Comments on: metronidazole (metrogel, flagyl) popular rosacea treatment http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html Where the rosacea community meets to support each other Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:41:01 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-31402 Kathy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:16:38 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-31402 I know the creams are expensive and so my doctor and I decided I would make my own. He gave me a prescription of metronidazole 500mg , I desolve one in a tiny bit of water and I put half of one in a jar of Alba face cream (its natural) The pills cost for fifteen is 4.00 and the jar of cream is 17.00 dollars. Im tired of getting jabbed by these companies that produce these drugs, so Im making my own. So you might want to try doing this. I know the creams are expensive and so my doctor and I decided I would make my own. He gave me a prescription of metronidazole 500mg , I desolve one in a tiny bit of water and I put half of one in a jar of Alba face cream (its natural) The pills cost for fifteen is 4.00 and the jar of cream is 17.00 dollars. Im tired of getting jabbed by these companies that produce these drugs, so Im making my own. So you might want to try doing this.

]]> By: cara http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-31023 cara Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:11:40 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-31023 Also, I want to add that I was reluctant to get on the "antbiotic" train...for fear I'd never get off. And indeed, to this day I have not taken them. My answer to the antibiotics was the Optimum Health Institute in Lemon Grove, California, a non profit cleansing and educational program, in business since the 1960's and only word of mouth promotion. I did their program for a week and then did my own around the time I was going there and after. Also, I want to add that I was reluctant to get on the “antbiotic” train…for fear I’d never get off. And indeed, to this day I have not taken them.

My answer to the antibiotics was the Optimum Health Institute in Lemon Grove, California, a non profit cleansing and educational program, in business since the 1960’s and only word of mouth promotion. I did their program for a week and then did my own around the time I was going there and after.

]]> By: cara http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-31017 cara Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:41:51 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-31017 I have answered questions for "newbies" extensively but I will try to keep this brief. I was alerted by a doctor friend that my "rosacea" took a turn for the worse and I needed treatment. While always pink, the bumps (p & p's) were new. I tried the met. cream...and it continued to get worse. I finally put on my thinking cap and went on a complete cleanse, raw food for ten days, green juices for three days, weeks of cooked veggies, colonics, wheat grass....and every bit of bumps and redness disappeared. it must be intestinally related. back in the real world i find sugar, caffeine, sweet potato fries, starches generally cause a reaction with me. now i eat according to dr perricone's inflammation diet which i find relevant for rosacea sufferers as well as acne, and when i don't i see it in my face. now i can use the met cream to control since i am far from a saint with my diet, but knowing that i can counter balance with a good daily juice of cucumber, celery, spinach and lemon helps me stay in balance. I also find that jojoba oil and glycerin for moisterizer along with cleansing with cetaphil is wonderful......rosaceans generally need good moisterizers and cetaphil has an excellent one..... I have answered questions for “newbies” extensively but I will try to keep this brief. I was alerted by a doctor friend that my “rosacea” took a turn for the worse and I needed treatment. While always pink, the bumps (p & p’s) were new. I tried the met. cream…and it continued to get worse. I finally put on my thinking cap and went on a complete cleanse, raw food for ten days, green juices for three days, weeks of cooked veggies, colonics, wheat grass….and every bit of bumps and redness disappeared. it must be intestinally related. back in the real world i find sugar, caffeine, sweet potato fries, starches generally cause a reaction with me. now i eat according to dr perricone’s inflammation diet which i find relevant for rosacea sufferers as well as acne, and when i don’t i see it in my face. now i can use the met cream to control since i am far from a saint with my diet, but knowing that i can counter balance with a good daily juice of cucumber, celery, spinach and lemon helps me stay in balance.
I also find that jojoba oil and glycerin for moisterizer along with cleansing with cetaphil is wonderful……rosaceans generally need good moisterizers and cetaphil has an excellent one…..

]]> By: John http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-31004 John Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:48:15 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-31004 Every time I use anything prescribed by my dermatologist the end result is that it always ends up making my rosacea worse. I recently started using Metronidazole and it appears to be making my rosacea worse, but recently it has been more severe and relentless for longer periods of time than ever. I had a question about the progression of this disease. Have I entered a new phase of severity as before if I had a breakout, the S/S would subside after a couple of days. Now it seems that instead of just getting better that it will get sort of better and then bam I can not get back to what was "baseline" before. (Just marginal redness in my eyebrows, which is where this whole thing started in the first place.) The only thing that has ever worked in calming my rosacea is Aveeno soap. Unfortunately, it appears to be losing its effect. I don't understand this condition, according to Wiki, the disease is somehow connected to intestinal bacteria? I should clarify that I used an ATB cream for a while that worked and when it stopped working, it only made it worse. Since then, the Aveeno is the only thing that has helped and all prescription drugs make it worse. Does this mean that the bacteria have developed a resistance to the drugs that worked initially? The fact that ATBs worked makes me think something is wrong with my immune system. My dad is a doctor and pointed out that I have always had a low graunulocyte count on my CBC as a kid, but my overall WBC count is normal. Is this sig.? My aunt told me that she had rosacea of the eye and takes a steroid shot every year for it. If rosacea is a problem with the immune system, then this would seem to NOT be a good treatment. Perhaps, the problem is that the immune system does not recognize it as a problem. Although, from what I understand drugs that act to trigger the immune system often have bad side effects. Could it be hormonal as is one of the explanations for women who get multiple yeast inf.s. (improper balance of normal flora) At any rate, I wish there was a cure cause I don't want to live like this... Every time I use anything prescribed by my dermatologist the end result is that it always ends up making my rosacea worse. I recently started using Metronidazole and it appears to be making my rosacea worse, but recently it has been more severe and relentless for longer periods of time than ever. I had a question about the progression of this disease. Have I entered a new phase of severity as before if I had a breakout, the S/S would subside after a couple of days. Now it seems that instead of just getting better that it will get sort of better and then bam I can not get back to what was “baseline” before. (Just marginal redness in my eyebrows, which is where this whole thing started in the first place.)
The only thing that has ever worked in calming my rosacea is Aveeno soap. Unfortunately, it appears to be losing its effect. I don’t understand this condition, according to Wiki, the disease is somehow connected to intestinal bacteria? I should clarify that I used an ATB cream for a while that worked and when it stopped working, it only made it worse. Since then, the Aveeno is the only thing that has helped and all prescription drugs make it worse. Does this mean that the bacteria have developed a resistance to the drugs that worked initially?
The fact that ATBs worked makes me think something is wrong with my immune system. My dad is a doctor and pointed out that I have always had a low graunulocyte count on my CBC as a kid, but my overall WBC count is normal. Is this sig.? My aunt told me that she had rosacea of the eye and takes a steroid shot every year for it. If rosacea is a problem with the immune system, then this would seem to NOT be a good treatment. Perhaps, the problem is that the immune system does not recognize it as a problem. Although, from what I understand drugs that act to trigger the immune system often have bad side effects. Could it be hormonal as is one of the explanations for women who get multiple yeast inf.s. (improper balance of normal flora) At any rate, I wish there was a cure cause I don’t want to live like this…

]]> By: billy http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-30695 billy Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:46:11 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-30695 i had mild rosacea a few papules here n there....i used this for a week it broke me out bad....i stopped it...my skin calmed down and the cream went into the garbage....and no, i'm not gonna find out if it gets worse before it gets better ;) i had mild rosacea a few papules here n there….i used this for a week it broke me out bad….i stopped it…my skin calmed down and the cream went into the garbage….and no, i’m not gonna find out if it gets worse before it gets better ;)

]]> By: kitkat http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-29599 kitkat Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:39:10 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-29599 hi,there..its been two years after i got this tiny red bumps in my face and constant red face dilemna,i am a softball player whose supposed to be enjoying my last years in university... turn out to be a disaster,after graduation i moved here in United Arab Emirates,(one of the hottest place maybe) in here i found out that its a rosacea.(by dermatologist of course).. she gave me DUMOZOL(topical)(2X A DAY) and VIBRAMYCIN 100 (oral),two hours after dinner(once)..its freaking hot in here,humid is so bad,foods are usually spicy..so dehydrating,but i'm coping up.. i've been using it for almost a month,and its almost gone, the problem is it's hard to find in the market..... one more thing,i just got married few months ago,and i want to get pregnant by next year.. i want to stop my oral medication,any suggestion for antibiotics that has no side effects for pregnant hi,there..its been two years after i got this tiny red bumps in my face and constant red face dilemna,i am a softball player whose supposed to be enjoying my last years in university… turn out to be a disaster,after graduation i moved here in United Arab Emirates,(one of the hottest place maybe) in here i found out that its a rosacea.(by dermatologist of course).. she gave me
DUMOZOL(topical)(2X A DAY) and VIBRAMYCIN 100 (oral),two hours after dinner(once)..its freaking hot in here,humid is so bad,foods are usually spicy..so dehydrating,but i’m coping up.. i’ve been using it for almost a month,and its almost gone, the problem is it’s hard to find in the market…..

one more thing,i just got married few months ago,and i want to get pregnant by next year.. i want to stop my oral medication,any suggestion for antibiotics that has no side effects for pregnant

]]> By: Alyson http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-29363 Alyson Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:33:48 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-29363 I am 40 years old and have always had sensitive skin. The skin on my cheeks became very red and irritable after an unexpected day in the sun without sufficient sunscreen. It started as odd spots and then quickly progressed to red, angry blothches on my cheeks. The first visit to my GP (not my regular GP) said I had acne and gave me some Panoxyl which I decided not to use as it it can bleach clothes as it said in the instructions, what on earth can it do to your face. I went to see my regular GP a couple of days later who suspects Rosacea and has given me a strong course of antibiotics and metrogel cream. I am on day 3 and so far I see no sign of improvement, in fact I think its worse. Does anyone know how long you should continue and how long it takes to see any sign of improvent. I am 40 years old and have always had sensitive skin. The skin on my cheeks became very red and irritable after an unexpected day in the sun without sufficient sunscreen. It started as odd spots and then quickly progressed to red, angry blothches on my cheeks. The first visit to my GP (not my regular GP) said I had acne and gave me some Panoxyl which I decided not to use as it it can bleach clothes as it said in the instructions, what on earth can it do to your face. I went to see my regular GP a couple of days later who suspects Rosacea and has given me a strong course of antibiotics and metrogel cream. I am on day 3 and so far I see no sign of improvement, in fact I think its worse. Does anyone know how long you should continue and how long it takes to see any sign of improvent.

]]> By: Sarah http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-28741 Sarah Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:47:08 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-28741 A follow up--looks like I'm adapting to the metrogel. Only the third day and my skin is less irritated and looking pretty clear. I think it's working pretty well. It must have been a temporary adjustment flare-up. I do find, surprisingly, that I ideally need to use a moisturizer with it (surprisingly because I'm reasonably oily and found the metronidazole cream too heavy). A follow up–looks like I’m adapting to the metrogel. Only the third day and my skin is less irritated and looking pretty clear. I think it’s working pretty well. It must have been a temporary adjustment flare-up.

I do find, surprisingly, that I ideally need to use a moisturizer with it (surprisingly because I’m reasonably oily and found the metronidazole cream too heavy).

]]> By: Sarah http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-28708 Sarah Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:51:10 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-28708 Hi Maren, Did you figure anything out? I also just started metrogel and had a similar question--if you seem to have a reaction to it, how long should you wait (if at all) to see if you'll adapt to it before concluding it doesn't agree with you? I used the cream (twice daily, .75) for 2 months (I was diagnosed 2 months ago). I asked to try the gel because I'm on the oily side and the cream felt heavy/greasy. Dr. prescribed the 1% (brand name), once daily metrogel. Tonight was my 2nd night using it. The papules are seeming improved, but I'm having a return of stinging and some redness which I hadn't had in a couple of months. Thanks, Sarah Hi Maren,

Did you figure anything out? I also just started metrogel and had a similar question–if you seem to have a reaction to it, how long should you wait (if at all) to see if you’ll adapt to it before concluding it doesn’t agree with you?

I used the cream (twice daily, .75) for 2 months (I was diagnosed 2 months ago). I asked to try the gel because I’m on the oily side and the cream felt heavy/greasy. Dr. prescribed the 1% (brand name), once daily metrogel. Tonight was my 2nd night using it. The papules are seeming improved, but I’m having a return of stinging and some redness which I hadn’t had in a couple of months.

Thanks, Sarah

]]> By: Maren http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html/comment-page-2#comment-28280 Maren Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:24:22 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/focus-on-metronidazole.html#comment-28280 Just started Metrogel and an oral antibiotic for Rosacea. I mainly have mild redness and the monthly breakouts. Since i started the Metrogel (6 days ago) I am getting these zit like things on my lower cheeks and forehead like crazy! Is this like a skin purge caused by the metrogel that will go away eventually or just a bad reaction to it? Just started Metrogel and an oral antibiotic for Rosacea. I mainly have mild redness and the monthly breakouts. Since i started the Metrogel (6 days ago) I am getting these zit like things on my lower cheeks and forehead like crazy! Is this like a skin purge caused by the metrogel that will go away eventually or just a bad reaction to it?

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