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 |
| 1 | Bladder Surgery | Thought I was having a heart attack. Had been taking for about 8 days, work up with upset stomach, headache, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, numbness on left side, very weak in my legs. Went to hospital, when arrived I had a rash that covered my entire body, stayed 36 hours to rule out heart attach, stroke. | F | 53 | 8 days | 11/25/2007 | 1 | UTI | I had a severe UTI with burning and pink urine. I was prescribed Macrobid generic and took it for 7 days but the UTI was not cleared up so I was given an RX for another week of Macrobid. During both weeks of taking macrobid generic I had days of feeling really awful, like I was coming down with the flu. The second round of macrobid cured the UTI. A week after I finished the second round, hives started appearing in the middle of the night on one inner thigh. I thought it was a mosquito bite until I got up in the morning and realized that the itching was widespread and actually hives. Benadry and Zyrtec barely touched the itching, it was intense and felt like I was being bitten by fire ants. The hives spread until they were virtually all over except for the soles of my feet and my mouth. I was miserable. It is now the 7th day of hives and they are not as intense but I'm still on Benadryl and Zyrtec. Too much Benadryl gives me the unpleasant side effects such as tingling in my s | F | 47 | 14 days | 11/25/2007 | 5 | UTIs - frequent | I have had frequent UTIs for years, and started taking Macrobid when I discovered I am allergic to Sulfa meds. I have taken Macrobid many, many times; and have learned that you must take it with a meal to avoid stomach upset, which also increases the effectiveness. I am now on prophylactic Macrobid, to prevent any more UTIs, and it has been wonderful! I am surprised and sorry to see so many bad experiences with this drug, as it has really saved me from a lot of agony! | F | 46 | 30 times | 11/19/2007 | 1 | UTI | Extreme fatigue, lack of concentration, nausea, dizziness, constipation, shortnees of breath. | It was prescribed to me because I am 16 weeks pregnant. Eight hours after taking Macrobid I got extreme fatigue and shortness of breath. I went to work and could barely stop my eyes from crossing- I felt like I was drugged. I didn't drive home right away in fear of falling asleep at the wheel. The next morning I had nausea(not associated with the pregnancy) and dizziness. My doc acted surprised when I told her this, and she said that most people don't react this way. She also said I have no other options for treating my UTI because I'm pregnant! I am going to visit a naturopathic doctor soon. | F | 29 | 2 days | 11/19/2007 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms (achy, weak, exhausted) and shortness of breath. | After taking 2 doses these symptoms began. I thought I was getting the flu at first, but now I think I was having side effects related to this drug. | F | 47 | 2 days | 11/18/2007 | 1 | UTI | Became very sick, nausea, diarrhea, headache. | My pregnancy was term (39 weeks) when I got a UTI and this drug was prescribed to me. I became so sick I couldn't keep anything down and was admitted to the hospital for two days. My water then broke and I delivered. I am very skeptical of this drug since I later read in it's description that it shouln't be taken when you are at or past term (38-42 weeks). Beware what your doctor prescribes. | F | 23 | 3 days | 11/17/2007 | 4 | UTI | Headaches, nausea, drowsiness, hot flashes & the chills. | I starting taking the gerneric version of this medication 2 days ago. When the Dr. prescribed this to me she told me some common side effect were drowsiness, headache and nausea. I have not had any severe side effects since I started this medicine but my UTI symptoms have subsided but not gone completely away yet. I only have 3 more days (2 a day for 5 days)so I may need to get another refill just to make sure its completely gone before I go on vacation. I get UTI's often and I think this is the 2 time on this medication without any serious side effects. I wish everyone the best of luck because I know just how bad a UTI can be. Hopefully mine goes away. Keeping my fingers crossed. | F | 23 | 3 days | 11/15/2007 | 1 | UTI | GENERIC MACROBID CAUSED EXTREEM NUMBNESS, REDNESS, EDEMA, AND MAJOR PAIN IN BOTH ARMS, FROM THE ELBOW DOWN TO MY HANDS & FINGERS. | THESE SIDE EFFECTS OCCURRED WHILE TAKING GENERIC MACROBID. WHILE TAKING THE BRAND NAME MACROBID THESE SIDE EFFECTS DID NOT OCCUR. i HAVE TAKEN THE BRAND NAME MACROBID OVER 3 TIMES AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE SIDE EFFECTS | F | 32 | 5 days | 11/4/2007 | 1 | UTI | flu like symptoms, severe chills, achy joints especially hip area, high temperature, sleepiness, shaking of body, unusual sweating, slurring of speech | I definitely won't be taking this drug again. My doctor told me I had the flu and put me back on the same meds a week later. After one pill, I had an even worse reaction the 2nd time. I am also allergic to sulfa drugs and heard that it is common to be allergic to macrobid too. Be careful with this drug. | F | 43 | 5 days | 11/2/2007 | 3 | UTI | Nausea, lethargy, headache, inanbility to sleep. | I've used this drug before for UTIs and have never had any negative side effects. I am unable to take Bactrim due to nausea/vomiting, so I'm not sure what I'll do next time I need to be treated for a UTI. I know I definitely won't take Macrobid anymore. | F | 34 | 7 days | 10/30/2007 | 1 | UTI | nausea, chills, fever, intense headache, achy, bloody stools (3rd day - diarhrea), lethargic, drowsiness AND restlessness. | Prescribed for UTI (1st one in 25 yrs). UTI better almost immediately BUT I felt miserable. Went to Dr. on 4th day - not my usual doctor but their urgent care fill-in. He said exactly what others said! "It isn't the Macrobid, must be the flu that is going around but just in case you can off it - 90% effective in clearing up UTIs after 3 days". The day I stopped taking it I felt better wi thin 6 hrs and 48 hrs later am back at work after taking 3 days sick time. The urgent care dr was going to have me do a colonoscopy but I had one four months ago and was totally normal so he decided that wasn't the cause of bloody stool. I am not a drug rep and have never had such a reaction before to a med. Will not take this med again. | M | 54 | 3 days | 10/29/2007 | 1 | UTI | Panic attack like symptoms. (tingly limbs and lips) shortness of breath. Extreme tiredness. Extreme dizziness. Itchy throat. Inability breathe deeply. | I took it without thinking much about it. After taking 4 pills (two days) my symptoms got worse and I had to check into ER on the supposedly 3rd morning of taking the pills. Suspecting that something was up with the pills, I did not take the pill the morning I checked into ER, and symptoms subsided. | F | 26 | 2 days | 10/26/2007 | 1 | UTI | After 1 pill, I began experiencing severe headache. After 3 pills, thought I had the flu on top of a UTI. Though the UTI symptoms were starting to subside, I felt nauseous, weak and achy. The headache didn't go away, and I felt like I was getting a chest cold. It wasn't until 4 pills (2.5 days into the prescription that I googled symptoms and found others had experienced similar side effects. By the next morning, I had small patches of tiny, tiny raised bumps. They appeared in odd places - arches of feet, skin between fingers, top of thigh, middle of arm where elbow bends, base of neck at hair line. Within 12 hours of stopping medication, headache and flu symptoms were gone. Within 24 hours, rash was gone. | I have had drug allergies before, but never severe ones. This wasn't severe (problems breathing or throat swelling), just a miserable experience!!! Even if what I experienced wasn't a reaction, just side effects, I would not take macrobid again. | F | 37 | 2.5 days | 10/24/2007 | 1 | for a UTI | After taking only 2 pills I experienced intestinal pain and constipation, my stomach makes crazy noises. A severe head ache, nausea, irregular heart beat, unpleasant taste in mouth and a small rash on my fingers. It is enough to scare me because I have been sick over a month with what the doctors think might be either colitis or IBS. I will find out next week after my colonoscopy. I have also been diagnosed with Mononucleosis. So , as you can imagine, I have been suffering a lot from all kinds of pains and problems. I just cannot believe that my doctor, knowing all my symptoms still prescribed Micro bid to me! What a irresponsible doctor! Reading some of the reviews I just started praying and hoping that my side effects wont get any worst. I am absolutely discontinuing Macro Bid and I do not recommend this evil drug to anyone! | Evil drug! Very dangerous!! Funny that my doctor called a "very safe drug"!! | F | 29 | 1 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms (achy, weak, exhausted) and shortness of breath. | I took two capsules and threw the rest down the garbage disposal. I will NEVER take them again. I told my Dr. to check my chart but she wan't able in that office (whatever that means). I remember taking this med years ago and had the same side effects. | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | UTI | After taking 7 days of this medication, broke out in hives or a rash that reminded me of measles. Had a constant cough, some diarrhea. I am allergic to penicillian, but this isn't suppose to have any in it. | F | 72 | 7 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | UTI | tightness in my chest. Each time I breathe in deep it hurts! VERY weak, feel like i just ran 10 miles. Mostly its just the chest pain... it feels like my chest is "sore" like as If I have coughed for weeks. | I started taking this drug 2 weeks ago for my uti- every 12 hrs for 7 days. During the last 2 or 3 days the side effects started but decided to finish the meds. 4 days after finishing, my symptoms of the UTI came back! Sure enough, it didnt even take it away! Because Im trying to conceive my doc says this is the safest thing to take.. so she gave it to me again. Now im suppose to be on it for two weeks. I took my first pill last nigh and already feel tightness in my chest. Im not taking another pill. | F | 23 | 7 days | 10/20/2007 | 1 | UTI | about 10 days after taking macrobid, i had: itchy feet and hands, red blotches and hives on different parts of skin, migrating joint pain, tingling in hand and numb arm, shooting pain in sinus below eye, tightness in chest and throat, enlarged veins in hands, broken blood vessels near skin, hyper and hypopigmentation on skin, dizziness. | I saw my allergist and a rheumatologist (both named top docs in Washington, DC). My blood work and such came back fine. I brought up the possibility that I am having a delayed reaction to Macrobid, and they agreed that this could very well be what's going on. However, there is no way to prove it. Nonetheless, reading all of these posts makes me feel very confident that this is what has happened. It is possible to have delayed reactions to drugs because your body is reacting to the breakdown of the drug as opposed to the drug itself. The last 4 weeks have been so scary for me . . . I hope I get over this. I realize that this drug works for some folks, but this web page is very helpful for those of us who have had bad experiences and we can see that it's not in our heads - others have had similar experiences. | F | 37 | 7 days | 10/18/2007 | 2 | UTI | Back pain, upper and lower extremity muscle pain and weakness | Started taking 6 days ago for UTI. Three days ago started having bad leg pain and weakness that I've never had before. I hardly think it's a coincidence. | F | 42 | 6 days | 10/17/2007 | 1 | uti | about 10 days after taking macrobid, I had intense itchy feet and hands, which spread to other parts of my body. My skin got red and blotchy, sometimes it looked like a bear clawed me on my back. Then I had acute pain in my sinus, and my throat and chest felt tight. My inner ears felt slightly irritated/painful. I had joint pain in my shoulders and hands; mild joint pain in feet and hips. My right hand felt numb for a couple of days. I took a steriod given by my doctor and that helped tremendously. Thank God for Zyrtec, which has stopped the itching. | My allergist said it is possible that my hives and itching are from a delayed reaction to Macrobid. I sure hope so (cuz otherwise, it might be an autoimmune problem???). From reading what others wrote, it sounds like others have had similar symptoms after having stopped the medication. Can anyone write and say when their symptoms have officially stopped? Mine have been 3 weeks now . . . | F | 37 | 7 days | 10/17/2007 |