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 during Pregnancy | I am 17 weeks along in my pregnancy and was prescribed this medication for a UTI. The side effects have been terrible....SEVERE POUNDING HEADACHE, chills, stomach cramping, spacy/foggy feeling, fatigue, face felt hot & flushed at times, itching skin, stiff neck and shoulders. | I will never take this medicine again. I called my OBGYN this morning and they have called me in something different to take. Hopefully it will be much better. | F | 33 | 3 days 100 2X day | 3/12/2010 | 1 | UTI | This med took my uti symptoms away quickly but it was replaced by extreme fatigue, alternating with a headache and dizziness. After 3 full days on it, and reading this blog I had to stop it. I haven't taken if for 1.5 days and am still feeling the effects. Wish I knew when I would feel normal again. I will never take this med again! | F | 33 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/11/2010 | 1 | UTI | Horrific to say the least! | Hives head to toe also, head felt like id grown a new skull on top of my own skull, my eyes are swollen like mad, hands only just gone down, ankles and knees in pain, on steroids now to combat this problem, they seem to take away some of the red weals but then more occur in different areas, only been on the steroids two days though so guess need to give it time to work.... awful experience, had NO reaction until day 14 of taking tablet. Please dont take this medication!!!! | F | 33 | 15 days 30 2X day | 3/5/2013 | 1 | Uti | Extreme itching, heartburn that began 2 days AFTER I finished the course. Thank GOD I found this website as I have been in absolute misery for 4 weeks. My dr claims there is NO way this itchiness has to do with Macrobid(generic). The only thing that helps me is a cocktail of Zantac and Allegra. | F | 33 | 7 days 100 mg | 4/4/2012 | 1 | UTI | day 5 ended up being taken by ambulance from work. Chest pains, dizziness and nausea. My blood pressure was 158/100 which is way high for me. Asked ER docs if it could be related. After 5 hours in ER, released and seeing GP tomorrow. oh, and lost feeling in hands and toes (pins and needles) | I had a feeling that I would have problems after reading patient leaflet but doctor said it was fine. Horrible. Horrible | F | 33 | 10 days 100 2X day | 11/1/2011 | 1 | UTI | Severe diarrhea, headaches, nauseua, body aches particularly neck and back, fatigue, general feeling of unwell. Side effects still continuing 2 days after stopping the meds. Only took 3 pills so I cannot imagine how I would feel after the whole bottle. Do not take this med. Something is very wrong with a medication that gives this many side effects to this many people! This med is evil!!!!!! | F | 33 | 2 days 2x D | 2/13/2012 | 1 | Uti | On the last day of dose I started feeling achy sleepy , flu like symptoms and a week later on a vacation broke out into hives. Went to an allergist they have me a shot and been on Zyrtec and gives haven't gone away.. Ive never had hives or been allergic to meds but dr said it might be a delayed reaction.. Hives are getting mild but still there. Uti went away but now I'm Dealing with histamine issues and hives. | F | 33 | 2 days | 2/4/2012 | 1 | UTI and Bladder Infection | Severe nausea and abdominal pains while taking the medicine. Exactly 48 hours after my last dosage, I came down with a severe fever, body aches, sharp abdominal and bladder pains, hives and dehydration. | Usually I have very minimal side effects to drugs, but this drug made me feel so ill. Please use caution and research before using this drug. | F | 33 | 7 days 100 MG 2X day | 3/5/2012 | 1 | uti | severe nauseau, vomiting, and fatigue | 10 wks pregnant and it's the worst thing. Dr. gave me an anti nausea medicine to make sure the infection goes away | F | 33 | 7 days | 10/3/2007 | 1 | uti | It was prescribed by a urologist to take every time I had sex.I took it for 3 years, and one day woke up feeling very sick. I had jaundice and stomach cramps. Liver almost failed...I had two biopsys in a year, and I am lucky to be alive. The Liver transplant list was denied since the steroids given to me regenerated my liver. Please don't take this drug for longer than a week. If you have symptoms of uti try urinating before and after sex. DRINK FLUIDS! | Don't take any drug for a long period of time unless it's for a disease(ex.diabetes,heart). Drugs are designed to help in one area but will most always hurt another. I almost died! | F | 33 | 3 years | 1/9/2007 | 1 | UTI | Vomiting,chills,pressure headache,fullness in chest and pain in right side, belching, lethargy, no appetite | Day 1: 3 hours after the pill i had chills and was vomiting. I slept all night. After the second pill I had a pressure headache, also behind my nose. I felt weak, exhausted, zero appetite, nausea. Day 3 I began to have uncomfortable chest fullness with belching and intermittant pain on the right side and thought I was having heart trouble so I called my doctor and she switched me to Cipro. I only took 4 pills and I had 10 to go, i shouldn't have to feel that bad after just 4 pills. I fully expect nausea and such with a drug but i felt horrible. I hope the cipro works ok, so far after 1 pill no effects. I'm allergic to ceclor and have a strong family history of deathly allergy to sulfa so I am limited in my treatment. I don't think I could have survived 5 more days, I definately couldn't go to work | M | 33 | 3 days | 3/1/2008 | 1 | UTI | Splitting headache. Joint pain. Flu like symptoms that lasted for days. | Symptoms started with first dose and got exponentially worse with second dose. | F | 33 | 2 days | 6/23/2015 | 1 | Uti - E. coli in culture | Severe lower abdominal cramping, GI tract pain almost debilitating in spasms. Didn’t even clear up was prescribed for 5 days dr. Told me to stop after 3 due to symptoms. 7 mo. pregnant | This medication was POISON!!! I took D mannose supplement and ate plain yogurt and kimchi... cleared symptoms up and helping clear up lingering abdominal pain from medication. | F | 33 | 3 days 100 mg | 2/24/2020 | 1 | UTI | Upset stomach, feeling like throwing up, headaches, feeling like having the flu, hives, hands and legs red and swollen, chest pains | I had a reaction to Sulfa when I was young so I was put on Macrobid for a UTI. Started with a upset stomach, and feeling very sick like I was having the flu. I figured it was just normal side effects of my medicine. I took my second dose and within 30 minutes I was covered in hives that burned, and my legs and hands were swollen and red like a sunburn. A few minutes later my chest was hurting and I was told to go to ER. I've never had a reaction this bad. Now I'm scared to try anything that I've never had before. 😟 | F | 33 | 5 days 2X | 1/30/2017 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Shortness of breath, muscle spasms, long term asthma | I still have severe asthma and inflation in my chest from taking Macrobid 3 years ago. | F | 33 | 3 days | 6/28/2016 | 1 | Uti | Extreme nausea and fatigue. Racy heartbeat, run stools, stomach cramping, gas, bloating. This is the second time I've taken it in four weeks. | F | 33 | 7 days | 7/18/2016 | 1 | UTI | First of all this medication did not quickly clear up my UTI or even alleviate any of my best symptoms like other antibiotics have for me with past UTI's. The Dr said she believed that my UTI had infact spread beyond just my bladder and was into my kidneys yet prescribed Macrobid (which I now know is not recommended for anything other than uncomplicated UTI's infections that haven't infected or impaired anything other than the bladder). I figured I just had another one of my rip roaring kidney infections when I got home from the Dr and continued to feel worse after taking my first dose of Macrobid. My lower back/ flank pain continued to get worse as did the extreme pressure & pain when I had to go to the bathroom. Within an hour or so of taking my first dose I started to feel extremely tired but now also had a headache that made it hard to sleep. The next morning I took my 2nd dose as prescribed and became nauseated. Figured I should have eaten it with food so I forced myself to eat. I fought throwing up for hours unable to do anything except lay on the couch. What had started out as a minor headache was now an overwhelming throbbing headache with random sharp stabbing like pains in a very specific spot in my head. I felt like I was being stabbed towards the top right side of my head just under my scalp but didn't hurt to touch. The shooting or stabbing pains would just come and go without any warning and despite anything I did to try and alleviate them. I'm allergic too | F | 33 | 10 days | 4/9/2016 | 5 | Intersttial Cystitus | Hardly any sude effects, DOXICYCLINE has alot more side effects, felt like I was dying on that medication. The only Macrobid Side effects were headache on day 5 and 6, but then it subsided. By the end of the fourth week, chest pressure and pain, also kicked in my arythmia a bit(which is normal, you should not be on this medicine for more than a month, at ANY dose, even 50mg a day, its very strong) Side effects only started for me at the end, but then again, I was on a very high dose, and for longer than normal. But, hey, it cured my "incurable" interstitial cystitus, where all other antibiotics failed. I could kiss my doctor for prescribing this awesome antibiotic that worked for me. | Its strong. But it works. Ive had more side effects with other antibiotics. Ive read of peopel taking this medication for more than six months a low maintanance dose (50mg) a day, and ended up with some serious problems. This is a hardcore antibiotic that is meant for to be taken at the max dose for a short period of time in my opinion. 50mg twice a day was not gonna beat my problem. 100mg, 2 to 3 times a day, for a week to 14 days is sufficiant for most people. | F | 32 | 3 weeks 100mg 3X day | 9/12/2012 | 5 | UTI | No side effects. | This is a great medication for me. I drank 1-2 cups of coffee per day. I took the meds with food and drank lots of water. No side effects at all, and cleared up the infection. | F | 32 | 7 days 100 2X day | 7/20/2010 | 4 | Chronic Epidydimitis | Non-itchy hives | Helped immediately. Was given a 10 day course 14 days before my epidydemectomy. The pain was gone after the second dose (first day) and returned after the first day I was off the Macrobid | M | 32 | 10 days | 8/31/2008 |