MACROBID Reviews (NITROFURANTOIN; NITROFURANTOIN, MACROCRYSTALLINE)Average Rating: 1.7 (1815 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MACROBID with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MACROBID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | recurring bladder infections | None that I know of but if I don't take it I will have bladder infection with in 3 weeks. Have have bladder surgery twice and bladder tilts so it never completly empties. | F | 59 | 14 years 100 mg 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 5 | recurring urinary tract infections | I usually can experience some slight nausea or diarrhea with antibiotics, but rarely with macobid. Besides, the inconvenience of minor reactions pales in comparison with the pain of the UTI and the disruption in my life. | My urologist has me keep this prescription filled at all times so that I can begin taking them immediately upon symptoms because I am so susceptible to the infections and they become full blown, with bleeding, within hours of onset. I've also been advised to take one macrobid after intercourse and try and urinate as soon as possible. That has helped immensely. | F | 59 | 10 years 100 MG 2X day | 8/21/2011 | 1 | UTI | severe lung scaring, can't get oxygen. Prescribed by 4 different Doctors, who were unaware of danger of this drug | F | 61 | 8 years 100 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 5 | Bladder infections | None | Have been taking Macrobid or generic for years with no side effects. Took for bladder infections and also preventatively occasionally before or after sex when I thought it might cause a bladder infection. Last couple bladder infections were really bad and decided to start taking Macrobid every time I had sex to stop the infections. Have been taking Macrobid pretty much every day for a couple months with no issues. Have a check-up scheduled with my doctor soon and will discuss health issues with her. Everything I am reading here has me really worried that I may be doing something to my body that I am unaware of! | F | 45 | 5 years | 4/4/2007 | 5 | UTI | None | I've taken this every time I get a UTI and have never noticed a single side effect. I could easily write horrific reviews about Pennicillin and Sulfa drugs because I'm ALLERGIC to those. It's not the drug or the dr. that's the issue if you're allergic. I've been on this with every UTI. years and years back and am on day 3 of it now. | F | 36 | 5 years | 1/5/2010 | 5 | UTI | None | I have been put on this for many UTIs and now use it as a preventative after intercourse. I've never had any problems with it. I would advise to take this at least 4 hours away any vitamins or probiotics as that can cause the medication to not work as well or at all. | F | 22 | 4 years | 1/27/2010 | 4 | Chronic bladder infections since Burch Pro surgery | F | 55 | 4 years 1X day | 6/17/2011 | 5 | To Prevent Chronic UTI's | None | At about the age of 19 I started getting UTI's. About 3 years ago I finally went to a uroligist who prescribed me Macrobid. I have since been taking a Macrobid every time I have sex. Since I have been on the Macrobid, I have only had to go to the doctor one time for a UTI. This drug has helped me so much! | F | 33 | 3 years | 10/21/2006 | 4 | constant every 2nd day uti symptoms | I don't know what to say I was always in and out of hospital s and clinics for years, I could even clean my house I'd be sore for weeks so my doctors put me on macrobid I've been on it for 3 years now I'm starting to get worried... | F | 39 | 3 years 100mg | 4/14/2014 | 1 | uti | It was prescribed by a urologist to take every time I had sex.I took it for 3 years, and one day woke up feeling very sick. I had jaundice and stomach cramps. Liver almost failed...I had two biopsys in a year, and I am lucky to be alive. The Liver transplant list was denied since the steroids given to me regenerated my liver. Please don't take this drug for longer than a week. If you have symptoms of uti try urinating before and after sex. DRINK FLUIDS! | Don't take any drug for a long period of time unless it's for a disease(ex.diabetes,heart). Drugs are designed to help in one area but will most always hurt another. I almost died! | F | 33 | 3 years | 1/9/2007 | 1 | Prevent UTI's due to catheter use | I have developed interstitial lung disease, have severe scarring in my lungs. Shortness of breath, pneumonia like symptoms, night sweats, chills, fevers, severe peripheral neuropathy, dry cough mostly but at times with thick glue-like mucous, coughed up blood a few times, was hospitalized several times with what they thought was pneumonia before being diagnosed with interstitial lung disease or bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and still no one connected the Macrobid until I began seeing a pulmonologist at a differnt hospital and it was the first thing he said was for me to quit taking Macrobid because it is terrible for the lungs. | My lung capacity went from being normal to having half the capacity. I could breathe normally to having to be on oxygen night and day on 3L. I was totally unaware that long term use of Marcrobid could cause pulmonary problems but it is on the warnings and I feel it should be a bigger warning on the medication so that I would have seen it. It was in the middle to end of the pharmacy's information buried withing all of the usual side effects of medications, it said if you noticed pulmonary symptoms to contact your doctor because it can cause life threatening pulmonary reactions. I think that should have been at the top in large letters. I would have noticed it and my lung scarring wouldn't have gotten so bad, now, I may never recover from it. It has caused deaths and I think it should be labeled differently. | F | 43 | 3 years | 6/20/2009 | 5 | Chronic UTI | If I don't take it will food I get terrbile stomach aches, so I make sure to take if AFTER a full meal. Also, my urine turns a bright neon yellow color. | I have to take one pill every time I have sex or I will get a UTI every time. As long as I take this pill with food, then I feel fine. This pill prevents me from getting an infection all together. I would definitely recommend it! | F | 21 | 2 years | 12/22/2008 | 3 | chronic recurring UTIs preventative | I used the generic for Macrobid as a preventative and treatment of UTI's for about 2 years. After a year and a half I started getting hives about 8 hours after taking a macrobid pill. It took me a while to figure out. At first I would take it at night and wake up with hives, which I mistook for some kind of bug bites ALL over my body. It happened at my mother's house, my house, my partner's house and finally when I took it in the morning and the hives showed up in the evening I knew it was an allergic reaction to the macrobid. My hives never lasted more than 3 hours at a time and did not always happen when I took the macrobid. I learned I'd developed and allergy and that with time my allergic reaction(s) could become more severe. I have also been exhausted for the last 2 years, but the exhaustion could be due to a general decline in health and other things like problematic sinuses. I am a smoker, so I don't know if the worse condition of my lungs and respiratory health over the | Macrobid worked for me, till a year and a half when I developed an allergy. It was really great to be able to have sex, take a pill and not wake up with a UTI. Now that I have reported the hives to the Dr, I've been taken off the macrobid, and now I don't know what I am going to do, because I am sure my UTI will be back by tomorrow. I no longer have any antibiotics and the Dr says other antibiotics will cause yeast infections, and have higher risk of even worse side effects. I'm back at square one and have to manage somehow to go in and give a urine sample when I have an all out infection. I have also developed an allergy to all the creams for yeast infections. So next time I am given an antibiotic I will have to take several doses of diflucan to combat a yeast infection, and each dose of diflucan is hard on the liver and kidneys...which have already had a beating with 2 years of macrobid use. | F | 26 | 2 years | 2/17/2009 | 3 | Recurring UTI | heart palpitations, bloating, foggy headed/distant feeling, sleeplessness, rash, nausea | I have been prescribed this to take every time I have sex to prevent UTIs. Usually, it causes some nausea, heart palpitations, and sleeplessness, and ill feeling, but not severe. If I take it more than one day in a row or more than once in a day, however, these effects intensify and become unbearable. Twice I have taken it to cure UTIs. The first time I hardly slept for a week (only about 3 hours a night, broken up). This time I have been nausious and bloated, and have deleloped a bright red rash (somewhat itchy) all over my face, and some on my arms. I am okay with it as an occasional pill, but DEFINATELY not for a longer treatment. | F | 32 | 2 years 100mg 1X AN | 3/14/2010 | 1 | UTI | Severe long-term lung damage, lupus, liver damage, neuropathy | This drug builds up in the system, even though you don't have any immediate side-effects, the long-term damage it causes shows up later. When side-effects started to show up, after two years of taking it, breathing issues ensued. Was admitted to hospital and then had to be put in ICU, (in respiratory failure) near death. Will be on oxygen forever. The short-term benefits DO NOT outweigh the long-term damages it creates. Devastating drug, in fact, the FDA should remove it from the market and doctors/pharmacists need to understand the long-term damages and devastation of this drug. Consider this more like a rat poison, instead of some sort of valuable drug. It is VERY toxic. | F | 85 | 2 years 100 1X day | 8/1/2011 | 1 | wife for uti | My wife was not told of the side affect of nitrofurantoin which is this drug. She took Macrodantin which is the same. We were not told of warnings signs to look for. I have posted on Macrodantine. Please check the drug on the net. She died because of the drug on Nov 14 2010 after 28 days in ICU 40 years of marriage and the doc didn't tell us the warning signs for problems. Turn lungs to cardboard. | M | 64 | 2 years 100mg 1X day | 11/8/2011 | 1 | Bladder infection | Crippling pain, vulva burning, neuropathy, severe fatigue, tinnitus, hyperacusis, vestibular damage, seizures, difficulty breathing, muscle cramps, nausea, dizziness, unable to walk or eat, intestinal pain, liver damage | I took this drug initially for UTI. Shortly after I began having severe genital pain. I had every test in the book come back negative. My doctor assumed I'm sensitive to bacteria and put me on this poison long term. I was bed ridden for 2 years. She insisted it couldn't be this drug. I fired her after contacting the FDA who told me stop the drug immediately. I was in liver failure at the age of 28. Macrobid attacked my nervous system giving me permanent tinnitus, chronic pain, nerve damage, a seizure disorder and vulvodynia. These conditions have no cure or treatment. My quality of life has been destroyed. | F | 28 | 2 years 100 3X day | 9/23/2017 | 1 | UTI/CHRONIC | SEVERE STOMACHE CRAMPS / NAUSEA / WORSENS I.C. SYMPTOMS | I have Interstitial cystitis(IC). I also have chronic UTIs. I believe the Macrobid makes the IC worse and as soon as i take it my stomach starts cramping, whether i take it with food/milk or not. Feels like your insides are being ripped out. I have a prescription for one pill a day but do not take it unless I absolutely have to. If you can take something else...take it! | F | 25 | 1.5 years | 2/12/2007 | 5 | UTI | I have been taking this drug on and off as I get recurring UTIs. Sometimes I get a little dizzy or tired but just about anything is better than a UTI. Usually get better within the day. | F | 24 | 1 years 100mg | 10/5/2013 | 1 | UTI | Headache, tinnitus, head pressure, pelvic pain, blurred vision, nerve pain, nausea, extreme fatigue, flu like symptoms, muscle aches, anxiety, dizziness, weakness, total inability to function, hair loss, noise and light sensitivity, insomnia, vulvodynia | I have fibromyalgia and am prone to bladder infection. After a few repeat infections my doctor put me on macrobid twice a week for nearly a year for "prevention". Over this time my fibromyalgia went into a major flare and I experienced severe increase in symptoms. They were all ignored by my doctor as being fibromyalgia. I stopped this drug in August and improved greatly. Yesterday I felt a UTI coming on and began macrobid again. After only three pills ALL of the mentioned symptoms have returned. The headaches and head pressure is ridiculous. The fatigue is crippling. It is NOT my fibromyalgia. I'm incredibly upset with my doctor and and the makers of this drug for allowing such a toxic medication to be given to patients. | F | 30 | 1 years 100MG 2X day | 12/12/2013 |
MACROBID (NITROFURANTOIN; NITROFURANTOIN, MACROCRYSTALLINE): This medication is an antibiotic used to treat bladder infections (acute cystitis). It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections. This medication should not be used in infants younger than 1 month old (see also Precautions section). This drug should not be used to treat infections outside the bladder (e.g., kidney infections such as pyelonephritis or perinephric abscesses). FDA Approval Date: 1991-12-24 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)