can metronidazole cause diabetet when you have been on it for a prolonged period
09/04/08
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
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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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