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's | A bad reaction, red feet and ears, itching all body, a nightmare, after feeling better with Benadryl, side effects showed again after a week and a half, I'm taking Benadryl again, this is like poison | 66 | 5 days | 4/15/2020 | 1 | UTI | Extreme fatigue; sleepiness throughout the day (almost fell asleep while driving); extreme heartburn; extremely itchy, bumpy rash that moved from place to place all over my body; rash started on arms, then hands, then tops of feet, then neck - front and back, then back, and then back to hands and arms again! | This stuff should be banned. It's bad enough experiencing all the side effects, but you have no control over stopping them, because the side effects continue for days even when you've been off the stuff for a week!! | F | 66 | 7 days 160 2X day | 6/24/2018 | 1 | UTI | Nearly two years after taking five pills over a 2.5 day period, I still experience the pain of severe nerve damage. The pain is mostly in my arms and hands. | MacroBid was poison to my system and has negatively impacted my quality of life. Stay away from MacroBid. The FDA should remove it from the market, and doctors should be made aware of its impact on some people. | F | 66 | 2.5 days | 3/28/2008 | 1 | To avoid UTI before kidney surgery | Lethargic, tightness in chest, no appetite, all I did was sleep. | Was hospitalized for 8 days; 60% of oxygen was getting to brain; 1/2 gallon fluid removed from around lungs and heart; extremely good docs finally determined it was a side effect to Macrobid!!! Now I see it can cause lupus like symptoms? Has been 8 months and I'm still not 100 per cent!!!!! | F | 66 | 15 days | 5/26/2007 | 1 | bladder infection | No appetite from this medicine felt like i had the flu and that i was very druged up.had another bladder infection and was given leviquin i have lost alot of weight being on both these drugs since they make you not want to eat anything.Someone has to come up with a better antibotic that has not got really bad side effects like these two have.I also have very bad depression being on these drugs also. | their has to be something better then macrobid this is an awful medicine.It is suppose to make you feel better but all it does is make things worse and you feel like you want to die. | F | 66 | 7 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | UTI | Sudden onset of extreme jt pain in both wrists( unable to even twist toothpaste tube ) and both knees ( walked with bent knees) .Cleared up as soon as I discontinud the meds | this drug seems evil Why are all the patients on the site females ? | F | 66 | 4 days ? 2X day | 8/1/2013 | 1 | UTI | Flu-like symptoms. Constant headache, fever, chills, nausea, muscle and joint pain, sleeping most of the time, tight chest, fast breathing, dry hacking violent cough. Rash on legs and arms on day 6. | From first dose felt worse daily. Back to GP. Switched to sulfa. I got a rash once from Cipro, but no other side effects. Never took it again. This drug is awful. Feeling of not getting enough air is the worst. | F | 66 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 6/30/2013 | 1 | UTI | In the afternoon of the fifth day taking this drug I started experiencing a very rapid heartbeat. The following night was a nightmare for me. I was aching all over, started with severe diarrhea and nausea. I was unable to get out off my bed the next morning, I had to stay all day in bed, extremely weakened, unable to eat or drink, which made me dehydrated as well. The rapid heartbeat lasted for more than 40 hours. I decided to stop this drug right away, without consulting my MD. In addition after all this I got a rash on my thighs and abdomen | F | 66 | 5 days 100 mg 2X day | 10/27/2010 | 1 | UTI | After two doses, severe reaction -- headache, muscle and joint pain,difficulty breathing, chills and fever. | Now have learned that my reaction is reported 25% of the time. Neither Dr nor pharm discussed this with me. | F | 66 | 5 days ?? 2X day | 3/21/2011 | 1 | suppressive therapy for chronic UTI | I posted on 9-3-08 and 10-24-08 detailing all my problems with this drug - shorthness of breath, dry cough, elevated liver enzymes, infiltrates in lungs, general malaise, metallic taste in mouth, weight loss, and most recently surgery to remove tumor on liver. This has all happened within about 2 1/2 years since taking this drug. | F | 66 | 100 mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | Bladder infection | I developed a rare disorder called Erythromelalgia right after taking the generic for Macrobid. While taking the medication, I felt tingling in my hands. After I stopped the med, the Erythromelalgia developed and has not resolved. It has been six years, and I still have the pain and disability that goes with it. Do NOT take this poison. | F | 66 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 3/17/2011 | 1 | UTI | Sweating, naseau and chest problems resulting in mild heart failure. I would never take this drug again. It is entirely poisinous to the body. Two weeks ago I was fit and then was prescribed this for a UTI. Now sleeping all the time, can't breathe properly, stopped the medication 3 days ago. Waiting on cardiac results. | NASTY NASTY DRUG | F | 66 | 7 days 50 4X day | 2/8/2011 | 1 | as a preventive to kidney infection | prescribed as a preventive for kidney infection to take 1 50mg dose each night. I took only one doze on 4 separate occasions and each time ended up in ER with hospital stay. The symptoms seemed to indicate severe kidney infection. Profound chills, shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, blood pressure fell dangerously low, sharp pain in the kidneys and back. Twice in the hospital, I was treated for kidney infection. I started having weekly urine test and no infection, however, when I took one 50 mg dose of macrobid as prescribed for prevention, within 5 hours I was in ER due to the symptoms above. The MDs did not identify a reaction to macrobid but instead looked for lower bowel infections. Catscans were negative. Finally, after the 4th event occurred and hospitalization, I was sure it was the macrobid because on 2 of the events, hospital tests confirmed there was no infection anywhere in my bowel or kidneys. Last hospitalization was diagnosed as due to allergy or side effect o | I am in good health and this drug almost ended my quality of life and health. I was told I could not travel and must stay near a hospital because of the sudden and unexplained onset of severe kidney symptoms. This was the result of one dose on 4 separate occasions of macrobid and not because of kidney infections. This drug is extremely dangerous for me. Because it is so frequently prescribed, my MDs were very reluctant to recognize that my symptoms were caused by the drug and not kidney infections even when on 2 occasions lab results showed no infections. I will never use this drug | F | 66 | 4 days 50mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 1 | UTI | Took Macrobid, was told to take it every 12 hours for 7 days. After 3 days- became extremely weak, fell and couldn't get up, My husband tried to pick me up, he couldn't because my body was cold and clammy. I had to crawl on my elbows to a place where I was finally able to pull myself up, had severe rugs burns on both knees from crawling on the rug.Went to doctor, he checked my lungs, I was wheezing and said he would have to hospitalize me. My oxygen levels were in the low 80's,my heart rate was off. Was hooked up to oxygen and a heart monitor 24/7 in CCU. They were injecting steroids into my IV, had respiratory therapy treatments every 5 hours. Had shots in my belly daily to prevent blood clots because I was bedridden. I was in CCU for 5 days. I was told if I had continued to take the drug any longer, I could have died! The last day I was in the hospital, I started expectorating thick white mucus. That was back in March 2009, I have seen three specialists-Pulmonologist, ENT and Gastroe | Would not recommend this drug to my worse enemy! | F | 66 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 9/2/2010 | 5 | urinary tract infection | none | F | 65 | | 12/14/2004 | 4 | Urinary Tract Infection | I was shocked to see all the negative comments here. I am generally comletely intolerant of most antibiotics with awful side effects the minute I start taking them. But, so far, I have no noticeable effects from this. Perhaps as I continue to take it, this may change. But I'm only on it for 7 days. | This is the first time I've ever had a UTI. My Dr started me on D-Mannose 3 times daily, but a culture still showed presence of bacteria so he said I have to take an antibiotic. Would like to know, via email, of others' experiences with UTI's as this is kind of frightening for me. | F | 65 | 2 days 100 2X day | 8/19/2010 | 2 | urinary tract infections | Headache, weakness | I had never taken it before but nothing else was working | F | 65 | 2 days 100 mg | 4/30/2016 | 1 | Urinary Track infection | Was told to take it the night before I was to have a test for re-occurring urinary track infections. When I awoke the next morning, I was paralized from the neck down. An ambulance came and had to get me out of bed with a stretcher to take me to the hospital. I was unable to move for two days while hospitalized.. Will never take Macrobid ever again. | Scary medication. I would be interested to know if others have experienced this side affect when taking Macrobid. | F | 65 | 1 days ? 1X day | 5/4/2016 | 1 | Bladder infection | The side effects started after day 2 but became unbearable after 7 doses. Nausea, intermittent vomiting, severe body aches, headache, neck pain, itchy hands and feet, chills, hot flashes. It was worse than the worst flu I ever had. I stopped 2 days ago and still feel awful, though the period immediately after dose 7 was the absolute worse. I literally could not turn over in bed the joint and muscle pain was so bad. | I will never take Macrobid again. It left me incapacitated for days after discontinuing the drug and they are not gone yet. It is fortunate that I am retired as I could never work with these symptoms. | F | 65 | 10 days 100 2X day | 1/4/2017 | 1 | Uti terrible side effects. | Raised BP,chest tightness, tired, Anxious, stressed. Went to urgent Care due to BP raised & anxiety! | Helped urgency & pain but not worth the side effects. Anyone else experience these side effects.0p0pp | F | 65 | 1 days | 5/6/2017 |