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 | Severe rash on legs and buttocks large itchy welts. I have had rash for about 2 weeks now, also on my fingers | F | 4 days 50 mg | 10/22/2012 | 1 | UTI | Peripheral neuropathy, joint &muscle pain, digestive issues, suffered autoimmune liver damage and kidney damage | It has been 1 year and 5months since I took this poison and I still am not the same, I have not recovered they need to take this off the market!! I initially had horrible joint and muscle pain my knees started buzzing and by the last day I could barely walk and had pins and needles and electrical shocks that developed into peripheral neuropathy. My joints still are in so much pain it has spread to my back, my jaw, my hands all over. I also got liver and kidney damage and it triggered an autoimmune response to where now there is no cure for it!!! If your smart DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! seek other alternatives or natural remedies. | F | 23 | 14 days 50MG 2X day | 10/21/2012 | 4 | uti | hi i just took my meds after reading the post im thinking twice but im going to wait to see i hope i dont get any side effects | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 10/17/2012 | 5 | UTI | Nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, exhaustion | It's all kind of relative, I guess. Macrobid wiped me out for a week. It has some nasty side effects, but none of them were as bad as the screaming UTI pain I was feeling when I urinated. It worked, even if it did take another week for me to feel like myself again. Macrobid is the quintessential example of the saying, "You've got to suffer to feel better". It's recommended that you take Macribid with food, which did not attract me while I was on this medication, and that's an understatement. So I choked down more saltines in that 7 days than I have eaten in the past ten years. You HAVE to get something in your stomach before these pills hit it or you are in for a very nauseaus ride. Also, because antibiotics are designed to kill bacteria, they also kill the good bacteria along with the bad. I kept a supply of active yogurt handy because I wasn't able to eat all that much, it went down easily, and it did help some with the lower intestinal side effects. | F | 59 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 10/8/2012 | 2 | UTI | Experienced pain caused by what I thought was a bladder infection, was put on macrobid 2x a day for 7 days. Finished the pills and 2 days later experienced the same symptoms (burning while urinating etc) and called my doc. She did another urine test and put me back on macrobid. Ever since I've been excessively sweating (in rooms that are cold) and I have noticed a slight drop in my immune system. I used to be very healthy but now I feel as if this antibiotic is slowing me down. I have flu like symptoms and I'm very itchy. This didn't happen during the first week that I consumed the pills. | F | 18 | 7 days | 10/8/2012 | 1 | Slight bladder infection | Prescribed after urine test showed "slight bladder infection" [no symptoms]. Extreme sore throat and lungs on first day. Breathing difficulty by third day due to increased lung and nasal congestion / sinus swelling. Painful nonproductive cough, raw throat, and hoarseness. Called physician re: insert instructions / warnings about "new infections" and potential fatality linked to lung infections. Physician Assistant's assistant advised symptoms unremarkable, probable cold, and not Microbid. By day four wracked with flu-like symptoms, headache, pain and tenderness inside mouth [gums & cheek], full-body aches, weakness, malaise, nausea, intensified lung, throat, nasal pain, congestion, impaired breathing, nonproductive cough making it difficult to sleep. Day 5 [yesterday] - no confidence disregard of Physician Assistant's assistant advise, stopped taking. No improvement by day 6. Not recommended for "slight bladder infection." | Safety of this drug for patients with compromised immunity questioned. | F | 57 | 5 days 100 2X day | 10/4/2012 | 1 | UTI | Terrible rash in my genital area, dizziness, nausea, weakness. As soon as I started to take this antibiotic I had terrible rash in my genital area and I'm on an anti-viral for that and it is not going away. I'm very depressed since I started to take it and extremely tired, I can barely get out of the bed to go to work and I'm in bed all other times. | I stopped taking this medication as of today even though I have 2 more days to go. There is no way I'll be able to handle all these side effects. | F | 31 | 5 days 2X day | 9/29/2012 | 1 | UTI | Tiredness, feeling that I couldn't get enough air into my lungs (I'm not asthmatic). Queasiness. Muscle cramps (severe). Prickling sensations in my scalp and legs. Feverish. Fluid retention. Was supposed to take it for a week; stopped after 4 days due to increasing symptoms. 36 hours after my last dose I developed an itchy red rash on my face, and my skin in general felt like it was burning. I would never take this again! | Why give something so toxic without trying another antibiotic first? | F | 61 | 4 days 100 mg 2X day | 9/28/2012 | 1 | bladder infection | got so sick with vomiting I had to go to the ER for dehyration- | vomited all ngiht after taking the first pill- had to go to ER | F | 61 | 2 days 100 1X day | 9/19/2012 | 1 | UTI & blood in urine | After the second pill I felt tired & flu like symptoms. The next morning I felt so tired, cold & nauseous, I waited until after lunch to take the third pill, 3 hours later I was sleeping, because I felt so bad, I woke up with my ears ringing so bad I couldn't hear. I called the Dr. & asked to be put on Amoxicillin because I know I can tolerate that & I've taken it for UTI before, she agreed but only until the results of my culture come back. I will never take this drug again, It's been 24 hrs. & I still feel tired, cold & my mind is fuzzy. | I am very drug sensitive & I am so tired of these drug companies coming up with these strong drugs. I would not recommend this drug to anyone, read the side effects, scary! | F | 73 | 2 days 100 2X day | 9/19/2012 | 3 | DOUBLE KIDNEY INFECTION | From the start of this drug, I've had nothing but:: Vomitting, Nasuea, Abdominal Cramping, Fevers, Cold Chills, HeadAches so severe I couldn't even cough without screaming in pain, Sore Itchy Throat, Itchy Rashy Skin, Yellowing of the Skin, ALL over body Pain. This is by far the WORST prescription for any medical issue I've ever had in my life, & I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TAKE THIS FOR ANY REASON. | I'm a single Mom, & this Medication which is suppose to help me feel better, & get better, made it so that for almost a week my family took care of my Daughter while I was busy on the toilet puking, or crapping, or in bed with a fever over 104F this AntiBiotic, is more like a damned Virus designed to Kill. >=| I am very unpleased about the side effects.. Not to mention that when the label says stay away from "Spicy Foods" it TRULY means all foods with any kind of Spice except for Salt & Pepper. No Coffee, or Tea, no nothing. This is a medication that needs to be re-evaluated BEFORE anyone else is prescribed it. I think next time I'm sick, I'll go see an Old School Medicine Man. I have better chances with him. | F | 21 | 10 days 100MG 2X day | 9/18/2012 | 1 | uti infection | Headache,chest pains,upset stomach, very bad leg pain, feels like someone has crushed my left leg, it numb to my knee. Very sleepy all the time also gave me the worse yeast infection ever!! | F | 24 | 7 days 100 mg | 9/18/2012 | 5 | Intersttial Cystitus | Hardly any sude effects, DOXICYCLINE has alot more side effects, felt like I was dying on that medication. The only Macrobid Side effects were headache on day 5 and 6, but then it subsided. By the end of the fourth week, chest pressure and pain, also kicked in my arythmia a bit(which is normal, you should not be on this medicine for more than a month, at ANY dose, even 50mg a day, its very strong) Side effects only started for me at the end, but then again, I was on a very high dose, and for longer than normal. But, hey, it cured my "incurable" interstitial cystitus, where all other antibiotics failed. I could kiss my doctor for prescribing this awesome antibiotic that worked for me. | Its strong. But it works. Ive had more side effects with other antibiotics. Ive read of peopel taking this medication for more than six months a low maintanance dose (50mg) a day, and ended up with some serious problems. This is a hardcore antibiotic that is meant for to be taken at the max dose for a short period of time in my opinion. 50mg twice a day was not gonna beat my problem. 100mg, 2 to 3 times a day, for a week to 14 days is sufficiant for most people. | F | 32 | 3 weeks 100mg 3X day | 9/12/2012 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this to take after intercourse to prevent a UTI. I took 1 pill a couple times a month. I developed Periphial neuropathy severely. I was unknowingly deficient in B12 which exacerbated the situation. This side effect is never mentioned, but is listed in causes of neuropathy! It is not a curable disease! It is devastating! You can have only taken one pill and have this side effect! | Everyone should be tested for B12 deficiency before taking this drug. | F | 61 | 1 days 30 mg 1X day | 9/12/2012 | 1 | Horrible nausea not actually throwing up but just gagging but this I can deal with - the worse thing is the headache and the stiff neck and muscle pain in my neck right near the base of my skull. It has brought me to tears nearly every day and I have given birth to three children and had a few surgeries and never cried. | I am hoping it is working and my back is no longer in pain but the side effects of this medication is worse than the original pain. I have never had a reaction to medication before and hope that I never have to take this again. | F | 43 | 7 days 100 2X day | 9/10/2012 | 3 | UTI | Just finished a 7-day course of the generic versiin (nitrofurentoin). UTI symptoms have improved, but I woke up this morning with a full-body rash & itchy throat/ears. I just took Benadrly to see if it will help. In the future, this drug will be on my "ALLERGY" list. I dread to think what could happen if I ever took it again! There are much better drug choices available now. This antique should be retired/taken out of the formularies. | F | 49 | 7 days 10 mg | 9/7/2012 | 1 | urinary tract infection | coughing and flu like symtoms. | one hr after taking macrobid i started coughing ang cough for fivr day staight and couldn't stop, now i've been suffering with stomach and colon problems for at least 4 years. then another doctor prescribed nitufur mac after i told them i was allergic to macrobid, which is the same medicine and i took one before i realized it was the same medicine and started coughing again for days. | F | 59 | 30 2X day | 9/7/2012 | 1 | dry cough, fever, chills, headache. | never ever want to take this medicine again. | F | 44 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 8/26/2012 | 1 | UTI | OMG!!! 7 days AFTER I stopped taking it I have rashes welts and itching. They come and go randomly all over my body I did NOT have the reaction while taking it...it must be this because 2 years ago the same thing happened about 7 days later. Last time it went away after 1 month...what a long time of misery | F | 43 | 10 days 100mg 1X day | 8/20/2012 | 2 | UTI | extreme muscle cramping.. Shortness of breath.. Irritable.. Depressed.. Burning & tingling of hands & feet.. Lower back pain.. Diarreah.. Nerve pain.. Weakness.. | F | 28 | 10 days 100mg | 8/8/2012 |