• It's a potent drug in the nitroimidazole class used to treat bacterial infections of the: stomach and intestine. Skin.
• Metronidazole is used to treat bacterial infections of the vagina, stomach, liver, skin, joints, brain and spinal cord, lungs, heart, or bloodstream.
• Metronidazole is also used to treat trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by a parasite. Usually both sexual partners are treated at the same time, even if one has no symptoms.
• Do not use metronidazole to treat any condition that has not been checked by your doctor.

How To Use:

• Take metronidazole exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
• Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets.
• Metronidazole oral is taken by mouth.
• The injection is given as an infusion into a vein.
• A healthcare provider will give you the injection if you are unable to take the medicine by mouth.
• Shake the oral suspension (liquid).
• Measure a dose with the supplied measuring device (not a kitchen spoon).
• Swallow the extended-release tablet whole and do not crush, chew, or break it.
• If you are treating a vaginal infection, your sexual partner may also need to take metronidazole so you don't become reinfected.
• Metronidazole is usually given for up to 10 days in a row.
• You may need to repeat this dosage several weeks later.
• Keep using this medicine even if your symptoms quickly improve.
• The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients.
• Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label.
• The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine.
• If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
• The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine.
• Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.