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can metronidazole cause diabetet when you have been on it for a prolonged period

maureen
09/04/08
maureen
Topics:metronidazole
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Elizabeth Roberts
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Hello,

I am a freelance writer and editor living in...

Friday, September 05, 2008

While I've not heard of a link between metronidazole and diabetes I'm also not a doctor. This is a question you should explore with your doctor, plus any signs or symptoms that you are experiencing.

 

Best of luck,

Elizabeth

Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer
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Friday, September 05, 2008

As Elizabeth noted, above, there doesn't appear to be any published medical literature that mentions a relationship between taking metronidazole, and later developing diabetes.

 

I would guess that the reason is, within about eight hours of a dose, your kidneys have removed almost all of the metronidazole ("Flagyl"). The little that remains is excreted in your stool.

 

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