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 | Severe body/muscle and joint aches, disorientation, dizziness, general malaise, nausea. Almost flu like symptoms without any of the respiratory issues! | This medication is HORRIBLE. I have never felt so terrible in my life because of an antibiotic. I took it Monday, both doses and felt crappy but hey, have the UTI so thought that was why. Tuesday, took the morning dose and all hell broke loose and I couldn't get out of bed. Was looking at my mom and she was wavy!! Almost like seasick while laying in bed. Took the evening dose on Tuesday and the body symptoms kicked in LIKE I WAS HIT BY A TRUCK! Barely slept. Wednesday morning, felt ok-ish. Took the morning dose and back comes the dizziness and disorientation. Drive myself (which was dumb) back to the doc for a new antibiotic. Well, that turned into “you need to go to the ER bc of the neurological symptoms.” 4.5 hours in the ER to be told they can't find anything wrong, minimal evidence of a UTI (bc I took 5 pills of Macrobid), and they neither confirm, nor deny, my symptoms were a result of the Macrobid. Oh, and I was dehydrated. Here we are, Thursday morning. STILL feel like a truck hit me. I hope this ends soon!! I'm miserable. Was prescribed Bactrim now for the UTI so hopefully this nightmare will end. Long story short: DO NOT TAKE MACROBID!!! | F | 37 | 2 days 100 2X day | 7/1/2021 | 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 | 5 | Uti | Muscle twitches first 2 days | I have a horrible time with any antibiotic. This antibiotic worked great for me which was very surprising. The first two days of taking it I had muscle twitches but they went away. Didn't have any side effects and didn't make me sick! Great quick relief of uti symptoms! | F | 36 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 6/27/2021 | 5 | UTI | Slight upset stomach last day of treatment. | I have anxiety about taking medicine (don't even take ibuprofen or acetaminophen because I'm scared), so needless to say I was not happy about taking Macrobid. I read all the reviews on several sites, which made me even more afraid. I called my doctor to get a different antibiotic, but she wouldn't switch me. I sucked it up and took my first pill, expecting the worst. I now have one pill left and haven't had any of the side effects that I read about. I have started having an upset stomach today, but I'm not positive if it's from the Macrobid pr something else. I know everyone is different, but I hope this helps make someone out there feel better about trying it, as this med seems to have a bad rap. | F | 36 | 5 days 100MG | 6/19/2018 | 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 | 4 | bladder infection | I felt like I was first pregnant. I felt very nauseous and had to drink thick milkshakes when I took the pills. It would come in waves. I also felt tired and had some headaches. | I think I would prefer to take another antibiotic over this one. Like others said...it seems to take a while before this one really clears up the infection. | F | 36 | 7 days | 3/21/2007 | 3 | UTI | Horrible itching!! I traded a UTI for extreme itching on my palms, feet, knees, legs, and arms! It's been 6 days of crazy itching. | F | 36 | 7 days 100 MG 2X day | 3/31/2010 | 3 | UTI | Hives behind knee. | F | 36 | 2 days 100MG 2X day | 2/7/2012 | 3 | UTI | Unsure | I was hoping to gain clarification on something--I came to this site to better understand Macrobid but am reading a lot of horror stories. It seems like a lot of the things people here have in common is an allergy to Nitrofurantoin. Is this true? I haven't seen one person just say "It didn't work for me because I am allergic to the components of this medicine." | F | 36 | 4 days | 12/29/2009 | 3 | Macrobid is doing it's job, so I have to give it that. But as soon as I started taking macrobid, I have felt like I've had the flu. I have had the hot flashes, and I seriously thought I may have a fever. The naseau has not gone away since I began taking the anti biotic, and I have had dissentary. I do not feel like doing anything. Macrobid has taken me out of commisio for about 4 days, and I have three more to go. BUT like I said it is working, and it is too late to turn back now. So, No, I would not take it again, and I will remember to put down that I am alllergic to it on my medical chart. I can't see the next time being any better. | F | 36 | 4 days | 10/4/2009 | 3 | Uti | Terrible stomach bloating. Was sick for 12 days. I didn't complete the 10 days just did 5. My stomach is still messed up! It did clear up my uti literally hours after first pill but the bloating is too horrible! I would never take that again! | F | 36 | 5 days | 2/23/2015 | 3 | UTI | So I am on pill 2 of Macrobid. Within an hour of taking the first dose inhas some dizziness and arm face tingling. 2 pill I had dizziness after about an hour and throughout the day. I also am having pounding heart. Malaise and not feeling hungry. I am really hoping that I can finish the treatment and my side effects dont get worse. | I wish there was a safer route for uti treatment. | F | 36 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 7/21/2020 | 2 | UTI | Within 48 hours my UTI sypmtoms were dissapating, and by the end of my 5-day perscription I was fit as a fiddle! I rarely need medication and am not prone to allergies. However! It has been 21 days and I've developed the itchies! Everywhere! Deep itching started in my hands last week, then moved to my feet. Now, I can itch anywhere on my body at any time. If I scratch, little bumps appear that look like hyves. I've also had some stomach upset and heart burn. | The Target pharmacist said to take a 1/2 dose of Benedryl, which I just started today. So far, it has eased my sensitivity--makes me feel less like scratching. I do wonder how long it will take for the itching to go away, but it sure is great to figure out what may have triggered all this itching, and that I'm not the only one who has had this side effect! | F | 36 | 5 days | 5/24/2005 | 2 | UTI-got from surgery | Nausea,upset stomach, diarrhea, now having severe burning sensation | I started taking these since May 26th and I am on my 5th day and it still haven't clear up my UTI. My bladder feels full all the time and now having a burning sensation which is very uncomfortable. I wish my doctor had given me. Will be calling first thing in the morning | F | 36 | 5 days | 4/30/2009 | 1 | UTI | hive-like symptoms, extreme itchiness, headaches, and sharp chest pains | Horrible, horrible drug! Please everyone, try the herbal supplement D-MANNOSE! You can get it at the health food store and it will totally eradicate UTIs without the harmful side effects of macrobid and other antibiotics! I have struggled with frequent UTIs since childhood so after my horrible macrobid & bactrim experiences, I tried the supplement D-Mannose. I take a couple tablets when I start to get some symptoms and after a day or two it totally goes away! Do your own research and check it out - it's so worth not gambling with your health by choosing a safe alternative THAT WORKS QUICKLY with no side effects!!! | F | 36 | 10 days | 7/8/2009 | 1 | UTI | SEVERE AND DANGEROUS RACING HEART BEAT - 180-210 beats per minute! Rushed to the ER and medication to slow heart. NORMAL EKG - no other symptoms. Never had a reaction to anything before! Severe headache from pounding heart lasted several days. | F | 36 | 2 days | 11/12/2008 | 1 | uti | horrible itching and burning with joint pain and swelling. I am in the third day of my reaction to this drug. | F | 36 | 6 days | 12/19/2004 | 1 | UTI | Second time taking Macrobid. Took pills for two days and felt aching pain in legs, tightness in chest, and extreme fatigue. Stopped taking medicine but was still very tired all the time and lymph nodes on the back of my neck swelled up and hurt. One week later experienced an intensely itchy rash from head to toe, that would randomly flare-up and subside a bit, then flare again. Also, had the worst acid reflux I've ever experienced in my life. Doctor prescribed Prednisone and Prevacid, and had me take the maximum dosage of Benadryl every four hours, and Gaviscon XS as needed. Even with all the medicine, severe symptoms lasted for another week. | Have now been finished all meds for three weeks but still have tiny itchy bumps spread randomly over body, a faint, slightly itchy rash on forehead, nose, cheeks, and legs constantly ache, especially at night. The first time I took Macrobid, I had flu-like symptoms after the second pill but the doctor told me that the symptoms were probably caused by my "illness" and not related to the medicine. My advice... don't take Macrobid (but if you have to, stop taking it immediately at the first sign of any side effects, and whatever you do, don't give it a second chance because you get a much worse reaction the second time around). | F | 36 | 2 days | 7/29/2006 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Took Macrobid for 7 days in December for kidney infection. Didn't feel much better while taking it. I still had pain in my right side and back and then on the eighth day I developed a rash all over my arms and legs. Had severe chest pains, fever, chills, headache, aches and pains all over my body and felt nauseated. I went to emergency and ended up with my appendix out! As it turned out, my appendix wasn't even inflamed when they removed it. My white blood cell count was elevated, but my urine analysis (dip test) showed no urinary infection. They kept me in the hospital overnight and gave me antibiotics through an intravenous. At the time, I didn't think my syptoms were caused by the Macrobid at all because I wasn't on it anymore. This week, I developed another kidney infection after ignoring a bladder infection for too long and the doctor gave me Macrobid again. By the second day I developed fever, chills, nausea, severe chest pain, aches and pains like the flu all over, headache and rash. Phoned doctor, he said to give the medicine some time. I still feel crummy, have rash everywhere and headache that won't go away. Went back to the doctor and he changed my medication. I guess we will see...I feel pretty weak right now and still have chest pains on and off... | This medication actually makes me afraid to try any others because the side effects are so deceiving and mimick other conditions. The docs at the hospital were all convinced that it was my appendix and totally ignored the fact that I had an unexplained rash everywhere as well as chest pains, etc. | F | 36 | 3 days | 5/6/2005 | 1 | UTI | I was the one that said that I felt like I had morning sickness while taking this for 7 days. Now I started feeling my symptoms again a few weeks later and my bladder infection is back! I am dreading taking antibiotics again--also yeast infection now as well-- I was prescibed Bactrim and am scared to take it for the 3 days based on the ratings. I hate taking any medications anymore. I agree that the side effects seem to be worse than what they're treating. Ugh!! | F | 36 | 7 days | 4/11/2007 |