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Metronidazole Prescription Drugs
Metronidazole is a prescription drug that comes in several different forms. The available products include:
- Flagyl® 250 mg tablets
- Flagyl 500 mg tablets
- Flagyl 375 mg capsules
- Flagyl 750 ER mg tablets
- Flagyl IV injection solution
- MetroCream® 0.75 percent cream
- MetroGel® 0.75 and 1 percent gel
- MetroGel-Vaginal® 0.75 percent vaginal gel
- MetroLotion® 0.75 lotion
- Noritate® 1 percent cream
- Vandazole® 0.75 percent vaginal gel.
The following prescription forms of metronidazole are not available in generic form:
- Flagyl 750 ER mg tablets
- Noritate 1 percent cream
- MetroGel 1 percent gel
- Vandazole 0.75 percent vaginal gel.
All other metronidazole drugs are currently available in generic form.
Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD