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Metrocream - Metronidazole - For Acne - **WARNING**


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So a specialist (dermatologist) prescribed this Metrocream aka Metronidazole  stuff to my wife for occasional break-outs that are apparently rosacea. No mention of any medication contraindications or possible side effects.

I thought I would try it out to see if it had any impact on a bit of acne I have gotten recently. It started drying it up in short order but then I started having these really weird what turned out to be side effects. I honestly thought that my blood pressure had shot up and at one point I thought I might even be having a mild cardiac event. Throbbing tighness in my neck and head, prickly itchiness, numbness in my left hand. Turns out these are all possible side effects from this shit.

I stopped using it and apparently it takes 3 days to clear your system so things are lessening but still there to a minor extent. Apparently this stuff is absorbed through the skin and then processed by the liver and some people react this way. The derm mentioned absolutely nothing about these possible sides not to mention something else he gave her has a major contraindication with a med she takes and this after she told him clearly our coverage only covers generic and he writes a script for 2 name brand meds...sheesh!

Normally I look up anything before I use it but christ, it's pimple cream for crying out loud...Will know better next time!

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