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 | Bladder infection? | I had chest pains-hurt to breath-smothering in chest-nausa-high temperature-weak-felt awful-rash-itching-been week chest still hurts--STILL HAVE LUNG DAMAGE-- | DO NOT TAKE MACROBID--MY LUNG DR. SAID IT WAS LIKE HAVING PNEUMONIA IN MY LUNGS. HE STARTED ME ON PREDNISONE TO CLEAR UP MY LUNGS, IF POSSIBLE. HE SAID I WAS LUCKY NOT BEING IN HOSPITAL. | F | 80 | 4 days 2X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | UTI | Day one have a terrible headache, very dizzy and sleepy. Hands are numb. | I'm going to give it the weekend and see what happens and if if continues and gets worse I'm stopping the medicine and call my Doctor. | F | 50 | 2 days 100 2X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | Bladder infection | I took my first does at 9:00 pm. Woke up at 2:00 am thinking I was dying. Aches, headache, lots of chills, diarrhea. I took Tylenol and was able to sleep a little. At 6:00 am, still feeling horrible, I found this website. Callad my doctor and he prescribed me zpack and a steroid for the allergic reaction. I'm highly allergic to sulfa and penicillin. Is this drug a sulfa drug? | The bladder infection felt better than this. I will never take this medicine again. I'm going to check out the Mannose someone suggested. | F | 45 | 1 days 100 MG 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | Terrible itching all over. Chills and fever. Fatigue,anxiety and depression. Now a week later, confusion, detatched feeling and terrible pains in lungs. | It seems that this drug is dangerous. Two weeks after starting Two weeks after starting this medicine, I feel very tired, weak, hot and cold. I have terrible pains in my lungs that feel like pneumonia and am feeling very upset and weepy. I told my Doctor about the intense itching and she has recorded that I am allergic to it. How is the FDA supposed to collect adverse reaction information about drugs if the only place that it is noted is on individual patient records? | F | 45 | 7 days 4X day | 9/7/2010 | 1 | UTI | swelling legs, sick to my stomach, joint pain , | Went to the hospital 2 times. It has been nearly 2 weeks since I took it, Dr is sending me for lab tests kidney funstion is down.Would not wish this on anyone. Never will take it again | F | 64 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | UTI | I developed a cough, then it went into my chest with body aches and fever, i was confined to my bed very weak, lost 10 pounds, and i had severe lower back pain right above buttocks. | F | 47 | 6 days 100 2X day | 9/4/2010 | 5 | UTI | NONE AT ALL | I am a healthy 25 year old who has had several UTIs this year alone. I have been given Macrobid all but 1 time and it works wonders. The one other time, I was given something else by a different doctor, and my UTI returned within 1 week of finishing the prescription. Also, I have no allergies. I am pretty sure that most of the horror stories that a lot of people have shared are due to allergic reactions. If you arent allergic to meds in this family of drugs, you should be fine. | F | 25 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 9/3/2010 | 1 | UTI | Took Macrobid, was told to take it every 12 hours for 7 days. After 3 days- became extremely weak, fell and couldn't get up, My husband tried to pick me up, he couldn't because my body was cold and clammy. I had to crawl on my elbows to a place where I was finally able to pull myself up, had severe rugs burns on both knees from crawling on the rug.Went to doctor, he checked my lungs, I was wheezing and said he would have to hospitalize me. My oxygen levels were in the low 80's,my heart rate was off. Was hooked up to oxygen and a heart monitor 24/7 in CCU. They were injecting steroids into my IV, had respiratory therapy treatments every 5 hours. Had shots in my belly daily to prevent blood clots because I was bedridden. I was in CCU for 5 days. I was told if I had continued to take the drug any longer, I could have died! The last day I was in the hospital, I started expectorating thick white mucus. That was back in March 2009, I have seen three specialists-Pulmonologist, ENT and Gastroe | Would not recommend this drug to my worse enemy! | F | 66 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 9/2/2010 | 1 | uti | I started taking this drug 8/28 I had a fever before decribed this med and still do started with a chest pains,joint pains,headaches and just started with a nasty cough I'm going to the ER today I will never take this medication again! | I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION AGAIN! | F | 41 | 4 days 100 2X day | 8/31/2010 | 1 | UTI | I got ARDS (Acute Respitory Distress Syndrome), 10% chance to live, enough said... Look it up! | F | 41 | 7 days ?? 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 1 | UTI | From the moment I started taking this I experienced major sleepiness, I could barely stay awake, then got bad headaches and completely depressed and weepy. I stopped taking it last night and now I am feeling like I have the flu, achy neck & back, hot & sweaty, nausea, weak, overall feel like crap. My mom had mentioned that this drug had something negative about it, but was not sure. I looked online and was shocked to find out all the terrible things about it. My UTI has not gone away and I feel terrible. I will never take this again. | F | 37 | 2.5 days 100mg 2X day | 8/29/2010 | 1 | UTI | I took one pill at night and got severe body pain and depression. My stomach, neck and my whole back hurt as if my torso was being crushed. It was hard to breath because it hurt too much to take a deep breath of air. | I only took one pill so far, I ate with it because it said it helps, but it didnt. I skipped the morning pill because I was afraid of having the side effects again. I just took another pill and have to go to work at 7 am and I am hoping that the side effects wont be worse, but after reading all of these terrible comments, things arent looking up. I would not recommend this drug. | F | 19 | 7 days 100MG 2X day | 8/29/2010 | 1 | UTI | I hate this drug, don't ever take it! After 7 days of being on it I am now on prednisone and atarax. My hands, face, lips, arms, elbows and knees and feet are swollen 3x their normal size and the intense itching is more than I can handle. After the first dose I had a wicked migraine headache that could not be stopped by advil or tylenol, all I wanted to do was sleep, and am covered in 1 inch long hardened raised welts all over my body, my back killed me and it felt like my kidneys were infected and still feel that way. My ears are red and on fire like the rest of my body. This is a horrible drug.don't ever take it. Note I was on the name brand drug To boot. | Hate it | F | 28 | 7 days 2X day | 8/28/2010 | 1 | UTI | Painful headaches, neck pain, nausea, chills | have stopped taking this med and would not take it again | F | 43 | 2 days ?? 2X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | Baldder infection | I have not had any side effects from this medicine. | This medication was great 100mg of nitrofur bid twice a day for a bladder infection started clearing up my pain the very next day...I had a good experience with this med and would take it again. | F | 35 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 8/26/2010 | 5 | UTI | I recall having a sore stomach at one point but it went away. No noticeable side effects other than that. | I recommend and it cleared the infection | F | 23 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 8/25/2010 | 2 | uti | After the first pill uti felt soooo much better, after 2 more pills I feel like death :( I'm nausous, EXTREMELY tired and very depressed. My body feels achy and run down, after reading the reviews I'm goin to stop immediately | I have never had negative reactions to medication so I'm very surprised that its this bad | F | 23 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 8/25/2010 | 1 | UTI | Extreme muscle pain in my calves and up my thighs. Constant, dull headache. EXTREME fatigue and feeling weak, like I just ran a marathon. | usually don't have side effects, but this one is awful! I have 2 small children and am worried I will pass out I'm so tired. I took one pill last night and woke up this morning with all of these symptoms. I took another this morning, not relating the 2 together, then double checked the pamphlet from the pharmacy this afternoon and my symptoms matched exactly! The doctor's nurse said to stop taking it immediately. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. | F | 31 | 1 days 100mg 2X day | 8/25/2010 | 1 | UTI and Kidney Infection | This is the worst drug I have ever taken. I have severe drug allergies causing me to go into anaphylactic Shock so my Dr thought this was a good choice. SO WRONG! I had severe headaches, fever for 8 days all 103+, night sweats, muscle cramps and spasms, my knees have ached so much I couldnt walk up a flight of stairs or even get off of my couch without help, nausea, gas, awful chills, hoarse throat, extreme exhaustion. I finally went to the Emergency yeaterday and the Internist said I was having an allergic reaction every time I swallowed a pill, thus compounding every day! I am very angry my Dr did not catch this, he told me to make sure I keep taking the pills! I would advise anyone starting this drug to seriously think twice about it... | DONT TAKE IT!!!!! | F | 49 | 8 days 100 mg 2X day | 8/22/2010 | 2 | UTI | FATIGUE. Slept full nights then full days first few days I was on it. Went to take a "20 minute nap" at work and was asleep for nearly 2 hours (I work at a very supportive place, so they were glad I got some rest instead of angry I overslept :) PAIN. It took me a couple days to realize it wasn't the infection, but the medicine causing the pains. Severe and persistent pain and soreness in my legs down my shins and calves, in my knees, through my thighs, into my hips and lower back, not much on top though. It made it miserable to try to sit at work and walking around, massage, and sleeping didn't help. Took ibuprofen, but didn't alleviate it either. HEADACHE. I'd wake up with it and it would be there, lingering, throughout the day. Again, ibuprofen, which I think did help a little, but did not get it to go away entirely. LOSS of appetite first few days. FYI, I have the generic Nitrofura... I've never thought a generic was any worse than the name brand, but now I | This morning would be pill #11 out of 14 and I just can't take it. These pains are awful. I can't be comfortable whether sitting, standing, walking, laying, sleeping, so last night I was like screw it, I'll go distract myself and I played soccer. At least my body was distracted. I'm just taking charge, gambling that the infection will stay gone, and now I know that macrobid is not for me. | F | 23 | 7 days 100 MG 2X day | 8/20/2010 |