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 | Positive UTI | After taking Bactrim for 5 days & I still had the UTI, my urologist prescribed the Macrobid. After my very 1st dose of Macrobid, I began to experience dizziness, nausea & felt very sick. After I went to bed, I woke up with painful leg cramps, numb hands and I felt nauseated. Altogether, I took Macrobid for 3 days, but I was so sick that I had to discontinue this drug. | RED ALERT: Macrobid caused a serious increase in fibromylagia pain. I began to encounter much worse fibro pain throughout my body, including locations that I NEVER hurt before. The worse thing about Macrobid is that this drug can cause CONTINUED NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS EVEN WEEKS OR MONTHS AFTER YOU DISCONTINUED THE DRUG!!! I'm still experiencing excruciating leg cramps, nausea, dizziness, heart palpitations, hurting all over, worse fibromyalgia pain and I'm not even taking this drug any longer! This antibiotic should be REMOVED from the market, but the watchdogs who are supposed to be protecting the consumers are the very culprits looking to make BIG BUCKS in the pharmaceutical industry!!! Do yourself a favor, don't walk, instead RUN, as fast as you can away from this drug!!! | F | 47 | 3 days 100 MG 2X day | 7/22/2011 | 5 | UTI (drug resistant strain) | None whatsoever, as long as they are taken with food | Began taking Macrobid after 2 weeks on Levaquin that did not resolve my kidney/UTI. I have heartburn if I take it without food, otherwise, it's great. | F | 39 | 15 days 100 mg 2X day | 7/20/2011 | 2 | UTI | Upset stomach, diarrhea | I have been taking this medication once every couple months, and my UTI's keep coming back, along with making my already sensitive stomach even worse. | F | 23 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 7/15/2011 | 1 | UTI | As if flipping a light switch I became dizzy and nauseous. Extremely fatigued. Also had moments of trouble forming sentences. I knew what I wanted to say but had to really concentrate to get the words out. Pretty scary. Doc said having adverse reaction to meds even though I had taken it 4.5 hours earlier in the day. Stopped it immediately and put me on Septra. | F | 46 | 1 days 100mg. 2X day | 7/14/2011 | 1 | UTI | I had a headache a couple of hours after taking medicine. The day after I finished taking all the pills, I had a fever, chills and flu like symptoms. The next day I awoke covered in a very itchy rash, from head to toe. Today it has spread further. I am now on prednisone, hopefully this will work. My UTI is gone but I feel lousy. Septra has always worked for me so I'll go back to that next time. | F | 58 | 5 days 100mg 1X day | 7/11/2011 | 1 | UTI | Severe urticaria - which manifested about 10 days after I stopped the meds | This is the second time I foolishly took this medication. The first time I suffered with the urticaria for 4 years before it finally subsided. I can only pray that because I stopped the meds after 2 days that my reaction will be shorter lived. If a natural health product caused these types of reactions there would be a huge outcry and yet a blind eye is turned towards pharmaceutical reactions. Appalling! | F | 53 | 2 days 2X day | 7/5/2011 | 1 | UTI | Worst I have felt after taking a medication...nausea, high fever, dizziness and could not walk, shooting pains throughout body especially in chest, all joints sore, neck, back, worse than any flu I've had..didnt work for me at all | F | 47 | 7 days 100 2X day | 7/3/2011 | 5 | No side effects. Worked great just take it with a big meal each time you take it. | F | 22 | 7 days 100 2X day | 7/1/2011 | 2 | UTI | this was horrible.... i felt my body was being poisoned. i took first dose and a headache started 2 hours after. took 2nd dose and 4 hours later i was the sickest i've ever been. i felt like i had influenza. i had fever of around 100 degrees i had headache, nausea, the worst body aches and pains and a weird chest sensation that was a heavy feeling. i could not walk at all i was so sick. i went to the ER thinking my uti went septic and i had a great dr that said to me it looks like you are allergic to macrobid did bloodwork and urine culture all was fine ...diagnoses i can NOT TOLLERATE macrobid | F | 38 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 6/30/2011 | 1 | UTI | Allergic reaction: puffy lips, hives | Supposedly this antibiotic is good for those allergic to other antibiotics. For some reason, this is the only antibiotic to which I have had an allergic reaction. | F | 40 | 5 days 100 2X day | 6/28/2011 | 5 | UTI | mild headaches | I had a UTI for a month. Cipro didn't kill it. I was so scared to take Macrobid after reading all the reviews on here because I'm allergic to a few other drugs and have anxiety. The only side effect I noticed was some mild headaches and constipation - but nothing compared to the UTI discomfort. I'm on day 5/7 right now and am finally feeling better. | F | 27 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 6/25/2011 | 1 | uti | prickly heat, stomach pain, nauseous, diarrhea, hot flashes, chills, abdominal pain, back pain, neck pain, dry throat, headache, no appetite, tired | This drug should not be prescribed. Stopped taking after 2nd pill. Side effects hit about 3 hours after taking 2nd pill. It's been over 24 hours since I took this medicine and I still feel horrible. Still can't eat. When try to eat have to go the bathroom right away and feel really hot. Couldn't sleep between the chills and the hot flashes. | F | 41 | 1 days 2X day | 6/24/2011 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, vomiting, headache, extremely tired, back pain. I have tried everything i can think of to help these symptoms but nothing seems to work. I hate this medicine | F | 29 | 7 days 2X day | 6/19/2011 | 4 | Chronic bladder infections since Burch Pro surgery | F | 55 | 4 years 1X day | 6/17/2011 | 1 | UTI | This drug is horrible and makes you feel like crap. I don't know if it has worked for me yet or not because I'm only on day four, but every day on it so far I have had a headache like I've never had before. At night when I go to bed I have the most intense and painful cramping in my intestines under my left rib and it just aches and aches all night It is very painful and have never felt anything like it. Then the nausea is horrible, I almost puked last night, but held it in. After I pooped three times, the last time being the runs, then my stomach started feeling better. Then it doesn't hurt too much during the day. But the aching is horrible. I also feel like I'm sweating at night. But this is the second medication I've been on for this UTI with no growth of anything on culture. So if I have to be sick to get rid of it, I will. But it will suck if I'm this sick and it does nothing. We'll see. Oh, and the back pain is horrible too. My bladder doesn't hurt at all anymore, | F | 41 | 10 days 100mg 2X day | 6/16/2011 | 2 | Chronic bladder infections | Etreme headaches within 4-6 hours after taking medication, also very fatigued and feel sick to my stomach :( | F | 26 | 7 days 100 mg 1X day | 6/12/2011 | 2 | uti | Headache, upset stomach, occasional chest pain & tightness, sleep loss, light headed, muscle cramps, occasional chills, occasional mild shortness of breath, fatigue, and weakness | I took this drug before because I had an allergic reaction to sulfatrim, and I had no side effects. This is the second time I was prescribed this medication. I took one pill last night with food and had little sleep. I experienced flu like symptoms this morning, but eventually passed. I took a pill at supper, same symptoms again. Therefore I am not taking any more. I am glad to see I am not the only one feeling these side effects. | F | 26 | 1 days 100 2X day | 6/10/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | Was supposed to take this for 14 days but I started having dizziness and checked my blood pressure since hubby has a cuff. BP was low, around 90 over 60 with the dizziness. Also had a bad taste in mouth. This drug cleared up infection, but the dizziness and low bp made me feel horrible. Affects lasted for 4 or 5 days. I have never had an allergic reaction to a drug before!! | F | 53 | 5 days 100 mg 2X day | 6/10/2011 | 1 | uti | Difficulty breathing, sweating/swollen hands stomach cramps, foggy head, dizzy, cold chills, fainted.... the list goes on and on.... | I will never take macrobid ever again!! Worst med I have ever taken... wish I never did! | F | 23 | 8 days 100mg 2X day | 6/10/2011 | 4 | Chronic UTI from Urethral Stricture | I began taking this drug as a preventative measure for chronic UTI's. I have an urethral stricture and have to self-cath, so I was getting recurrent UTI's. As summer rolled around I decided I wanted to get in shape (again...geez), so I got up early one morning, ate breakfast, took Macrobid and jumped on my bike. Within the first 30 minutes of riding I was coughing. I went home and have been dry coughing for about three days now. Not fun. Previous to this I loved macrobid as the UTI's have been non-existant. | Anyone else have a similar experience? What happened with you? How did you resolve? I read that lung problems are a rare but potential side effect. How can this be? How does the macrobid attatch itself inside the lungs? Did I do this to myself by exercising too soon after taking Macrobid (not enough time to disolve and leave the body)? | M | 38 | 3 months 100mg 1X day | 6/9/2011 |