha:
Mynd44 sef

Add Agbo jedi and smallie

OgbanjeProphet:
Useless Aproko doctor! Ask am any question at all, he will never answer you. Just be yaning rubbish for twitter.

Angelfrost:
Ironically, it's most of your fellow doctors that compound the issue of antibiotics resistance... Nigeria is one of the few countries where "trained" medical doctors prescribe antibiotics for flu and common cold symptoms especially in pediatric cases. Same thing for self-limiting oto-infections...

The case of metronidazole use in non-complicated diarrhea is an age long abuse that will be difficult to curb, mostly due to the constipation-inducing side-effect of the drug (which most mistake as the main therapeutic effect).

Angelfrost:
Ironically, it's most of your fellow doctors that compound the issue of antibiotics resistance... Nigeria is one of the few countries where "trained" medical doctors prescribe antibiotics for flu and common cold symptoms especially in pediatric cases. Same thing for self-limiting oto-infections...

The case of metronidazole use in non-complicated diarrhea is an age long abuse that will be difficult to curb, mostly due to the constipation-inducing side-effect of the drug (which most mistake as the main therapeutic effect).

Sterope:

You don't need to take Flagyl everyday to develop resistance. Antibiotics resistance is on the rise. You can't predict when you will have a life threatening condition and it might be to late to find one that would work. Thank goodness you live in Nigeria and Nigeria is not known for its quality health services.

So continue taking Flagyl at your risk.

seunH:
You are right sir to an extent but I kind of disagree with the last part when you said "due to the constipation-inducing side-effect of the drug which most mistake as the main therapeutic effect". Metronidazole is an antibiotic that has affinity for gut microbes. When these microbes attack the gut, they elicit inflammatory reactions which damage the gut mucosa especially the villi which is responsible for absorbing fluid and nutrients from food, hence the gut would lose capacity to hold food for long, leading to diarrhea. When metronidazole is administered, these gut microbes are destroyed and this leads to cessation of inflammatory reaction thereby allowing for regeneration of the gut mucosa and villi.

JuanDeDios:



You people don't understand the problem - no, crisis - of the antibiotics resistance that is emerging; that's why you're attacking him. I doubt you even know what antibiotics are much less their pharmacology. The doc is not saying antibotics don't work. He's saying they work too much. He's saying that using antibiotics for the common diarrhoea is wrong because (1) It's like using an AK-47 to kill a cockroach (2) You're contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance IN THE LONG TERM. There are simpler meds you can use that will work just as well - if you feel you must take meds.

The day you get bitten by a nasty bug or catch an infection and all the antibiotics in the market refuse to work on your system, you will understand.

mallamnari:


Not so fast dude, try next week

dohyn:
No. The problem is being able to walk into any pharmacy or "chemist " to purchase these drugs without a prescription in Nigeria.
If a law is made to prevent this,we won't see the abuse of these drugs again.

sassysure:

U don't really blame them honestly.
And it's always very hard to let go of what u are used to when there is no alternative provided.
That Dr should have told them what to use or do if diarrhoea persists.

subcbouy:
Go take parnasharp pills. Una de win award for this?

Angelfrost:


Thank you... You simply provided further clarification to my simple statement. However, not every intestinal motility issue is microbe-related. Some are drug-induced, and even anxiety-induced. Taking flagyl for the latter is simply abuse... This is why an anti-motility medication like Loperamide should be first-line till infection is proven.

JuanDeDios:



You people don't understand the problem - no, crisis - of the antibiotics resistance that is emerging; that's why you're attacking him. I doubt you even know what antibiotics are much less their pharmacology. The doc is not saying antibotics don't work. He's saying they work too much. He's saying that using antibiotics for the common diarrhoea is wrong because (1) It's like using an AK-47 to kill a cockroach (2) You're contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance IN THE LONG TERM. There are simpler meds you can use that will work just as well - if you feel you must take meds.

The day you get bitten by a nasty bug or catch an infection and all the antibiotics in the market refuse to work on your system, you will understand.