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 | Last year I took my last dose of Macrobid, went to bed and woke up 2 hours later very sick with flu like symptoms and a feeling of pressure in my chest. Later a rash developed along with swollen, painful hands. I was diagnosed with viral bilateral pneumonia. This year I was prescribed Macrobid, and after the first 2 doses, I had the same symptoms as last year. After a week, eight physcians, and a hospital stay, I figured it out by myself. I still have elevated liver enzymes, muscle weakness, and tingling in my hands. Hopefully, things will normalize. Doctors are NOT familiar with treating or even looking for this adverse effect of Macrobid. | I saw a pulmonologist, who is quite familiar with this terrible adverse effect of Macrobid. It is much more likely to occur in those who take it long term and for a maintainence treatment of frequent UTI. In these people, when it does occur, the respiratory complication is forever. | F | 67 | 7 days 50mg 2X day | 1/21/2012 | 1 | Uti | Neuropathy, painful burning, tingling of legs and arms. Ringing in ears. | I would NEVER advise taking this medication! I only took one pill 1-2 times a month, and yet I have these terrible symptoms that may never leave. I thought I had ms at first since the symptoms are quite similar. | F | 61 | ? 1X day | 1/20/2012 | 1 | uti | Five hours after the first, and only, dose (which I did take with food), I experienced extreme dizziness and nausea. Throughout the night I felt weak and extremely dizzy. Seventeen hours after my one and only dose, I still feel dizzy and have a mild headache. My doctor is switching the meds. | F | 60 | 1 days 100 mg 2X day | 1/19/2012 | 1 | uti | flu like systoms, aching joints, chills fever, lack of appetite, miserable! I only took 2 thank goodness. I would never take this durg again. I usually have no reaction at all to drugs. | F | 64 | 2 days 100 2X day | 1/15/2012 | 5 | uti-urinary tract infection | Did not have any adverse effects while I DID experience adverse side effects with both "Cipro" & a "sulfa drug". | As an RN reading some of these responses I am ALARMED at you for continuing to take this med. Most of these are ALLERGIC REACTIONS and if you EVER feel CHEST DISCOMFORT, TROUBLE BREATHING, THROAT SWELLING or FEELING TIGHT or "CAUSTIC" feeling as one person reported, or ANY reaction that seems abnormal to you especially if it involves airway, breathing, or circulation as these are LIFE THREATENING & some of you could have died by continuing to take this medication. ALWAYS read the insert from your pharmacy in order to be aware of what an adverse reaction might be & at the first sign of a problem STOP TAKING the med AND CALL YOUR DR or 911! However, when searching the web for side effects please know that during clinical trials if a person reports feeling something not quite right with them while taking the med they (the drug co) must report it as a side effect regardless of whether or not the problem was due to the trial med (even a minor headache which MAY have been due to another reason). So the order they are listed in as side effects is according to "lifethreatening" first, then reactions (complaints) in order of frequency. "CIPRO" & a "SULFA drug" BOTH made me have trouble thinking, reading,& remembering what I'd just said, hands shaking & other cns (central nervous system) probs & I CALLED my DR. & listed them as "allergies" & had him call in a different med ("Macrobid") which wo | F | 46 | 10 days 100mg 2X day | 1/12/2012 | 5 | UTI | Made me feel a little off. Not drowsy to the point where I just want to sleep, but less energy than usual. Still able to concentrate and go to the gym. Relieved symptom of urgency within 2 hours of taking medication. | I had my first UTI at 16, then nothing until 25. I was getting frequent UTIs possibly due to frequency of intercourse. After several rounds of 100mg 2x/d for 7days, I was given 1x100mg to take after intercourse. I did that for a while, then stopped since I'd rather not take medication if I don't need to. I was fine for a few months, then I got one back again. | F | 25 | 7 days 100 2X day | 1/11/2012 | 1 | e-coli uti | Extreme muscle fatigue and cramping, joint pain, severe abdominal pain upper right quadrant, dizziness, numbness hands and feet, blurry vision, headache, racing heartbeat, anxiety attacks | I am so angry but relieved at the same time. I have taken this medication several times in the past 18 months. The first go round I didn't notice any side effects. I finished a full cycle in October 2011 and after reading this post I realize that all the other issues I've been having were caused by this medication. My hands and feet have been tingling since October, I'm a massage therapist so I thought it was work related. Sometimes the pain in my side is so bad I cant move and my muscles feel like they are slowing desolving.Yes it cleared up my uti but I think the cure is worse than the disease. Is there anything that can be done and I hope these side effects we seem to all be having are not permenant. Maybe we could all get a settlement and retire early. (lol) | F | 49 | 7 days 100 2X day | 1/11/2012 | 1 | UTI | bad neck and head pain and extreme fatigue, burning sensation and slight fever | First, I am a very healthy and fit individual. I took the first dose before bed and woke up with very bad neck and head pain. I could barely get out of bed but, got up and started my day thinking I just had a horrible nights sleep. I had diarhea but, again just assumed I was under the weather. I took a second dose and decided to work from home but the headache and neck pain persisted and eventually I was so fatigued I needed to lie down. I slept but woke up feeling like I had been hit by a bus and the headache and neck pain continued. As I was lying in bed I was trying to figure out why I was feeling SO incredibly bad and why my head was so TOXIC feeling with burning sensations on ears and neck. The only thing that made sense was a reaction to this drug. So, here I am because I looked it up on the internet. I feel for all of you especially those of you who have taken more than a few doses. This stuff is hideous and I do not understand WHY it is not immediately irradicated. The fever response to this drug is baffling to me but not to a bacterialogist/chemist etc. They need to figure out why this response occurs to medication!. So unconscionable of FDA. Doctors who blows off reports of side effects are irresponsible and ignorant and unethical!! They of all people should know better (my head is pounding and face stinging as I write this). I WILL NOT take another dose! | F | 49 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 1 | Uti | Shortness of breath,cough, chills,fever, excruciating back pain. My lungs still have a strange sensation like I've breathed in a caustic substance. My throat feels odd and my voice is strained. | F | 54 | 1 days 100 mg | 1/10/2012 | 1 | bladder infection | I took it for 3 days, 12/22/11 and it has been over 2 weeks and still have side effects. Started w/ rash all over 4 days after taking. Severe pain in back of head and neck. Every joint hurt, swelled. Fever. Felt extremely sick. Chest still hurts. The worst is the numbness in my hands. Can't sleep at night for pain in hands. Numbness in feet too. What a nightmare. Doc says it can't be from med, yeah right. Thank God for people writing in and telling or I wouldn't know what caused it. But I still have extreme headaches everyday, afraid it set off something permanent. | F | 47 | 3 days 100 2X day | 1/9/2012 | 1 | Uti | Anxiety,sweats, weird thoughts, muscle pain in back | Cleared uti quickly but felt terrible, so have stopped taking it. | F | 65 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 1/9/2012 | 1 | uti | Awful. Do not take it!!!! I still not recovering from it. | F | 30 | 7 days 100 mg | 1/5/2012 | 1 | urinary tract infection | my elderly mother took it...after 4 days she suffered from nausea, vomiting, labored breathing, shortness of breath, sweating, fatigue. we stopped the medication. | now she must be on oxygen to reduce strain on her heart as the mild fibrosis she had is now worsened and her heart is having to work harder because of it. The nurse said my mother may have had a heart attack but she "never heard of heart or lung issues associated wiht macrobid" - all one has to do is google it! If she lives long enough to have another UTI, I will never allow her to receive this drug again. Cranberry capsules are what i'm using now to prevent another UTI. | F | 89 | 7 days 2X day | 1/3/2012 | 1 | UTI | Extreme sudden fatigue and dizziness, felt as though I were about to pass out. during the night, I had such sever dry mouth to the point that my mouth was actually not producing saliva. Woke up with headache and blurry vision out of my left eye. | Dr prescribed this drug as an alternative to Cipro since he does not like cipro. I asked about side affects and was told that they are so negligible, they're not worth mentioning. After 1 pill, I'm done. | F | 34 | 1 days 100mg 2X day | 1/3/2012 | 1 | cystitis | Update on my symptoms: After 2 days I woke in the night feelong like someone had stuffed a golf ball down my throat - very painful and swollen. I was completely exhaused and very pale. I slept for 26of the next 48 hours. The doctor did not know if it was a reaction to the antibiotic. He told me to take antihistamine. I did not take them. They just mask what is goin on . I wanted to know what was going on in my body. I was not ill - flu, toncilitis etc. I am 47. I know how my body reacts to illness. This was something new. It is hard to describe but I felt poisoned. I could not face alcohol, rich food anything that would put an extra load on my struggling body and SO exhausted. It took about a week for the symptoms to come under control (regained some energy, throat much less swollen, dont feel poisoned, cyctitis symptoms gone, itching down to a lower level). It has now been nearly 2 weeks and I am nearly back to normal. A few times a day I feel a bit itchy but nothing that interferes with life. Good luck with your symptoms - especially those of you that have had much worse reactions than mine. | F | 47 | 50mg 1X day | 1/2/2012 Patient History | 5 | UTI | No side effects whatsoever. | I took medication after a meal with plenty of water. Started to feel better on day 2. | F | 54 | 5 days 100 MG 2X day | 12/29/2011 | 1 | UTI | Sick with severe flu like symptoms. | Nightmare. How did this make it out of trials? Suspected it was medicine when I would feel better as it would wear off and then get worse after taking it. Was so worried that I would give my "flu" to family and almost ruined my Christmas vacation. Thankfully, figured out that it was a rogue medicine and stopped taking it. I hope it can be taken out of circulation so more people don't suffer from this awful experience. | F | 45 | 2 days 2X day | 12/28/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | pressure on lungs, couldn't breath properly. sore joints, pain in legs. Felt like I was going to vomit, fuzzy head and general malaise, no feeling in part of my upper leg, pins and needles | This is an evil drug. My friend had similar side effects last month while being on the same dosage. She had to go the the ER and was put on steroids. DO NOT TAKE THIS MED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. | F | 54 | 5 days 100 mg 2X day | 12/28/2011 | 1 | UTI | Arthritis like symptoms, Tingling numbess in hands and legs, nerve ending pain going up arms and legs, joint pain, hip pain, lower back pain, flank pain, bone cracking and popping, jaw started clicking, muscle weakining, excessive urination, gastrointestinal problems, acid reflux and digestive issues | On the 7th day of taking macrobid i started geting nerve ending pain going up my fingers, then progressed to my arms and legs. My hands deformed and hurt like arthritis pain, then progressed to joint pain in my knee caps and my hips, things kept getting worse as then had joint pain everywhere on my body! the worst of the symptoms was the bone cracking and popping! couldnt walk for too long because of the pain felt like my bones were about to break off of their sockets! Also sever sore muscles and felt weak, and also caused uterus pain and made the uti feel so much worse then it ever was!! caused me to urinate a dozen times in 1 hours, horrible pain had to go to ER. Jaw started clicking and found out it caused tmj! Really messed with my bones and it feels like they are deterioating! Also suffered from sever acid reflux which i have never had in my life! everything was acid couldnt even drink water because it would burn so bad! food was regurgitating up, totally destroyed my intestinal flora. Doctors refuse to admit macrobid did anything!!! they havent helped with anything! still suffering from the side effects!! that was all 6months ago and still i have not recovered, although the tingling and nerve ending pain did go away, joint pain is still there in knee caps and hips and fingers, thumbs look bent from the joint inflamation, and my muscles feel weak i cant lie in one position too long because they get sore. Bone pain still present aswell and still progressing now have wors | F | 22 | 7 days 2X day | 12/26/2011 | 1 | Blood and Protein in urine | I took two doses of this and woke up middle of night, sweating, sweat, heart beating fast, headache and extreme nausea. Stayed away for two hours with depressing thoughts! Got back to sleep and woke up feeling like I had been run over. Managed to get to work but I feel awful, drinking as much water as I can to flush it out of my system. I will never take it again. | F | 41 | 7 days 100 2X day | 12/21/2011 |