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After 3 days of metronidazole antibiotic course i gained loss of vision in one eye. i can describe it as loss of clarity and color and most importantly contrast but i can still see. it's been 4 months and it did not improve.what now?

Q: after 3 days of metronidazole antibiotic course i gained loss of vision in one eye. i can describe it as loss of clarity and color and most importantly contrast but i can still see. it's been 4 months and it did not improve.what now?

: Go to drugs.com and enter exactly your meds and see if this is a known side effect or it other meds interact to cause this.

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Go to drugs.com and enter exactly your meds and see if this is a known side effect or it other meds interact to cause this.

Answered 3/16/2023

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A member asked:

After 3 days of metronidazole antibiotic course i gained loss of vision in one eye. i can describe it as loss of clarity and color and most importantly contrast but i can still see. it's been 4 months and it did not improve.what now?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

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