MACRODANTIN Reviews (NITROFURANTOIN, MACROCRYSTALLINE)Average Rating: 2.1 (129 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MACRODANTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MACRODANTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | UTI | First day very mild tiredness, felf a bit hot flush.But UTI's also makes me feel very tired and with fever. | I get reacurrent UTI's very often and when the doctor prescribe this I was a bit concerned because i never had them before.The colour of my urine changed to bright yellow i think is to do with the pill shell,by the 3rd day all UTI symptoms were gone but i carried on taking till 7th day to make sure i finish the course.Know pain free. Yes i would take again. | F | 43 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 3/24/2012 | 5 | UTI | No bad side effects whatsoever. The symptoms of the uti cleared up after three tablets and I had to take four 50MG tablets per day. I am writing this review because of all the negative reviews here. Some people do have adverse reactions to certain drugs but that does not mean everyone will. Don't be frightened by all you read here. Try it for yourself. It worked great for me and I would use it again if needed. | F | 38 | 7 days 50MG | 3/23/2012 | 1 | Urine infection | Felt I was dying. Head one side numb couldn't walk unaided, chest tight - felt horrendous. Am so worried that any damage already sustained is irreversible. | Never ever take this terrible pill. | F | 68 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 3/23/2012 | 1 | water infection | violent headache, fever, joint pain hacking cough which doctor thought was chest infection but wasnt, weakness in legs, doctor was goin 2 keep me on tablets but refused, trying a different antibiotic an just hope i feel better soon | F | 46 | 3 days 50Mg | 3/9/2012 | 1 | severe uti | Horrendous coughing every night for over a week now to the point i feel like i have cracked all my ribs because i am coughing so hard.i stopped taking them 3 days ago but the cough hasnt eased and now i am itching all over especially my feet. It has cleared the uti but i would rather get up 5 times a night for the toilet than experience the side effects of this drug.should not be prescribed | F | 39 | 7 days 50mg | 3/2/2012 | 4 | UTI | Tiredness, nausea, itching, mood swings, bloated, feeling of being full after not eating much, no appetite really - eating because I know I have to, not because I feel hungry. | So far taking for 3 days but duration of treatment is 10 days. | F | 38 | 3 days 100MG 4X day | 2/9/2012 | 1 | UTI | Only side effects have been chest tightness, doctor suggested ceasing use immediately. | M | 38 | 4 days 100mg 4X day | 2/9/2012 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, sickness, extreme weakness, lack of strength in legs, headache, breathlessness. These developed after my first course of the drug and it was thought I had a chest infection. On taking again, however, symptoms appeared after third tablet. I was in bed for four days after first course and for two days after te second, but was very weak and breathless with a cough for around ten days each time. I was so weak that I could not push the duvet back when in bed. | Can't believe it could have passed trials with these awful side effects. My. doctor said I must never take it again. Lost in total most of December and half of January before I could leave house. | F | 52 | 12 days 3X day | 2/6/2012 | 3 | UTI-unknown cause | I have noticed that I am extremely tired now and put it down to my lifestyle and the stress. I have increased my supplementation to gve me increased energy but noticed that it isn't increasing my energy levels as they used to. So, I began to look at my eating habits which then pointed to the Macrodantin which I take at night. I read the sideffects and noted that legs felt weaker and had pain and that was me. | I felt that I was becoming lazy because I couldn't go out to bring in or hang up the washing. Everything was becoming a heavy chore and just to get up in the morning and get dressed and head into the day was a task. This just reinforced my sense of laziness of which that is not a character trait of mine. It has stopped the UTI's but I still suffer with the incontence of which no doctor has ever nbothered to investigate. I feel betrayed by the medical profession as I now have a huge monthly bill to pay for my incontinence pads. I just manage to get through all of this knowing that there are people far worse than me and I find ways to help others now. | F | 57 | 60 days 50mg 1X day | 12/22/2011 | 3 | UTI | I took it for seven days, caused me some nausea and diarrhea for about one day during the course, and then I was fine. Got the uti again after sex about 10 days later, currently back on macrodantin for another 7 days and I have started feeling nauseous again after two days on the treatment. It works to stop the pain of uti's, but the side effects are awful. | F | 18 | 14 days 100 mg 4X day | 10/5/2011 | 5 | Cystitis | None so far ! | Took first capsule 2 hours ago and already I'm feeling much better. Hope it continues but must say I have my worries after reading peoples comments on here !!! | F | 46 | 7 days 50 4X day | 7/17/2011 | 1 | UTI | I was so sick while taking this medicine i couldnt sleep constant nausea,vomiting and headaches i have taken myself off this tablet and going back to the doctor it is dangerous | F | 27 | 7 days 30mg 1X day | 6/25/2011 | 5 | PERSISTANT UTI | NO SIDE EFFECTS | THIS DRUG HAS HAS BEEN A GODSEND FOR ME. IF I TRY TO STOP TAKING IT SYMPTOMS COME STRAIGHT BACK | F | 56 | 16 years 50MG 1X day | 5/7/2011 | 1 | UTI | headache and legs, flashing lights, vomiting, right side lower back pain, very drowsy etc... | F | 20 | 7.5 days 50mg 4X day | 3/1/2011 | 1 | urine infection | Heavy chest, chills and really bad headache. | I would rather of had the infection, then deal with these side effect, my chest was so heavy I couldn't even talk as it was taken my breath away, the chills were just as bad one minute cold the next hot, two days on I still have a banging head and still feel hot and sweaty. Good news is after taken only 4 tablets the infection is better, not completely gone, and still have have 35 pills left. | F | 47 | 1 days 50mg 4X day | 1/12/2011 | 4 | uti | The only side effects have been severe insomnia despite feeling very tired, and unusual night sweats. Also experienced floaters and flashing lights in my right eye which I attributed to posterior vitreous detachment (a common non-pathological event) but having read some of the comments now wonder if it may have been a side-effect. | Eliminated acute uti quickly, experienced none of the other problems that other people have complained of, despite my allergy to penicillin and the fact that many antibiotics do cause me digestive problems. | F | 66 | 7.5 days 50 4X day | 1/2/2011 | 1 | Lung failure. (DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS) | My mother (72yrs) recently died of long term use of this drug. Her lungs failed and it was noted on death certificate asttributed to the macrodantin. | M | 55 | 9 years 1X day | 11/22/2010 | 1 | Cystitis | I have been taking this for only 2 days and already have suffered from vomiting, constant nausea, stomach bloating/pains, extreme anxiety and depression, kidney pain, bad aches in both legs hips and arms, dizzy, no appetite and feel full after small amounts of food. | F | 30 | 7 days 50 4X day | 10/14/2010 | 1 | Severe UTI | At first I had naussea and trouble sleeping. I quit on medication three days ago, and still have the WORST migraine pain I had in my entire life. I have always controlled my migraines with Fioricet, and taking them now is like I'm having placebo tablets to kill this pain. If I do something that elevates my blood pressure, or bend my head down I feel like my head is going to explode. I do not recommend taking this medication, seriously. | F | 41 | 7 days 100mg 1X day | 10/5/2010 | 1 | bladder infection/irritation after | Chills, aching legs, sensitive to touch, cough, chest heaviness, total lethargy, dizzy, fevers, right side lower back pain. | F | 47 | 15 days 100mg 2X day | 10/1/2010 |