Drug Ratings for MACROBIDAverage Rating: 1.7 (1202 Ratings)
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| 1 | uti | severe hot flashes, chills, headache, nausea, chest tightness, feeling like i can;t breathe, stomach cramps, hoarseness | I had just finished radiation treatments and originally thought my symptoms were from that. My husband suggested it was the Macrobid since I had not had any side effects prior to starting Macrobid. After researching this drug my side effects are definately from it. I had pounding headache, nausea, stomache cramps even though I took it with breakfast and dinner. At one point I had the feeling of not being able to breathe. on day 5 I had chest tightness like bad indigestion, was afraid to take antacid because warning label says don't take with antacid containing magnesium.I also had some hoarseness. I have never had any side effects from meds. By far the worst drug I have ever taken. I agree this drug should be taken off the market. I took for 5 days and suffered before it even occured to me it was from the antibiotic. Will not be taking the last 4 doses. | F | 40 | 7 days 100mg 2X D | 6/13/2013 | 3 | Urinary tract infection | Extreme hot flashes, joint and muscle pain, painful tip of tongue, blisters in mouth and genital area. | Not effective, my UTI returned after few days | F | 46 | 7 days 100 mg 2X D | 6/12/2013 | 1 | Bladder infection | High fever from 101-104, muscle cramps, lower rib cage on both sides of body felt like I had broken ribs, from the knees down broke out in hives and I was swollen, for a couple of days, I urinated brown, & headaches. I went to my family physician (before I broke out in hives, he had me me run a CT to make sure it wasn't my gallbladder or kidney stones causes causing the excruising pain! I had only been on Macrobid for 1 day when the symptoms started! the hives didn't break out until the 4th day, which was made me realize at that time it was a reaction! | It has been noted in my chart at my family doctor and my pharmacy that I am highly allergic to this medication! | F | 57 | 10 days 2X D | 6/12/2013 | 1 | UTI | Racing heart, extreme hot flashes, leg cramps | F | 32 | 1 days 100mg | 6/7/2013 | 3 | UTI | Extreme fatigue, hot flashes, foggy headed, no appetite | F | 32 | 7 days 100 | 6/2/2013 | 1 | Uti | Headache, body aches, chills, joint pain, sore throat, mid and lower back pain, bladder aching, nausea, lack of appetite, neck ache. | Took 2 pills, felt like I was coming down with the flu and called my GP who then switched my prescription to cipro. Still feeling very fatigued and achy. | F | 47 | 7 days 100 mg 2X D | 5/30/2013 | 5 | UTI | Wonder drug | So easy to tolerate; with very minimal side effects. My MD switched me to Nitrofur after my nightmare reaction to Sulfa drugs. Take the Nitrofur with food, and eat Activia or other live yogurt daily to keep your digestive tract functioning normally. | F | 63 | 5 days 100 2X D | 5/23/2013 | 1 | Uti | Second time taking this drug for uti without any problems until two day after I finished meds. I started itching on my neck and behind my ears. My head and scalp was itching like crazy. Now 3 days after taking last dose I'm itching all over. Uti gone but I'm itching out of my body. Taking Benadryl feeling a little better. Will call dr in the morning. Won't take this again. | F | 54 | 7 days 100 2X D | 5/13/2013 | 1 | UTI | freezing cold chills... skin hurts to touch, aches in all my joints. I am a very active and healthy senior...normally. | I called the pharmacist and said, Please put a warning on my file to never prescribe this to me again. I have quite taking it. | F | 61 | 4 days 100 MG 2X D | 5/9/2013 | 1 | HIVES HIVES HIVES and I've never had an allergic reaction to medicine before. | F | 40 | 1 days 1X D | 5/6/2013 | 1 | bladder infection | I have not been able to keep anything down, tomorrow is my last day on these pills, thank good ness. at first i didnt know it was even this medication that was making me sick but after reading everything on here and feeling ok before i know it is this.Ive been getting so sick,not just nausiated I throw up alot!I feel depressed,tired,no energy at all,i cant even keep water down, my face has broken out, i just want to sleep all day, and the other day i felt like i was struggling to breathe while i was laying down, which scared me but i was already getting close to getting done with taking the medication)sometimes my stomach feels like its tightening up too.its terrible i will never take this again.and this all started the same week i have alot going on,so its been terrible. | terrible drug, | F | 27 | 6 days 100 2X D | 4/22/2013 | 1 | Bladder infection | I took ONE dose of Macrobid last night at about 8pm after a full meal and started feeling bad by 10pm. Nausea, stomach discomfort, and sweats all night long. Today I felt miserable; nausea continued, stomach discomfort, just not feeling quite right, then the watery diarrhea started. After reading everyone's experiences, this drug should have more warnings about the side effects. | This medication should definitely be more closely monitored. It is evident that there have been severe life threatening side effects. | F | 42 | 1 days 100mg 1X D | 4/11/2013 | 1 | UTI | Only took ONE tablet about 2pm, but 7pm I was experiencing the worst headache I have ever had. I couldn't stand noise or light and had to go to bed at 8.15pm. I had itchiness on my feet and felt as if I was burning up. I have had RA for many years and experienced a lot of pain but this headache was much worse than any of that, I hav e suffered side effects many times in the past and always follow my instincts when something does t feel right, I didn't take any more tablets and don't Intend to either. | I would stay well clear of this drug, the side effects are dangerous and I am surprised they are still giving this out. I don't even know why I was given this drug as I did t have a problem with the previous one I was on. | F | 49 | 1 days 100mg 2X D | 3/28/2013 | 1 | UTI | Itchy hands and feet, severe chest pains, difficulty breathing, horrible abdominal pains, blacking out, inability to walk. I've never experienced pain like this before. It was horrible! I'll never take this drug again!!! | F | 41 | 3 days 100mg | 3/19/2013 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, Severe Headaches, Itchy EVERYwhere (getting welts whenever I scratch), skin is EXTREMELY painful (feels like I have a sunburn), stomach feels weak... | Awful drug, will never take again. I should've just stuck with amoxicillin like I always do. Never again! | F | 26 | 7 days 100 2X D | 3/18/2013 | 1 | Prevent uti recurrence. | SEVERE ITCHING all over body like I was wearing prickly wool sweater. Cheeks flaming hot, itching like crazy. Eyes, head, neck itching constantly under skin. No hives, just horrible itching. Metallic taste in mouth. Next day, tongue started tingling and my voice started to get raspy. Called pharmacist and he said go to ER IMMEDIATELY which I did. | When I had this prescription filled for uti prevention, I was hesitant to take it because of all the precautions in the insert and the comments here. I called my uriologist and my GP and expressed my concerns, and they both said it was safe and to take it. LISTEN TO YOUR INSTINCTS!!! When it feels wrong, it's wrong. Hard lesson to learn even at 65! This drug is poison. Save yourself a trip to the ER if you are lucky enought to make it there. | F | 65 | 1 days 50 mg 1X D | 3/17/2013 | 4 | uti | Other than some nausea, I felt better within 4 days. I was worried it wasn't working but from what I have read, other people have experienced this delay as well. No other symptoms. | F | 23 | 7 days 100 mg | 3/6/2013 | 1 | UTI | Horrific to say the least! | Hives head to toe also, head felt like id grown a new skull on top of my own skull, my eyes are swollen like mad, hands only just gone down, ankles and knees in pain, on steroids now to combat this problem, they seem to take away some of the red weals but then more occur in different areas, only been on the steroids two days though so guess need to give it time to work.... awful experience, had NO reaction until day 14 of taking tablet. Please dont take this medication!!!! | F | 33 | 15 days 30 2X D | 3/5/2013 | 1 | Uti | Itching,my hands and feet are the worse. My eyeballs even itch. Went back to urgent care today and they told me I need all kinds of test and itching over your entire body is a warning sign of some awful disease's.(cancer to name one). Gave me steroids for the itching.not helping yet. Came home in shock and found all these post. Never knew I was taking medicine that can and does damage your body. I don't understand why this drug is on the market. This is insane. I really hope someone reads all these posts before making the same mistake the rest of us have. It's been 4 days since this started and no relief in sight. I just hope it doesn't get worse. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS POISON !! I know I never will ! | F | 47 | 10 days 100 mg | 2/16/2013 | 1 | Bladder infection | Only took 6 pills out of 20. developed Fever, bad rash, extremely ill, blood pressure dropped to 87/58, irrational, hospitalized for several days | This is a drug that I'll never take again scared my family to death | F | 65 | 3 days 100 mg 2X D | 2/9/2013 | 1 | UTI | Tingling in my face, both ankles and numbness in left arm and inside of left leg. Side effects started on Day 2. By Day 3 I went to primary to rule out any heart issues as all my pain was coming from my left side. EKG was fine. But I still have this constant muscle tingling/numbness throughout the day. Again only on my left side. Dr gave me Lorazapam to relieve my anxiety. | I stopped taking this drug after my 4th day, I did NOT finish the antiobiotic. Does anyone have experience with all the muscle pain associated with this drug?? | F | 37 | 4 days 100 2X D | 2/5/2013 | 1 | UTI | Initially, flu-like symptoms. After 3 days, I suffered severe muscle and joint pain in both arms, swelling in both hands, fatigue, and post-exertional pain. | I took Macrobid almost 7 years ago, but symptoms never resolved. In fact, the symptoms seem to be increasing with age. I did not have these symptoms before taking Macrobid. DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON. IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET -- NOW. | F | 71 | 2.5 days 100 mg 2X D | 2/2/2013 | 1 | UTI | I recommend anyone not to take this medicine. I have been experiencing terrible painful itching all over my body. I finished this med for a week now and didn't know what was going on until I went to a skin specialist and asked me if I was on any meds. I said yes a week ago. I forgot I took this med a week ago. I also went to the ER prior to my Drs visit And they did absolutely nothing but gives Benadryl. My doctor told me that I can get side effects after even 3 weeks of taking meds. i went home and googled side effects And got this. I can't believe this I now feel relieved to know what's going on with my body. I was going crazy. The itching was so bad. | F | 42 | 7 days 100 | 1/29/2013 | 5 | Bladder infection | Diarrhea for the first few days and a bit tired at times but other than that has helped a ton. I've actually had worse side effects with weaker antibiotics. I had a lot of the symptoms described in previous posts before starting the macrobid. Its possible some of the symptoms people are experiencing are the symptoms of their infection and not side effects of the med's. | F | 34 | 10 days 100mg | 1/25/2013 | 1 | Uti | Severe leg cramps, severe nausea, weakness, exhaustion, dizziness | F | 38 | 7 days 100mg | 1/20/2013 | 1 | uti | flu like symptoms, coughing, fever Hives on hands and feet DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | F | 54 | 7 days 100 mg 2X D | 1/16/2013 | 1 | UTI | Developed abdominal pain, joint pain, joint swelling, itching, tremors, head ache, extreme fatigue, burning skin. On the 9th day, the pain was so intense, we went to the ER. I was diagnosed with TRANSAMINITIS WITH AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS. I am currently under the treatment of specialists with a multitude of tests slated for the future. Both my husband and I are in the medical field and we are beside ourselves as to what has just happened to us. STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG. | F | 43 | 10 days 100 mg 2X D | 1/8/2013 | 1 | Uti | Broke out in hives after a few days!!! | F | 30 | 10 days ? | 1/7/2013 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | Overall feeling of not feeling well after taking 1 PILL! After 2nd (and last) pill I developed this cough, shortness of breath, followed by chills, fever, and the worst headache ever! Three days later, the breathing and cough has improved, but I stil have a headache, chills and fever. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE! | After doing my research on this medication, I'm so disgusted that it is still on the market. There are serious life-changing side effects from this medication!! I have learned that we must all be proactive when it comes to our health and do our research BEFORE we take medicine. If you suffer from an recurring issue, reseach natural alternatives to provide your body with a healthy maintance. | F | 44 | 1 days 100 2X D | 1/6/2013 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Nausea, severe itching and hives that started immediately after final dose. Itching and skin sensitivity have continued for weeks. Itching started with extremities but is now all over. | F | 46 | 10 days | 1/5/2013 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms, horrible cough, fever 102, loss of appetite, nausea weakness. | This is my second time taking macrobid in 6 months for a UTI. I took it in May and ended up in the hospital with pneumonia after taking it for 1 week. Didn't make the connection that it was the cause until taking it this time. I will not take it again. | F | 77 | 7 days 100 MG 2X D | 12/3/2012 | 5 | UTI | Stomach discomfort | I felt much better after 2 days of taking the antibiotic. Did not notice any side effects other than some stomach pain despite taking with food. This was my first time taking Macrobid. | F | 24 | 7 days 100 2X D | 12/2/2012 | 1 | UTI | I took my first pill at 7pm. Went to bed feeling a little lightheaded around 9pm. I woke up around midnight. I first noticed a numbness/tingling in my right hand and arm, followed by an uncomfortable fluttering and tightness in my chest. I then woke my husband telling him that something was wrong. Within an hour, beads of sweat covered my face and body and I began to shake (teeth chattering) uncontrollably. I was terrified. My husband grabbed the thermometer and my temperature was normal. I should have gone to the ER, but didn't want to wake our small children upstairs. It's been 28 hours since I took ONE (100mg) dose of Nitrofur MACR. A faint, but remarkably uncomfortable fluttering and tightness remains in my chest. I am also still experiencing horrible tingling/numbness (as if my hands and arms "fell asleep") in my right hand/arm. This is also occurring in my left arm as well now, to a much lesser degree. Please don't take this drug! Find an alternative. It's not worth t | I hope and pray that the numbness, tingling, and "pins and needles" sensation in my hands goes away. I am so uncomfortable. I couldn't even hold a grape in my right hand this morning. I don't know what I'll do if this is permanent. I am going to see my doctor again tomorrow. | F | 35 | 1 days 100mg 2X D | 11/29/2012 | 5 | uti | Best medicine ive ever taken for a uti or kidney or bladder infection. I dont respond well to antibiotics. I get dizzy heart races etc. Have NO side effects at all on this medicine and it works very fast! | F | 23 | 10 days 100 | 11/27/2012 | 1 | uti | Headache, body aches, fever, chills, skin hurts to the touch. Nausea, dizziness,lack of appetite, upset stomach. Joint pain especially low back and knees. Difficulty taking deep breath. Dark urine. I think I have every side effect and I feel horrible. I would never take this drug again. The symptoms began slowly, but by day 4 they were full blown. I've never had a reaction to medicine before, I am a fit person and this has knocked me on my rear. Everything is painful, including sitting and sleeping because of my skin aching. I rarely get sick, and I've never felt worse. | F | 41 | 4 days 2xday 7day | 11/27/2012 | 1 | UTI | Every day felt worse, had body aches, then on day 5, had severe chest pain going through me into my back, thought I was dying of heart attack Then fever, and chills felt totally horrible. Will never take it again! | Use with caution, stop taking immediately if side effects make you feel worse. An antibiotic is supposed to make you feel better, not worse. | F | 51 | 5 days 100 2X D | 11/26/2012 | 2 | UTI | I'm on day 3 and the side effects I've had are sleepiness and stomach aches and feeling a little off and headache.. after reading the reviews I'm actually kind of scared. I hope I get better and not worse!! | F | 22 | 10 days 100 | 11/16/2012 | 1 | Bladder infection | Fever, Chills, stomach pain, lower back pain, body aches, chest pain, Cough, extreme tiredness, trouble breathing, very spacey, no appetite. Pretty much every symptom listed. | I am stopping after 5 days. Supposed to take for 10 days. I feel worse than ever! I'm literally dragging myself to work and fighting to concentrate. Haven't slept well in 5 days due to body pain, constant cough and fever symptoms. I didn't realize this was all caused by this drug. Thought I was just catching the flu. Calling Doctor tomorrow. Not sure if my original problem is gone. Wish I would have been warned. It's 4 PM and I'm crawling into bed because I am MISERABLE | F | 54 | 5 days 100 MG 2X D | 11/15/2012 | 1 | E-COLI BLADDER INFECTION | Nerve and brain damage. | I am devistated. I am a single 46 year old woman who supports myself working a part time job and now I have numbness and intense pain in my feet, legs, arms, hands, slurred speech and my brain hurts. I had to quit my job, do not have anyway to support myself. I am scared and heartbroken. | F | 46 | 7 months 100 2X D | 11/15/2012 | 3 | UTI | Hives appeared 6 days after finishing dose. Very uncomfortable for three days and seems to be lessening in severity, although welts appear after any friction on the skin. | The UTI symptoms did disappear after 1 day's use and there were no side affects during the course of medication. I would not, however, agree to take this drug again, in case the side effects are worse the next time. | F | 42 | 5 days 2X D | 11/13/2012 | 1 | Bladder infection | I started taking my first dose with dinner and afterwards started to have nausea and extreme tiredness. The next day I still had the same side effects and called my doctor and was advised to continue taking the drug. She wanted me to tough it out. After taking my 6th dose, my upper leg started experiencing intense pain with burning. I also felt dizzy and ways having difficulty breathing deeply. I called my doctor again and was told to immediately stop the medication. Was told to drink large amounts of water and take benedryl. I am hoping this will diminish these horrible side effects. I also feel that my bladder infection has not been eradicated. | I don't think this drug should be on the market. | F | 55 | 3 days 100mg 2X D | 11/1/2012 | 1 | UTI | After the second dose I experienced nausea, headache, severe chills, body aches, and fever of 103.2. Nasal swab testing was negative for flu. My doctor said it was probably a virus and to continue taking the Macrobid. Symptoms continued, and I also developed a rash (petechiae) from knees to feet, and burning sensations in lower extremities and feet. By day four the "virus" seemed to be moving down into my chest (pain on taking a deep breath), so I took some Mucinex, with no improvement. I started experiencing muscle pains in my upper and lower right leg, as well as knee, that made walking painful. I stopped Macrobid after 11th dose and nausea, fever, chills, headache, rash, muscle pain all quickly disappeared within hours. Cough is slower to resolve, but improving. | I have taken Macrobid twice before in the last 4 months for UTIs and thought it worked really well, with no apparent side effects. For that reason, I didn't suspect the connection this time. Only when the symtoms persisted and got worse did I start looking for possible connections. I was shocked to see my very symptoms listed again and again by others. I have never been allergic to any medications in the past, and was feeling very well the day before, completing a 6.5 mile hike with lots of energy. I ended up having to cancel a scheduled surgery due to the fever, and the original urine culture came back negative for a UTI. My husband and others I'd been around never had any symptoms. | F | 67 | 5 days 100 mg 2X D | 10/31/2012 | 5 | Bladder Infection | No side effects so far. I felt like the symptoms of my bladder infection, for the most part, had subsided by the third or fourth dose (day 2). I'm on the third day now and I feel back to normal. I will continue to take the medication for the full 7 days. | Hopefully, I will never have another bladder infection, but if I do get one I will ask for this medicine again. | F | 28 | 7 days 100MG 2X D | 10/26/2012 | 1 | Resistant kidney infection | Joints and muscles hurt. Then a hacking cough with a lot of congestion followed by loss of voice, sore throat, severe fatigue, weakness and severe neuropathy in hands and arms . New urologist told me today that they don't usually prescribe this medication any longer and that I had been over-dosed by another urologist who prescribed it. I was told I needed to see a neurologist and pulmonary specialist for all the residual symptoms from this drug. | I've been off the medication for 7 days and feel weak. Very worried about my cough, loss of voice and severe numbness in my arms and hands. I will never take this medication again. I hope the symptoms I am experiencing will eventually go away with time. If not then I will have them forever. | M | 65 | 8 days 100 mg 4X D | 10/23/2012 | 1 | uti | Severe rash on legs and buttocks large itchy welts. I have had rash for about 2 weeks now, also on my fingers | F | 4 days 50 mg | 10/22/2012 | 1 | UTI | Peripheral neuropathy, joint &muscle pain, digestive issues, suffered autoimmune liver damage and kidney damage | It has been 1 year and 5months since I took this poison and I still am not the same, I have not recovered they need to take this off the market!! I initially had horrible joint and muscle pain my knees started buzzing and by the last day I could barely walk and had pins and needles and electrical shocks that developed into peripheral neuropathy. My joints still are in so much pain it has spread to my back, my jaw, my hands all over. I also got liver and kidney damage and it triggered an autoimmune response to where now there is no cure for it!!! If your smart DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! seek other alternatives or natural remedies. | F | 23 | 14 days 50MG 2X D | 10/21/2012 | 4 | uti | hi i just took my meds after reading the post im thinking twice but im going to wait to see i hope i dont get any side effects | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 10/17/2012 | 5 | UTI | Nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, exhaustion | It's all kind of relative, I guess. Macrobid wiped me out for a week. It has some nasty side effects, but none of them were as bad as the screaming UTI pain I was feeling when I urinated. It worked, even if it did take another week for me to feel like myself again. Macrobid is the quintessential example of the saying, "You've got to suffer to feel better". It's recommended that you take Macribid with food, which did not attract me while I was on this medication, and that's an understatement. So I choked down more saltines in that 7 days than I have eaten in the past ten years. You HAVE to get something in your stomach before these pills hit it or you are in for a very nauseaus ride. Also, because antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria, they also kill the good bacteria along with the bad. I kept a supply of active yogurt handy because I wasn't able to eat all that much, it went down easily, and it did help some with the lower intestinal side effects. | F | 59 | 7 days 100 mg 2X D | 10/8/2012 | 2 | UTI | Experienced pain caused by what I thought was a bladder infection, was put on macrobid 2x a day for 7 days. Finished the pills and 2 days later experienced the same symptoms (burning while urinating etc) and called my doc. She did another urine test and put me back on macrobid. Ever since I've been excessively sweating (in rooms that are cold) and I have noticed a slight drop in my immune system. I used to be very healthy but now I feel as if this antibiotic is slowing me down. I have flu like symptoms and I'm very itchy. This didn't happen during the first week that I consumed the pills. | F | 18 | 7 days | 10/8/2012 | 1 | Slight bladder infection | Prescribed after urine test showed "slight bladder infection" [no symptoms]. Extreme sore throat and lungs on first day. Breathing difficulty by third day due to increased lung and nasal congestion / sinus swelling. Painful nonproductive cough, raw throat, and hoarseness. Called physician re: insert instructions / warnings about "new infections" and potential fatality linked to lung infections. Physician Assistant's assistant advised symptoms unremarkable, probable cold, and not Microbid. By day four wracked with flu-like symptoms, headache, pain and tenderness inside mouth [gums & cheek], full-body aches, weakness, malaise, nausea, intensified lung, throat, nasal pain, congestion, impaired breathing, nonproductive cough making it difficult to sleep. Day 5 [yesterday] - no confidence disregard of Physician Assistant's assistant advise, stopped taking. No improvement by day 6. Not recommended for "slight bladder infection." | Safety of this drug for patients with compromised immunity questioned. | F | 57 | 5 days 100 2X D | 10/4/2012 | 1 | UTI | Terrible rash in my genital area, dizziness, nausea, weakness. As soon as I started to take this antibiotic I had terrible rash in my genital area and I'm on an anti-viral for that and it is not going away. I'm very depressed since I started to take it and extremely tired, I can barely get out of the bed to go to work and I'm in bed all other times. | I stopped taking this medication as of today even though I have 2 more days to go. There is no way I'll be able to handle all these side effects. | F | 31 | 5 days 2X D | 9/29/2012 | 1 | UTI | Tiredness, feeling that I couldn't get enough air into my lungs (I'm not asthmatic). Queasiness. Muscle cramps (severe). Prickling sensations in my scalp and legs. Feverish. Fluid retention. Was supposed to take it for a week; stopped after 4 days due to increasing symptoms. 36 hours after my last dose I developed an itchy red rash on my face, and my skin in general felt like it was burning. I would never take this again! | Why give something so toxic without trying another antibiotic first? | F | 61 | 4 days 100 mg 2X D | 9/28/2012 | 1 | bladder infection | got so sick with vomiting I had to go to the ER for dehyration- | vomited all ngiht after taking the first pill- had to go to ER | F | 61 | 2 days 100 1X D | 9/19/2012 | 1 | UTI & blood in urine | After the second pill I felt tired & flu like symptoms. The next morning I felt so tired, cold & nauseous, I waited until after lunch to take the third pill, 3 hours later I was sleeping, because I felt so bad, I woke up with my ears ringing so bad I couldn't hear. I called the Dr. & asked to be put on Amoxicillin because I know I can tolerate that & I've taken it for UTI before, she agreed but only until the results of my culture come back. I will never take this drug again, It's been 24 hrs. & I still feel tired, cold & my mind is fuzzy. | I am very drug sensitive & I am so tired of these drug companies coming up with these strong drugs. I would not recommend this drug to anyone, read the side effects, scary! | F | 73 | 2 days 100 2X D | 9/19/2012 | 3 | DOUBLE KIDNEY INFECTION | From the start of this drug, I've had nothing but:: Vomitting, Nasuea, Abdominal Cramping, Fevers, Cold Chills, HeadAches so severe I couldn't even cough without screaming in pain, Sore Itchy Throat, Itchy Rashy Skin, Yellowing of the Skin, ALL over body Pain. This is by far the WORST prescription for any medical issue I've ever had in my life, & I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TAKE THIS FOR ANY REASON. | I'm a single Mom, & this Medication which is suppose to help me feel better, & get better, made it so that for almost a week my family took care of my Daughter while I was busy on the toilet puking, or crapping, or in bed with a fever over 104F this AntiBiotic, is more like a damned Virus designed to Kill. >=| I am very unpleased about the side effects.. Not to mention that when the label says stay away from "Spicy Foods" it TRULY means all foods with any kind of Spice except for Salt & Pepper. No Coffee, or Tea, no nothing. This is a medication that needs to be re-evaluated BEFORE anyone else is prescribed it. I think next time I'm sick, I'll go see an Old School Medicine Man. I have better chances with him. | F | 21 | 10 days 100MG 2X D | 9/18/2012 | 1 | uti infection | Headache,chest pains,upset stomach, very bad leg pain, feels like someone has crushed my left leg, it numb to my knee. Very sleepy all the time also gave me the worse yeast infection ever!! | F | 24 | 7 days 100 mg | 9/18/2012 | 5 | Intersttial Cystitus | Hardly any sude effects, DOXICYCLINE has alot more side effects, felt like I was dying on that medication. The only Macrobid Side effects were headache on day 5 and 6, but then it subsided. By the end of the fourth week, chest pressure and pain, also kicked in my arythmia a bit(which is normal, you should not be on this medicine for more than a month, at ANY dose, even 50mg a day, its very strong) Side effects only started for me at the end, but then again, I was on a very high dose, and for longer than normal. But, hey, it cured my "incurable" interstitial cystitus, where all other antibiotics failed. I could kiss my doctor for prescribing this awesome antibiotic that worked for me. | Its strong. But it works. Ive had more side effects with other antibiotics. Ive read of peopel taking this medication for more than six months a low maintanance dose (50mg) a day, and ended up with some serious problems. This is a hardcore antibiotic that is meant for to be taken at the max dose for a short period of time in my opinion. 50mg twice a day was not gonna beat my problem. 100mg, 2 to 3 times a day, for a week to 14 days is sufficiant for most people. | F | 32 | 3 weeks 100mg 3X D | 9/12/2012 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this to take after intercourse to prevent a UTI. I took 1 pill a couple times a month. I developed Periphial neuropathy severely. I was unknowingly deficient in B12 which exacerbated the situation. This side effect is never mentioned, but is listed in causes of neuropathy! It is not a curable disease! It is devastating! You can have only taken one pill and have this side effect! | Everyone should be tested for B12 deficiency before taking this drug. | F | 61 | 1 days 30 mg 1X D | 9/12/2012 | 1 | Horrible nausea not actually throwing up but just gagging but this I can deal with - the worse thing is the headache and the stiff neck and muscle pain in my neck right near the base of my skull. It has brought me to tears nearly every day and I have given birth to three children and had a few surgeries and never cried. | I am hoping it is working and my back is no longer in pain but the side effects of this medication is worse than the original pain. I have never had a reaction to medication before and hope that I never have to take this again. | F | 43 | 7 days 100 2X D | 9/10/2012 | 3 | UTI | Just finished a 7-day course of the generic versiin (nitrofurentoin). UTI symptoms have improved, but I woke up this morning with a full-body rash & itchy throat/ears. I just took Benadrly to see if it will help. In the future, this drug will be on my "ALLERGY" list. I dread to think what could happen if I ever took it again! There are much better drug choices available now. This antique should be retired/taken out of the formularies. | F | 49 | 7 days 10 mg | 9/7/2012 |