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 |
| 3 | UTI | Nausea, headache, dizzy | There are much better ATB to treat a UTI. It helped resolve symptoms within 1 day but I couldn't function like this during a workweek! The side effects are awful. | F | 2 days 100 MG 2X day | 12/18/2022 | 1 | UTI | Headaches tons of muscle aches and joint pain everywhere in the body and cramps | F | 40 | 3 days 100 mg 2X day | 12/15/2022 | 1 | UTI | 1.5 hours after taking one pill I had severe diarrhea, sweating, chills. This continued until the next morning. I didn't take more than one pill. | F | 47 | 0.5 days 2X day | 12/9/2022 | 1 | UTI | I feel like a lot of the other women taking this. I dread taking this medication. My symptoms seem like they were worse this time. I have a severe headache, feel anxious, upset stomach, rapid heart beat, dizzy, my mouth has been watering, I feel so emotional. I thought for sure I was having a stroke today. I feel so weird in my own body. All of these side effects just to get rid of a UTI. There has to be a better way. Haven't had the dreams left but I am sure they are coming. | F | 50 | 2 days 100 2X day | 11/18/2022 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, vomiting, intense headache, blurred vision, brain fog, muscle aches, weakness, dizziness, fever, complete loss of appetite, dry mouth, rash/itching, stomach cramps, | I will never take this drug again. I would rather the UTI. I have never been so sick from a prescription! Not worth the torture. Very difficult to take this medication with food as prescribed when you have zero appetite and what you do eat comes right back up. Beware if this drug!! | F | 49 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 10/29/2022 | 1 | uti | Slight nausea, headache, stomach cramps, extreme fatigue/weakness. | Took for 3 days,felt nausea whilst taking, by day 4 felt extreme fatigue/weakness and not able to work because of this, now day 6 and still feel the same. Still getting stomach cramps also. | F | 53 | 3 days 100MG 2x d | 10/12/2022 | 1 | Uti | Awful hip pain within the first week. After a couple weeks now I'm having joint pain in multiple places. This stuff is terrible and poison! Drs should know better than prescribe stuff like this that can destroy the body. | F | 38 | 0 days 2X day | 10/3/2022 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, vertigo, very emotional, shooting pains in hands and legs, extreme headache. No prior issues with back but developed sciatica symptoms severe enough to stop sleeping and walking for several days after ceasing to take the medication. I have also enveloped tinnitus. | Do not take this medication. | F | 41 | 2 days 2X day | 9/26/2022 | 3 | Bladder infection | The bladder infection cause me to have flu-like symptoms.. very high fever headache nausea to the point where I wasn't able to get to the doctor see if I had a UTI along with the flu.. what I had was a very high case of a bladder infection that was causing all these flu-like symptoms. I was prescribed this medication and now that it lightened the nausea I did not feel any better than I did before I went to the doctor. I'm so severely sick from it that I can't even focus on anything going on in the bladder area. even though I do believe it's working.. It has been the worst sick experience of my life. I hope I never ever have to take this medicine again. I am thankful that I sat here and read the reviews on this medication because I can see that I am not alone in this. Praying for all who are taking this.. | F | 48 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/24/2022 | 1 | UTI | My UTI was extremely painful and macrobid started to work almost immediately but I noticed I have had terrible invasive thoughts, my mind just races and I haven't slept since taking it. I thought it was a fluke so I continued- I called my doctor this morning to tell them I can't take it anymore. Without sleep paired with these horrible thoughts I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. | F | 28 | 4 days 2X day | 9/23/2022 | 1 | UTI | I feel like it helped my UTI go away I felt completely terrible while taking this medication. Bad headache, fever, chills, body aches, nauseated. Felt like I had the flu . | F | 50 | 3 days 2X day | 9/18/2022 | 1 | UTI | Within 12 hrs of first dose, I came down with what I thought was the flu. Fever of 101.5, chills, body aches (like I was hit by a truck), headache (from the top of my head down my neck), lethargy, exhaustion. No stomach issues, but I rarely have stomach issues with anything. Also had a feeling of disconnect, which I have never felt before. Almost like delirium from a very high fever, only different. The next day, an itchy rash started on my ankles and working its way up my legs. Also got a rash on my upper arms. Had brain fog and strange, vivid dreams (when I was actually able to sleep for long). Fever went away after about 36 hours and the body aches and headaches lessened. The rash has spread all over and I have it on my face as well. Still have headaches occasionally, but not so severe. Also not able to sleep for long and still having the dreams. Two days left and I came down with the flu symptoms all over again. Everything I mentioned above. I am going to take my chances and stop taking this drug immediately. Mainly after reading the comments on this site. I can't believe an antibiotic could cause these kinds of symptoms for so many people!! Fortunately, I am usually able to take any drug without any side effects. This is now going to be on my “allergic to” list. I never would've known this drug was causing these side effects for not having found this site, which is terrifying. | Granted, a lot of the side effects people talk about are listed on the paperwork that came with the script. However, it definitely does not give a complete picture, nor does it go into any detail about the severity of these side effects. I do believe after reading all of these comments that maybe this drug needs to be reevaluated by the medical community. IMO, it should not be given to anybody except as a very last resort. | F | 46 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/17/2022 | 1 | Cystitis | On day 7 I felt as if a bus had suddenly smacked into my head it hurt that much. My heart was pounding out of my chest and I felt as if I could not breathe. I collapsed on my bed after diarrhoea and felt like I had been drugged, I was semi conscious and thought I was going to die. I was also severely dehydrated. My husband took me to A&E where they ran various tests but they refused to believe this antbiotic could have had any involvement. I have never experienced anything like this before and I instinctively know this drug caused it. I feel more certain now having read others reviews on here. | Please, do not ever take this. | F | 48 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/11/2022 | 1 | Kidney infection | Feeling like a truck hit me from both sides My body is aching all over, also im very nauseous Im exhausted from lack of sleep my skin is that sensitive it hurts to lie down pinching pains in my right side also dry mouth i feel worse then ever before ringing my doctor tomorrow to get another review if i feel any worse im going to A & E tonight dont think these are for me | F | 61 | 6 days 100mg 2X day | 8/24/2022 | 1 | UTI | Felt awful. Extreme Nausea ,headache, dizziness, hot and cold, aching mainly in back, racing heart, fatigue but couldn't sleep, sore throat and generally exhausted | Stopped taking after day 2 as UTI seems to have gone. Side effects are more debilitating than the UTI. Here's hoping I feel better soon. Would love to just stay in bed but that's not possible | F | 63 | 0 days 100mg 2X day | 8/20/2022 | 1 | UTI | Extreme temperature sensitivity, swollen saliva glands, neuropathy, nausea to the point of unable to eat, elevated heart rate, feeling very sick/general unwell, anxiety, high BP, shaking, continuous sweating- especially hands and feet. | Taken for 2.5 days, side effects long lasting after medicine stopped. This sent me to the ER. I felt like I was having a stroke. With how many people are experiencing such horrible side effects, this should not be the go to drug for uti. | F | 37 | 2 days 2X day | 8/3/2022 | 1 | UTI | Have taken 2 so first day woken up aching all over skins hot to touch slight headache tight chest not good taking antibiotics | Wont be taking this again after this course | F | 57 | 3 days X6 2X day | 7/29/2022 | 1 | Uti | Terrible! Severe headache, cough, fever, chills, body aches, fatigue. Stopped after only 2 pills. | F | 62 | 2 days 100 mg 2X day | 6/13/2022 | 1 | UTI | This made me feel dizzy and nauseous. I felt like l was going to crawl out of my skin and had severe pain behind my eyes. I quit taking it. | F | 40 | 3 days 100 2X day | 6/5/2022 | 1 | UTI | Never suffered with depression or anxiety in my life until taking this drug. I have felt severe detachment to myself and my surroundings, brain fog to the point where at the hairdressers yesterday I couldn't even say the word "hair dye". Woke up today and had the worst thoughts imaginable, so got into bed and just cried. Absolutely horrendous night sweats, but no actual sweat, just the feeling of burning up and nothing could help. | I wish I had read these comments before taking. It was the first drug recommended and I think the ONLY drug recommended by the online pharmacy, which I didn't have to see a doctor for and THAT is the worrying part. I bought these pills online after filling out a form as I contracted a UTI from a swimming pool and was in awful discomfort, and those cranberry powder drinks did nothing. Please do not ever use this drug. Please. | F | 32 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 6/1/2022 |