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 | UTI | extreme fatigue,loss of appetite followed by nausea,chills, fever of 101.1 and hives. | Started taking Macrobid (twice a day) on Monday and did fine until Friday morning when I woke up feeling so tired I could barely put one foot in front of the next. As the day progressed, so did the problems. Loss of appetite was followed by a SEVERE cough that came on quite suddenly. By dinnertime I had terrible chills (101.2 fever) and felt so nauseated I didn't bother to take the 2ed daily dose of Macrobid (was instructed to take it with milk or food). Spent all of Saturday in bed and didn't take any Macrobid because I still felt so bad. By Sunday a.m. I was feeling a little better so I decided to get out of bed and take a shower. Wasn't until I got my clothes off and got a look in the mirror that I realized my body was covered with HUNDREDS of hives. Some were small, others were really large and looked like a bull's eye. A friend of mine (an R.N.) said she'd never seen such a bad case of hives and advised me to tell my doc never to prescribe Macrobid for me again. (In all fairness | F | 53 | 5 days | 5/19/2006 | 1 | UTI | continuation of my post......In all fairness to my Dr., he prescribed Macrobid because I have an allergy to sulfa. | | 5/19/2006 | 1 | yes | Flu like symptoms, back ache, body aches, fever, and dry cough. I cant remember ever being so sick in my life!!! | Ask Doctor to prescribe ANYTHING but this!!!!!! | F | 37 | 3 days | 5/16/2006 | 3 | UTI | Eyes burning; nausea, headache; fatigue | I've had this in the past, and I remember being nauseated by it. It worked, tho, so I kept taking it. This time, however, my eyes are burning/watering so much, I just want to keep my eyes closed. Not good! | F | 53 | 5 days | 5/15/2006 | 1 | UTI | I have never taken this med before and trust me it will be the last. The first couple of days I was light-headed and very tired. By the 3rd day a rash broke out on top of my feet. By early evening of the 4th day, I thought that I was coming down with the flu. I had a very high fever,coupled with raging chills, massive headache, muscle cramps, aching joints and shortness of breath. I managed to get thru the night and by morning realized that I was covered from head to toe in hives. I called a friend to take me to ER where they diagnosed the problem as the Macrobid. It has taken me days to recover and the hives, headache and fatigue still remain. I can't ever remember being this sick. | F | 48 | 4 days | 5/14/2006 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | I have RSD(Reflex Sympathetic Dystropy -- chronic pain) which happened to be in remission at the time I started Macrobid. After taking five pills, I developed a return of the RSD symptoms full blown. This medication is dangerous and should be removed from the market. If I could rate it a zero, I would do so. | M | 64 | 3.5 days | 5/11/2006 | 1 | UTI | I took Macrobid 2 times a day for 7 days with food, as directed. Symptoms of UTI stopped the first day. Everything seemed good until 4 days after I took the last pill when I developed hives on my ankles and lower legs with burning and itching. This was followed by less severe hives all over my body and the sensitive skin and itching moves from one place to another throughout the day and night. This is the 4th day of misery. After reading other patients' comments, I am fearful of how long this may last. To make thing even worse, the symptoms of UTI have returned. I am grateful to have found the information on this website. Thank you. | F | 68 | 7 days | 5/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | Made symptoms 20 times worse, could barely leave the house to get a new perscription. | I have had severe UTI's for years and have been perscribed Macrobid twice, the first time I took it for four days and experienced horrible kidney pain, I was again perscribed macrobid three years later, took one pill and had the same effects... | F | 21 | 1 days | 5/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | This was the worse medication I have ever taken. I broke out in hives about a week after taking the medication. I have never been allergic to anything in my life. The hives started in my head and neck, I first thought it was my shampoo, I thought my head was on fire it was soo itchy. I went to the emergency room twice in 1 week to get shots and take predisone. It's now two months later and I still have break outs. Most break outs are on my arms and back. Their like attacks, once the hives start they go throughtout your body even your toes. This is awful, Stay Away from Macrobid. | F | 29 | 5 days | 5/5/2006 | 1 | possible UTI at 35 weeks pregnant | I lost my baby in my 8th month!!! Directly from Macrobid, I had severe nausea and vomiting, excruciating leg pain, utter exhaustion and I only took 3 pills. I discontinued using Macrobid and the effects continued for about a week following. In the end, we found that the baby died sometime in the 48 hrs following my stopping the medication. | The doctors denied any relationship with the drug and the adverse outcome, but there must have been an effect. It was a perfectly healthy uneventful second pregancy. I urge all women out there...BE SO CAUTIOUS!!! Listen to your body. You know yourself more than anyone... I will always regret taking MACROBID... | F | 27 | 1 days | 4/28/2006 | 1 | nitrofurantoin-Macro 100mgmyl | Sore throat, flu like symtoms, cough, head ache, exhaustion. Once I took the first pill, within 10 minutes my throat was very sore and tight. My stomach ached and I had a very unrestful sleep. I questioned my doctors assistant the next morning (my doctor perscribed this medication to me for a UTI, and I am pregnant!) and told them that I feel like I have the flu, my throat is even worse. Now three days later, I still feel the same symtoms and I only took the one pill. I discontinued taking the rest of the medication. I know I was fine prior to taking the pill....and I know this reaction is a direct result from it. | Do not take this medication, look into something safer. | F | 28 | 1 days | 4/28/2006 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | SEVERE and sudden onset headache an hour after taking day 3 dose, vertigo, dizziness, heart palpatations, tight chest-shortness of breath, swollen throat, blotchy red itchy skin on face and neck. | First dose of 100 mg Nitrofurtion (Macrobid) on day 3 brought on the symptoms 1 hour after taking the pill. VERY FRIGHTENED as the symptoms were so severe and all I could imagine was death approaching. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. STAY AWAY. | F | 32 | 3 days | 4/21/2006 | 3 | UTI | I took one pill last night and I woke up with what I thought were giant itchy bug bites.. until I realized they were all over my body, and then I realized I was having an allergic reaction. Every time I scratch somewhere, more hives appear. Other side effects from the past include headache, nausea, shortness of breath, and dizziness. | I have taken Macrobid many times before, and it usually cures my bladder infection. One time, however, it did not work and I had a UTI for over a month! | F | 18 | 1 days | 4/20/2006 | 1 | UTI | Severe headache and shooting eye pain (so bad it hurt to touch my eyes when putting in/taking out contacts), pain on left side (chest, arm, shoulder, lower rib cage and wrist), breathing problems (couldnt take deep breath), scary squeezing type feelings in throat and upper chest, muscle spasms, heart rate changes, hoarseness, pins and needles, hives. | Given to take for a UTI for 5 days. Stopped on the 4th day due to the pins and needles and headache. A few days later everything else started. It's been 4 months now and I still have left sided chest/rib cage pain, cant catch a deep breath, heart rate issues and the scary feelings in my throat and chest. Been to an internist, cardio and lung specialist. Had ct scan of chest, chest xray, echo, ekg, breathing test and blood work. All normal. I mentioned this all started after the medicine but they say its not in my system anymore so it can't be. They try to tell me it's stress, anxiety or even acid reflux (but even a test for that came back normal). I KNOW it's the medicine. I was FINE before that. When I found this page I was happy I had "proof" that I wasnt the only one saying these things and even printed out this page to show one of my doctors thinking it would help yet it was still disregarded. They tell me its not the medicine and they can't find anything wrong. Which is | F | 37 | 4 days | 4/14/2006 | 1 | uti | I have only taken 2 pills so far and I am experiencing chest pains when I take a breath in, and now after reading all of these responses I am weary of continuing my medication. I am an extremely healthy 23 year old vegetarian and I have never experienced chest pains in my life, and it scares me of course. Perhaps these meds work for some, which is great, but I guess the best solution is to talk to your docor about alternative medications if you are experiencing discomfort. But, as we all know, every medication has its side effects. But the question is whether it is worth taking or not. Good luck to all of you. | F | 23 | 1 days | 4/14/2006 | 1 | UTI | Continuation from my previous post... ....which is a double edge sword cause they cant tell me what it IS either and all they would give me to take is an antidepressant which I refuse to take. I live in fear everyday of getting the feelings in my throat and upper chest. They are THAT scary. I can't explain what they feel like; tightening, squeezing, butterfly in stomach type feeling comes close but hardly explains it. They are random and only last a few seconds but they stop me in my tracks. Exertion, sudden movements, trying to catch a deep breath, yawning, and talking loud sometimes brings them on but they also come when simply laying down or sitting in my chair at work. So I guess I dont blame the doctors for being baffled cause I am too...the difference is I know what caused it. I just want them to find a way to treat it. I am very grateful the tests I had ruled out alot of the serious things they were looking for but they still cant find a way to help me. My biggest fear is th | F | 37 | 4 days | 4/14/2006 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Flu like symptoms, extreme headache, dry cough and it was a bit uncomfortable to take a deep breath. Fever, sweating and chills... which may be a result of the kidney infection. I ended up in the ER and my fever was almost 102 (and this was after taking extra strength tylenol to bring it down). Apparently E.Coli was responsible for my UTI which turned into a kidney infection (a complete culture was done on my urine) and apparently E.Coli is responsible 90% of the time - and Macrobid is not effective against this particular bacteria. The ER doctor prescribed me Levaquin which IS effective against E.Coli. Within hours I am feeling like a new person! Weakness is gone and fever is better. | F | 28 | 2 days | 4/13/2006 | 1 | UTI | TERRIBLE flu like symptoms, chills, fever, sweating, muscle aches, pain in back, overall weakness, loss of appetite, felt uncomfortable to take a deep breath, similar to when one has pneumonia and numbness and tingling in hands when I would wake up. | It's been almost 24 hours since I stopped taking this medication (took the generic - Nitrofurantoin) and I am still experiencing chills, fever and perfuse sweating. Other side effects are beginning to subside. | F | 29 | 1.5 days | 4/12/2006 | 4 | Urinary tract infection | Bad Headaces! | I NEVER have any side effects when I take any medication but with this I would go to bed with a headace and wake up with one they are horrible! | F | 20 | 3 days | 4/11/2006 | 3 | UTI | I had mild nausea and drowsiness the first day, then fatigue, anxiety, irritability and depression-like symptoms after that. I could definitely relate these symptoms to the time-frame that I was on the medicine. I don't normally experience feelings so pronounced like that. | It seems to be sufficient in clearing up UTI's, but I wonder if the side effects are worth it??? I'll go with something else, if there's a next time... | F | 29 | 5 days | 4/2/2006 |