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 |
| 1 | Uti | Cramping throat swelled up. Skin cracking and red. Feel horrible Will stop This is a nightmare | F | 63 | 3 days 100 | 3/9/2017 | 1 | UTI | After 5 days I had stroke like symptoms: numbness in hands and feet, and on the left side of my body including my head and the inside of mouth. I couldn't speak and when I could I had slurred speech and great trouble getting out the words. My husband thought I was hallucinating. After two episodes within two hours of each other, i called my doctor who sent me straight to the ER. They did every test imaginable and found no indication of a stroke or any other apparent cause for this reaction. They concluded it could have been a reaction to the Macrobid. It is five days later, and the numbness has subsided, but I still do not feel well. I have pressure in my head, am very tired, and feel completely out of it. This is difficult because I am normally an outgoing energetic healthy person. | I saw all of the comments here before I took Macrobid and thought, "I'm sure none of these things will happen to me. People sometimes exaggerate". I am exaggerating nothing, and am so sorry to say I did not listen. | F | 63 | 5 days 100 MG 2X day | 8/2/2013 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, vomiting, severe headache, joint pain, ringing and pain in ears, weakness, misery! | F | 63 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 11/24/2013 | 1 | UTI | Chest pain, tightness in chest, nausea, severe headaches, muscle pain, could not breathe, pin point red rash on the lower part of both legs. Sore throat, hoarseness. This happened on a Saturday at 12:30 pm and I could not get out of bed until Monday at 7:30 am! | This should be taken off the market. Why would this be an approved drug if it does this to people.. I felt as if I were dying. So, I am out 35.50. So this pharmaceutical company is protected because they tell you the possible side effects at the pharmacy? Amazing! | F | 63 | 2 days 100 mg 2X day | 5/5/2014 | 1 | Uti | Headache, fever, chills, muscle aches, weakness, sore lower back, tiredness, sleepiness. I called the doctor on day 2, and he said I could have a virus! (But I knew it was the drug.) | I stopped taking the Macrobid after 2 days, and I still continued to have headache, fever, and body aches. I will never take this drug again. | F | 63 | 2 days 100 | 7/10/2015 | 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 | Bladder infection | I noticed increased arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), after taking the medication for 3 days. It was so irregular that I noticed it when resting and walking around. I contacted the doctor the next morning and they advised me to discontinue the medication. If it got worse they told me to go to the emergency room or call 911. I was very anxious about the heart beating so irregular. | After reading comments from others, I would not advise anyone to take this, especially if you have any irregular heartbeat. Most of the time I never even notice I have it, but after taking Microbid, it definitely aggravated the problem. I am also allergic to Sulfa, and will now add this medication as one not to take. | F | 63 | 3 days | 7/21/2007 | 1 | UTI | After 2nd pill, got violently sick. Had 101 degree fever, chills (violent) threw up for three hours, body ache, migraine headache. Was in bed for days, can't get my strength back. Continued muscle weakness. Hope I'll return to normal. This is the worst I've ever felt. | F | 63 | 1 days | 2/5/2006 | 1 | possible bladder infection | Nausea,extreme headache,ringing in my ears. Could be as a result of the pounding headache. | This is an awful drug, and should be evaluated further. | F | 63 | 1 days | 8/3/2009 | 1 | bladder infection | After only two pills I had a fever,chills, aches,pains and cramps in my legs. It was worse than any flu that I have experienced. I could barely walk and I thought I was going to die. | This drug is poison and should be off the market! The doctors and nurses at offices give prescriptions not warning people that these drugs have life threatening side effects. | M | 63 | 1 days | 8/23/2009 | 1 | UTI | Feeling nauseated at times (even when taken with food) chills, anxiety and not sleeping well. | On the label it said can be taken with food or milk. My pill book said not to take this drug with milk. Why the discrepancy??? I checked with my Dr. after taking a 5 day dose and my urine was clear but I won't take this antibiotic again because I haven't felt good since taking it. | F | 63 | 5 days 100MG 2X day | 11/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | 24 hours aftr taking -Loss of appetite, very achy all over back especially flanks and worst of all, horrible chills which have lasted 7 months. Doctors won't agree that this is a side effect from Macrobid and have put me through extensivehi-tech tests to find a cause. No answer so far. | F | 63 | 4 days | 9/6/2005 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Debilitating intestinal cramps, backache, headache and chills several hours after 1st dose. I took the drug for the same problem 3 months ago and had no side effects. When I read the comments here on the website I knew there was no way I would take anymore!! The reaction happened after clinic hours but I felt so bad I talked to the Dr on call. He was concerned I might have a kidney infection or stone. However, the next day the side effects were gone and we changed antibiotics. WARNING: If you ever take an RX and feel this sick, stop it at once. Follow your body and intuition and don't let anyone talk you into taking more!! | F | 63 | 1 days 100 Mg 2X day | 3/15/2012 | 1 | cystitis | Severe nausea and diarrhea. Lack of appetite. Very sleepy and cold. Unable to complete the 7 day course as felt so ill. | F | 63 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 12/5/2011 | 1 | UTI | I had taken Macrobid for 7 days. When the UTI did not clear up, I was prescribed a 10 day course. I took the first one around 6PM(2 weeks after the first course). At midnight I was in the ER..I have never been so ill. My liver enyzmes were three times normal..so I had drug related liver inflamation. I honestly thought I would die..fever, nausea, chills, aches, dry mouth, fitful sleep. After 4 days in the hospital, the liver enzymes are dropping to normal levels and I I am better, But since this drug has long term effects, it leaves me terrified. This is a dangerous medication that needs many warnings. User Beware..cure worse than the disease. | I have no other health issues..no high blood pressure, etc and take no medications. Have never been sick in my life | F | 63 | 1 days 100 2X day | 10/16/2011 | 5 | Uti | This medication almost killed my mom. She prescribed this medicine for UTI infection she was taken to the ER on a Friday night and was hospitalized for a week. She suffered extreme difficulty breathing and was placed on a bipap machine which is basically life support. She got out of the hospital and is still on oxygen and the doctors don't know yet if the damaged caused is permanent or not yet. Up until this time she was a healthy person who didn't have any major health issues, now she has the shakes,confusion,vomiting,loss of appetite,body aches,depression,etc. This medication is a life changing drug that may have altered my mother's life and our families lives forever. I had my wife call our families doctors office and add this medication to our allergic reaction medications. There is absolutely no way in the world no one in my family will ever take this POISON,and anyone that takes this stuff is a fool. I wish my mother's doctor would be more aware of the thousands of people this drug has changed and altered forever. You know you put your trust in your doctors hands and the pharmaceutical companies that they have your best interests at hand and when they don't and it's up to you too make sure you do hundreds of hours of research taking this medication. Since this event i have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on line reading about this medicine and there are no good responses or stories about macrobid just horrible experience. I can't believe the FDA allows this POISON | This drug is not meant for human consumption and to make people sicker than they already are | F | 62 | 4 days 100 | 6/29/2015 | 4 | U.T.I. | Achy all over, lethargic | Worth it to get rid of U.T.I. | F | 62 | 7 days 100mg | 11/15/2015 | 3 | UTI | Nausea, fatigue, headache,back and neck pain. | Nausea was so bad, that I couldn't eat. I thought I had a virus. Fatigue was really bad also. Stopped taking it. It did relieve the UTI symptoms, but not worth all the other effects of this drug. Won't take again. | 62 | 7 days 100 | 12/21/2015 | 1 | uti | Nausea, bloating, abdominal cramping, shortness of breath, acid reflux. Chills. | ER visit for uti symptoms. 1st dose given in hospital, and 30minutes later, nausea started with uneasy dizzy feeling. Discharged and went home. Awoke at 8am and felt like I had a severe hangover and severe flu all at once. Was out of breath after a few steps, and spent the whole day in a zombie state. Called doc and nurse advised to not take another dose, and wait for culture results. Terrible feeling that I do not want to experience ever again! The worst I have ever felt on any medicine! I only took one dose, and it is 3days later still feeling weak and dizzy. | F | 62 | 1 days 100 2X day | 2/15/2017 | 1 | UTI | Severe abdominal pain, headache, extreme fatigue and very bloated in lower & upper abdominal regions. Symptoms have gradually increased day by day. | Today, Sunday, 10/26/14 I am stopping this horrific drug. Hopefully my UTI has cleared. Will call and make appt. with my Urologist tomorrow. The MACROBID was prescribed the my Internist/Primary care DR.'s Nurse Practitioner | F | 62 | 20 days 100 MG 1X day | 10/26/2014 |