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 | 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 day | 11/15/2012 | 1 | UTI | The worst side effects! Itchy, red hives I whole body. From head to toe. Leg weakness, flu like symptoms, shivering. Heart beating out of my body. The worst allergic reaction to any drug. | Take it OFF the market NOW! | M | 54 | 6 days 2X day | 2/18/2016 | 1 | uti | I took one pill and an hour later was in the emergency room getting an epinephrine injection because my throat was closing. I first had severe itching starting in my hands, then my hands swelled, then my face started swelling and itching and my skin was beet red all over - even the doctor said I looked like a lobster. when the itching and swelling started inside my throat is when they started injecting me with all kinds of steroids. I was driving when the reaction started and couldn't even make it home, I detoured to my daughters house, and she rushed me to the ER. I really thought I might die, and I couldn't believe one dose did this | dont use this stuff, its not worth it. I'm 54 years old and this is the first time anything like this has happened to mel | F | 54 | 1 days 100 mg 1X day | 11/29/2015 | 1 | bladder infection | Flu like symptoms heart palpation, muslce weakness headaches and breathing problem | F | 54 | 1 days 1 | 11/15/2015 | 1 | UTI | chills, headache,no energy, malaise, stomachs ache. I literally felt like I was going to die after 2 doses. I took a 3rd and it put me over the edge. I didn't get out of bed for 33 hours...and that is not like me! | This antibiotic is poison! I would try to have your health care provider prescribe something else, unless you want to risk being sicker than before taking it. | F | 54 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 12/9/2016 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, abdo swelling, dense headache, lethargy, mouth ulcers | I am currently on day 2 of 3 and feel just as bad if not worse than before. Pain still in flanks and still blood and leukocytes in urine. Would have expected some improvement by now. Having to cancel Christmas meal tomorrow and if I continue feeling like this will be cancelling ski holiday! I've been told I'll be fit for work in a few days- can't see it at present. I'm a health professional and our service is already understaffed! Drugs causing side effects like these are costing the economy in sick leave- shameful. | F | 54 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 12/13/2016 | 1 | Bladder infection | Severe itching hives welts Burning skin FEELING in my ears it's been 13 days and still breaking out uncomfortable its ruining my life My Daughter is getting married September 28th 2019 w weeks from now I am sick depressed and sad. Because of this nightmare drug!! Going back to dr on Monday hope this ends ! Take off market it's toxic!! | F | 54 | 7 days 2 xs a day | 9/13/2019 | 1 | UTI | Chills, low-grade fever, dizziness, severe headache and stomachache. | After 2 doses, I stopped taking this drug. I have never had bad side-effects from an antibiotic and this was horrible. Way worse than the actual UTI. | F | 54 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 4/22/2020 | 1 | Uti | I started taking generic for macrobid for a UTI, I was taking Docy, but developed a rash on my torso, and it was not clearing up the infection. So the doctor switched me to macrobid. I now have muscle pain in my legs. My ears, face and torso itch. Blurry vision, and I feel like I'm getting the flu. I hate this. | Don't take if you don't have to. | M | 54 | 2 days 2X day | 8/11/2020 | 1 | UTI | blisters on throat, lungs felt like I had pneumonia, eye sight spinning, bone aches, and 3 - Transient Ischemic Attacks ! | might as well play with a loaded gun | F | 54 | 2 days 30mg 2X day | 9/16/2015 | 1 | UTI | After 2 days, horrible stomach pain, dull headache, nausea, dirrhea! Stopped taking it, feel a bit better. | F | 54 | 2 days 200mg | 1/3/2015 | 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 day | 5/13/2013 | 1 | urinary tract infection | Several hours after taking the first pill I felt like I was coming down with a chest cold. Soon after taking the second pill I came down with a fever of over 100, stiff neck, headache, backache, leg aches, chills, dizziness, nausea, no energy and my chest felt like someone was sitting on it. I quit taking the pills and called my doctor. It has now been almost 48 hours since I took the last pill. I still have a headache and my chest hurts when I breath. I have now developed a nasty cough but hopefully that will clear my chest. The doctor put me on another UTI medication called Bractrin. I have not noticed any side effects from the new medication. FYI-other than the urinary tract infection I was not sick before taking Macrobid. | This pill should be taken off the market. | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/14/2009 | 1 | uti | sudden onset severe chills, tremors, fever headache, arthralgia, severe muscle pain, weakness, couldn't walk, thought I would die rushed to Ed by ambulance after apparent vascular collapse. Had nausea vomiting, a real nightmare! | I took this Rx had above side effects 4 hours later called MD in a.m. said most likely viral. Stopped taking while sick took 4 days to get over. Started to take again 1 week later, wound up in ED blue nails cold feet hands, SOB unable to walk. Took 4 days to get over. Never take this drug!! | F | 54 | 1 days | 9/10/2009 | 5 | UTI | No problems at all. | I read these comments before I started taking this medication, and was kind of reluctant to start. Thankfully, I experienced nothing like the effects posted here, and it resolved the UTI. | F | 53 | 7 days | 12/5/2005 | 4 | UTI | Starting about 1 1/2 hours after my second dose this morning very suddenly I developed pain in every joint and muscle from my waist down, to a lesser extent in my back. Weakness. As the afternoon wears on it hurts to breathe and I'm running a bit of fever. Chills. Feels like the flu, but I had a flu shot last month. | This is the 4th or 5th time I've taken Macrobid for UTI this year, I have never any any symptoms like this before, only a slight transient dizziness the first time I took it early this year. | F | 53 | 1 days 100mg 2X day | 11/7/2010 | 4 | UTI | Took nitrofurtantoin macro (generic) after reacting badly to Cipro (severe muscle pain & mental fogginess), so I was feeling bad to begin with. I usually get sick from all antibiotics and have to be taken off them, but this is my 2nd time taking nitrofurantoin -- I had no trouble with it last time, and this time it has given me lighter side effects than most other drugs. First couple of days, I just felt like I had low-grade fever and was starting to come down with a cold, but that passed after a couple of days. After each pill, I had some dizziness, tiredness, and was depressed & felt emotionally unsettled right after taking capsule, but it would subside if I didn't think about it. I slept a little more than usual, was more tired after work, and it was a little harder to wake up in the morning, but once I got going, I could function during the day. Nausea didn't start until a few days in -- it was bad for first hour or so after each pill, but would get better, especially i | Remember to drink extra water with the pill and during the day. This stuff works by passing through your urinary track, so you have to help it along. Also take it with food. And I found milk helpful. I haven't been retested yet, so I don't know if I'm "cured", but I feel better than I did a week ago. I am going to look into the cranberry stuff next, as I'm not a fan of antibiotics unless really necessary (I thought the severity of my UTI made this round necessary). | F | 53 | 7 days | 2/13/2007 | 3 | Prostate Infection | Heart palpitations, light headed, occasional vague chest pain, insomnia. | ANY ANTIBIOTIC FOR A UTI MUST BE TAKEN FOR A MINIMUM of six weeks to be effective, according to my urologist. Works quickly but doesn't finish the job for me. The heart palpitations are unsettling. | M | 53 | 6 weeks 30mg 1X day | 2/23/2010 | 3 | UTI | Eyes burning; nausea, headache; fatigue | I've had this in the past, and I remember being nauseated by it. It worked, tho, so I kept taking it. This time, however, my eyes are burning/watering so much, I just want to keep my eyes closed. Not good! | F | 53 | 5 days | 5/15/2006 | 3 | Bladder infection | Diarrhoea (by end of day 1), calf muscle pain by end of day 1 - both calves very painful by morning of day 2, dizziness, light-headedness, mild fever. | The drug did signifcantly relieve the bladder infection by the end of day 1. I called the pharmacist in the afternoon of day 2 to report the side effects, and he advised me to stop taking it immediately, particularly because of the calf pain which was a definite indication of a bad reaction to the drug. I took a total of 3 doses. Hopefully that is enough to knock the infection on the head, but not too long to leave long term side effects! | F | 53 | 1.5 days 100 mg 2X day | 4/29/2014 |