MACROBID Reviews (NITROFURANTOIN; NITROFURANTOIN, MACROCRYSTALLINE)Average Rating: 1.7 (1819 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MACROBID with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MACROBID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | uti | A bit drowsy. | This med has been great, it took all my suffering away in one day. I couldn't even stand due to my pregnant belly pressing on my bladder, I couldn't urine anymore, my stream would cut off leaving me with a full bladder. This medicine has been wondeful. | F | 30 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 10/15/2010 | 1 | I was taking Macrobid for UTI | short of breath, joint pain, disoriented, dizzy, bloated, sick to stomach, weak, chills, flu like symptoms. | This drug was horrible. I would feel a bit better as the day went on and then time to take a pill again and sick again. I have never had bad reactions to antibiotics before. I am off now and feel way better. | F | 62 | 5 days 100 2X day | 10/15/2010 | 2 | UTI | persistent diarreah/constipation, foul smelling gas, nausea, bloated, nausea, fatigue, discharge when pooping | It did clear up my uti but the nausea was terrible. i'm still taking macrobrid currently because my doctor said to finish all the antibiotics though my body has become reluctant to take it on a regular schedule. I'm trying to just finish it and every time I take it I do feel horrible. I get white linings around my stools, and feel as if I need to go random times of the day. For some reason it doesn't even really alarm me, I just feel this sudden burst of gas in my rectum that tells me that I need to go. Using the restroom to go number 2 often comes with foul smelling gas that proceed with it. At first I thought I was pregnant but it could be the fact that this constant ongoing constipation was also the same common side effects of macrobrid everyone else has been experiencing. I do however, applaud the antibiotics for its healing of my UTI. I hope it does not relapse. For now, my body aches for it to be off these terrible antibiotics. | F | 16 | 7 days 2X day | 10/13/2010 | 2 | UTI | tingly feeling in my arm/hand/fingers, sometimes it goes from my leg to my toes. Extreme, exaggerated abdominal pains - I never knew such pain existed. Drowsiness, nausea, pounding heartbeat, heavy chest, and weird vision changes. For a moment, I though my cat was this weird green color. | PLEASE - ask your doctor if he/she can prescribe you anything else. I can't believe this drug actually exists and there are doctors prescribing this to pregnant women!! OK, so everyone has side effects when taking medications (usually drowsiness from taking tylenol or something similar) but this is unbelievable. I'm perfectly healthy, except for these random UTI occurrences, and I've never had this bad of a reaction to any medication. I've taken cipro before and it worked wonders. My DR prescribed macrobid because my UTI "wasn't serious enough for cipro". What the heck??? | F | 24 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 10/11/2010 | 1 | Blatter infectrion | Persistent headache, fatigue, dizzy, cough, chills, warm feeling, but no temperature. Hard, heavy Breathing. Persistent feeling of being unwell, like having the flu. | I would not recommend this to anyone. I am very healthy and I work out all the time.After taking this pill I felt like I was hit by a truck. You can report the side effects of this drug to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. | F | 37 | 4 days 100 2X day | 10/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | For the first couple of days there were no side effects. Then on the 4th day, my heart was racing. By the 6th day, I had diarrhea, stomach cramps, high blood pressure, flu-like symptoms, so weak I could barely stand, and heart rate of 130. I can't remember ever feeling this sick...felt like I was dying. Finally, went to the ER. The doctor gave me Septra. | Nasty drug. Should be taken off the market. | F | 54 | 6 days 100 MG 2X day | 10/4/2010 | 1 | suspected UTI | Severe flu-like body aches and fever and worst headache I can remember. Not suspecting the medication, I finished it and then got better. Later when UTI symptoms returned, I was put back on the medication and got severely ill again. Same symptoms. That's when I finally realized it was the antibiotic. | F | 45 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 10/1/2010 | 1 | uti | Insane itching started on hands and feet and now spreading to legs. I took 1 pill an hour ago and won't be taking anymore! | F | 34 | 1 days 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 1 | Post cystoscopy infection preventio | Fever up to 103, aches, chills, headache, hives, and the worst is the tightness in chest and coughing, can't catch my breath, breathing like I have copd, which I don't. | I ended up in the emergency room where they gave me I.V. steroids, breathing treatments and now I am on two inhalers. I took this med a month ago for a suspected UTI, which it isn't, and got same symptoms but not a severe so I thought it was the flu. Only when it happened again three days ago did I connect it to Macrobid. Feeling better but extremely tired and shortness of breath when I exert myself. | F | 58 | 1 days 100mg 2X day | 9/25/2010 | 4 | UTI | I have Multiple Sclerosis. Once I started taking Macrobid my MS symptoms popped up like weak heavy legs, irritability, Cog Fog. I also had more bowel movements while on Macrobid and my stomach was bloated. My UTI symptoms went away after the first day on this med. | F | 31 | 7 days 2X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | UTI | I was fine until a week into the treatment. One night I became headachey, feverish and tired. I took two tylenols and went to bed. Next morning I felt the same, took two more tylenols, then went to work. Within fifteen minutes I was passed out unconscious on the bathroom floor at work and had to be taken to hospital where they did a CT Scan, chest xray and blood work up. My fever was 104 and I was rattling with pain. I had a lumbar puncture to rule out meningitis. I was very sick but each doctor was more puzzled than the last. I kept saying it can't be an infection, I'm ALREADY on antibiotics, but no one ever asked which antiobiotic I was on. I was discharged once my fever came down. My family doctor finally pieced it together once he got all the reports. | I will never take this again. It was the sickest I have ever been. | F | 50 | 10 days 2X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | UTI | After first dose, my UTI symptoms disappeared. I decided to take a probiotic two hours after every dose of the antibiotic, so I will say that I only had mild nausea during the week of treatment. The problems actually flared once the seven-day treatment was over and I had stopped taking the probiotics as well. I immediately noticed a severe stinging on the palms of my hands, as well as what felt like acid reflux (I've never had that, so I'm not sure) in my throat which felt like it was stinging and burning, and I couldn't swallow. I developed hives along the sides of my abdomen, at the top of my butt, and on the backs of my legs. I took benadryl which helped some (mostly by putting me to sleep!) My doctor said that I was indeed having an allergic reaction to Macrobid and to continue taking benadryl every six hours to relieve symptoms. It's now been a full two weeks since I stopped taking the Macrobid and the hives have gotten much worse. Intense stinging in my hands and feet, stinging h | I have only had two UTIs in my lifetime, so I'm not sure why my doctor would have prescribed this "last resort" antibiotic to take care of the infection. I'm also struggling to find information about what to do if you develop this allergic reaction, i.e. how long it lasts, what to do about it, when to head to the emergency room. The symptoms have taken over my life to a degree (trying to ignore the constant itching and stinging, and taking an antihistamine every six hours ... SLEEPY!), the rattling cough. Ugh! | F | 41 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/22/2010 | 1 | UTI | Temperature of 103, severe headache, achy joints, hives, difficulty breathing. | After taking Macrobid for six days, I developed an allergic reaction. I ended up in emergency because I was having difficulty breathing. Two weeks later, I'm still having flare ups of hives, and still feeling very lethargic and unwell. I am a holistic nutritionist and was a very healthy person up until this. I wonder what the long term effects will be? | F | 51 | 6 days 100mg 2X day | 9/20/2010 | 2 | Bladder Infection | Suppose to take it 2 pills a day for 7 days. I have "Never", had a reaction to any medication. Other than NASIDS (hard on stomache. I took 1st dose and went to sleep. I woke up with a splitting headache, also nausia. It is now almost time for second dose, I am afraid to take it but I will try and stick it out, the symptoms are suppose to subside. | I had never heard of this drug before. I am just concerned because I do not trust the FDA, they pass too many drugs through to market without knowing long term effects. | F | 44 | 1 days 100mg 2X day | 9/19/2010 | 1 | urinary infection | shortness of breath and weeks later, I am going to pulmonary doctor and have been diagnosed with restrictive lung disease.There is no doubt in my mind this med caused it | I think it should be checked by the food and drug administration as there are not many people who have taken it that don't have bad things to say about nitrofuration/mono-micro. | F | 73 | 5 days 2100 2X day | 9/19/2010 | 3 | Bladder Infection | I had my bladder infection for a week before I treated it. It was so bad my psoas muscle was acting up and giving me horrible pain. The first day on macrobid cleared up my UTI, it also helped my chills and fever. In the night however, the worse fever I had in years kicked in. All my joints were in pain, a breath, even every heart beat, would hurt my entire body, I did feel like vomiting at one point but oddly still had an appetite. I took a T3, my fever came down and was able to finally fall asleep. In the morning I took my schedule macrobid and I was fine. The Psoas pain hasnt gone away yet, not even with the help of a t3. Going to continue with the prescription to see if its the medication or my severe bladder infection thats giving me the night chills | F | 20 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/18/2010 | 5 | UTI | Extreme itch by side hips areas and behind hamstring. I have been in this medication for only one complete day. | F | 90 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 9/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | Fatigue, fever, chills, joint stiffness, skin sensitivity, difficulty concentrating, PAIN! | This medication is the worse. I am not allergic to any drugs or so I thought. Pain in feet, heels, calves and legs. My clothes and sheets even hurt when they touch my skin. At first I thought the UIT was making my sick, but after not feeling better for days I started investigating the drug. I wish I would have known. The side effect precautions that come with the meds do not warn that this drug is horrible. I will stop taking NOW! | F | 44 | 10 days 100 2X day | 9/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | severe lung scaring, can't get oxygen. Prescribed by 4 different Doctors, who were unaware of danger of this drug | F | 61 | 8 years 100 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 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 |