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 | Shortness of Breath, stomach pain, cramps, general I'll feeling. | M | 60 | 5 days 100mg | 11/23/2015 | 1 | Uti | Extreme weakness and feeling of being generally unwell...diarrhea, nausea, flushing face, confusion. | I will never take this medication again. | F | 60 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 5/8/2016 | 1 | UTI | Horrible side effects had to go to ER I have anxiety terrible burning feeling through out body numbness in legs and arms sore throat cough dry mouth sick to stomach blurry eyes there has to be a better way to clear up a UTI Been off this medicine 10 days I PRAY this goes away soon I would not recommend this medicine to anyone I just wish I would have seen this site before taking this med | F | 60 | 100 2X day | 12/14/2018 | 1 | Uti | Got telogen effluvium. (Which is hairloss) Very upsetting. Hair is pouring out of my head. Will never take this again!! | F | 60 | 5 days 2X day | 9/25/2020 | 1 | UTI | I have never been allergic to any antibiotic but this medicine makes me feel awful. On my second day and after 3 tablets I have developed breathing problems and a cough. I just want to sleep and feel worse than I having the UTI. I’m going to try to complete my 3 day course but will never take this medicine again. | F | 60 | 2 days 100mg | 1/4/2020 | 1 | UTI | Horrible burning stomach pain and burning reflux. Nausea, vomiting. | I will never take this medication again. | F | 60 | 2 days 100 mg | 3/4/2020 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms, cough, chest pain, shivering | F | 60 | 1 days 100mg | 3/17/2020 | 5 | Severe frequent UTI's | I had zero unpleasant side effects. Took macrobid long term to finally stop an endless cycle of 7 to 8 UTI's per year. Easier to tolerate for me than most others and needed something long term. | Very happy with it. | F | 59 | 90 days 50 mg | 10/6/2017 | 5 | UTi | None | After reading patient reviews, I was loathe to try Macrobid as I've had violent reactions to other antibiotics (Avelox, Bactrim, Cipro). This is day 5 of 6 and I have felt no adverse effects so far. Crossing fingers. | F | 59 | 5 days | 7/28/2009 | 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 | 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 day | 10/8/2012 | 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 | 4 | UTI | Abdominal cramps, loss of appetite, dry mouth, lethargy, mild-moderate depression | I can’t take Cipro due to reactions (heart palpitations and panic attack), so Dr prescribed Macrobid. Can’t wait till I’m done taking. Was recently on Amoxicillin for strep throat with far fewer side affects. Realize it could be worse. Scary stuff. | F | 59 | 7 days 100 mg | 4/27/2019 | 3 | uti | Extreme lethargy, intermittent clamminess, dry cough, intermittent low back and abdominal discomfort - the side effects made me think my uti had developed into something worse involving my kidneys. | Was effective against the infection, but my urologist switched me to Cipro for the remaining 3 days due to the side effects of Macrobid - she told me that often Macrobid is preferred over other antibiotics because it is much less likely to induce yeast infection that some of the other antibiotics. | F | 59 | 4 days 100 mg 2X day | 7/8/2010 | 2 | UTI | I felt great the first 24 hours and then I began to ache terribly, developed a fever and slept almost 24 hours straight. I thought it was the UTI but now I see that I must have had a reaction to the drug. What is strange is that I had another UTI about 6 months ago and had the exact same reaction in the same time frame...that time I actually fainted when I went out to the kitchen to get a drink! I had no idea it was the drug that was causing this! It was as if I had a terrible flu... I couldn't figure out the connection. Thanks for setting me straight. I will NOT take it again, even though it was effective for my UTI. BTW, I am allergic to sulfa drugs. | F | 59 | 3 days | 1/14/2008 | 1 | UTI | About 6 hours after taking this disaster I got extremely sick with flu like symptoms. My doctor said I must have gotten the flu at the same time and reluctlently prescribed Bactrim for me. I took the full treatment of Bactrim and decided to take the rest of the Macrobid as the doctor must have been right. Once again about 6 hours latter the same results. | Doctors need to get themselves educated about what side effects are with ALL medications. It is true they are PRACTICING physicians and some of them don't know a hole in the ground from a hole in their head. Also, Macrobid is not cheap, if a doctor screws up he or she should be held 100% responsible for all cost not only for the expensive medication but the cure as well and their office charge should also be reversed. The good ole USA has some really serious health issues that are going to have to be addressed and this is one of them Don't tell me for one minute that doctors and drug companies are not working together to promote these new, expensive and dangerous drugs. Doctors getting a kick back at our expense or our lives? Something just has to change and change soon. Why is it that there are no specific dates in the internet as to when drugs are first introduced? From now on I am insisting that my doctor give me nothing but OLD proven mediations. | F | 59 | 1 days | 3/8/2008 | 1 | UTI | I generally just felt terrible--headaches and weak and leg cramps. I also experienced daily episodes of wheezing. I thought the wheezing was associated with a leftover sinus infection. I knew diarrhea was a side effect and thought I could handle it, but when the wheezing got worse, I thought I would do a search for breathing problems and realized that the macrobid was the problem. Finally called the doctor and he immediately told me to stop. I am still experiencing severe leg cramps 4 days later. | F | 59 | 4 days | 5/6/2008 | 1 | UTI | No side effects. It just doesn't work in my case. I see that a lot of the postings indicate an allergic reaction. If that were to occur to me, I'd report it to the doctor right away. | I guess it works for some people. It's the prescription of choice among physicians right now. | F | 59 | 4 days | 7/17/2009 | 1 | for a UTI infection | Acid reflux and headache while taking the drug (not realizing the connection). After completing full 7 day dosage, on 9th day experienced hives, severe gas/pain around chest and back, acid reflux, burping, sores on the roof of my mouth, glassy eyes, extreme exhaustion, cough, some face swelling,eg muscle spasms, needed bed rest. | I am outraged about this -- after some investigation I found this site, and realized I was suffering from an allergic reaction. I would like to know if anyone had contacted P&G. I just sent them an e-mail, and have also contacted the FDA to file a complaint. I'm waiting to hear back from P&G, but am seriously thinking of contacting an attorney. | F | 59 | 7 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | UTI | short of breath, headache, cold, felt like I was getting the flu, legs were bright red and itchy (they looked like they was badly sun burned). | I was supposed to take it for 7 days. This is day 4 and I quit. I am afraid it will just get worse! | F | 59 | 4 days | 5/16/2005 |