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 |
| 3 | UTI | Fever (over 100 F), chills, severe headache and severe body aches, tightness in chest, cough, difficulty breathing, lethargic, exhausted, constantly thirsty, loss of appetite. Flu-like symptoms. Disoriented, disconnected. | Fever, chills, severe headache, severe body aches. Tightness in chest, loss of breath, shortness of breath. Waking up at night unable to breath! Feeling of exhaustion, lethargic, constantly thirsty. UTI symptoms are clearing up, however the side effects are worse than the UTI was! This is the second time in 2 months that I have been on this medication. The first time (100mg x 2 daily for 5 days) was fine. No side effects, maybe a headache. This time around, I have such a hard time breathing! I'm so tired and cough frequently. My head hurts so badly, my entire body hurts so badly! I called my Physician the day after the medication was prescribed and I reported my symptoms and my fever of 100.7. They told me to continue taking the medication and that it was appropriate treatment for my UTI. I think they may have thought I was complaining that my UTI hadn't cleared by then?? My UTI symptoms were nothing compared to the side effects of this medication! | F | 32 | 7 days 100 2X day | 8/16/2010 | 1 | UTI | I took one of these pills and within about 3 hours started feeling sick. Tightness in my chest, cough, severe headache... next day switched to bactrim, but the side effects continued and I'm really not sure if the macrobid was still causing effects or if it's the bactrim. Got a fever of 103 and developed tiny blisters on my fingers and then hives. Felt like I had the flu. Stopped all meds. Day 3 now and I have had mild hives all day. They are finally going away tonight. | Going to the doc tomorrow. Hope there is something I can take for the UTI that won't kill me. Wish I knew how long macrobid stays in your system as I think all this might have been caused by the single dose I took. | F | 53 | 1 days 100 MG 2X day | 8/15/2010 | 1 | uti | Anaph shock. Treated in ambulance and ER two hours after one pill. | F | 72 | 1 days standard 1X day | 8/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | Second time on drug. First time OK. Not this time! While on drug and in the last couple of days, I developed a crushing headache, was wheezy and generally felt lousy but thought it was related to extreme hot weather & humidity. 2 1/2 days after finishing all pills, woke up last night having allergic reaction with hives on head, neck, back, inner thighs, behind knees, lower arms & some fingers. Ears are swollen & red. Phoned the health network & spoke with a nurse on call. Am now on Benadryl, two every six hours & getting some relief but am still itching madly and new hives keep appearing. Cold compresses give some relief, but only temporary. | For whatever reason I became sensitive to this drug the second time. Obviously, I can never take it again. The reaction started an hour or so before bedtime with itching under my arms. I thought I might have gotten an insect bite. It seemed under control after I applied an anti-itch cream to the area. I guess that was the calm before the storm. | F | 65 | 10 days 100mg 2X day | 8/13/2010 | 1 | UTI | SEVERE HEADACHE, jaw pain, lethargy. I'm on Micardis for high BP and was totally regulated. One day after starting the Nitrofur-MACR 100 my BP shot up to over 150/90... | I stopped taking it after 3 days, and 3 days after that, my headache is just starting to subside. My doctor had to temporarily increase my BP medication, and it's just now coming down into the normal range. I still had the UTI and my doctor prescribed Levaquin. For the first time in days, that is starting to feel better. What a disaster. | F | 50 | 3 days 100 2X day | 8/11/2010 | 1 | UTI | While on vacation, my doctor called in a prescription for the generic Macrobid, Nitrofurantoin for a UTI. I started taking it twice a day with meals as directed. By the 5th day, I noticed vertigo-like symptoms, so tired that all I wanted to do was go home and ruin the vacation for my family, a real tightness in my feet and legs, and difficulty taking a deep breath. Because we were in the mountains, I attributed this to elevation. WRONG! We left and started the road trip home.. my feet and legs continued to swell, I was nauseated and scariest of all I could not breathe well. I saw my family doctor, he did a ekg, chest x-ray, extensive blood work but did not think it was the macrobid. I had stopped taking it anyway. I have an appointment with a pulmonary specialist upcoming but I know it was the antibiotic. The shortness of breath and swelling have gotten better but it has been a week today since I took the last pill. This has scared the hell out of me and I will never take a medication | F | 54 | 4 days 100mg 2X day | 7/23/2010 | 5 | UTI | None. | Stopped the burning feeling when peeing very quickly. | F | 19 | 7 days 100MG 2X day | 7/22/2010 | 5 | recurring bladder infections | None that I know of but if I don't take it I will have bladder infection with in 3 weeks. Have have bladder surgery twice and bladder tilts so it never completly empties. | F | 59 | 14 years 100 mg 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 5 | UTI | No side effects. | This is a great medication for me. I drank 1-2 cups of coffee per day. I took the meds with food and drank lots of water. No side effects at all, and cleared up the infection. | F | 32 | 7 days 100 2X day | 7/20/2010 | 1 | UTI | When I started taking macrobid I experienced the following: headache; loss of appetite; slight feeling of tightness in chest accompanied by dry cough; chills; slight fever; muscle pain | After taking Cipro for 5 days, there was no change in my uti symptoms. Clearly didn't work, so dr prescribed macrobid. I am halfway through the 10-day regimen. Back pain is gone; headache lingers as well as the muscle pain in my legs. I will not take this drug again. Have only had one other uti that I recall, and it was treated promptly and successfully. Will do research to see what drug was prescribed. | F | 64 | 10 days 100 mg 2X day | 7/20/2010 | 3 | UTI | Severe & unusual Knee pain & swelling (both top & back of knees); dehydration (even though I drank over 120 oz of water a day; unusual hip & joint pain, nausea, ringing in ears (especially loud after 1st dose but not just ocean sound after 5 days). Kidney & back areas seem more sore than ever but UTI slowly seems to be diminishing. | Pain is not unbearable but knee pain & swelling behind knees in back of legs is a little scary. Also, ocean sound in ears & slight swelling in face. I had allergic reaction to other sulfur medicine. Hope the last couple of days will be ok; this is scary reading all of this stuff. Also have some gastrointestinal discomfort. All in all so far, I am not suffering due to this med like some say but worries me about the last 2 days (which some have said gets worse then). I'm in good shape so hope problems go away after I stop taking this drug! | F | 51 | 7 days 100mg 2X day | 7/19/2010 | 2 | UTI | 3 days after taking Macrobid my joints swelled and became very red and ichy, by that night I broke out in hives on various parts of my body that iched like crazy. The next day my hands swelled to the point where I almost had to cut off my ring. The rash has spred to my face and chest and is giving me extreme pain. I went to the ER the first day of iching and he told me to take benedryl which I have been doing and it takes the edge off. I am on day 2 of the hives and it seems to be getting worse! Iching is very intense and the swelling is extreme as well. | Have taken Macrobid about 4 times before with zero problems, it was great. Now all of a sudden I have developed this reaction that is complete hell! | F | 20 | 7 days 2X day | 7/19/2010 | 3 | Bladder Infection | ITCHING!! The itching started on 3rd day of taking macrobid. | I started itching after 3 days in and it is driving me crazy. | F | 45 | 4 days 199mg 2X day | 7/15/2010 | 5 | UTI | Absolutely none. | I get UTIs almost monthly. They always put me on Macrobid and it always cures me completely! I've never had any problems and I'm clearly a frequent user | F | 17 | 7 days 100 2X day | 7/14/2010 | 1 | "supposed" UTI | Shortness of breath, lethargy, heavy eyelids; tightness of chest | I was released out of the hospital Sunday and took first pill that evening. I arrived from St. Lucia (the Caribbean) on Thursday then went in to the hospital Friday and was confined for fever and chills. I have a kidney transplant thus the concern. Was cared for by nephrologists. I had experienced UTI before and know the difference of what I have vs. what I had. I know this is not UTI... but was prescribed Macrobid anyway, inspite of having no growth in the culture. Now, on my third day of taking Macrobid, I am itching and now have burning sensation peeing... is this now as a result of a supposed cure for UTI, now induced by the drug, Macrobid? This should be called Morbid!!! I have to psych myself before taking each pill as it's so potent, inspite of food and milk as suggested. | F | 47 | 3 days 100mg 1X day | 7/14/2010 | 1 | re-occuring uti's | shocking pain throughout body, explosive gas pains and diarea, symptoms to the point of thinking i had lyme disease and doctor thinks I have a thyriod problem. Unable to eat, dizziness to the point of not being able to drive/function. Seems like my anxiety has increased as well. Tiredness all day, joint aches/swelling. Low BP, numbness in chest, fluttering heart | I was taking cipro because i was told i need a daily antobiotic by my doctor to prevent my re-occuring infections, cipro gave me other terribel symptoms thus forcing me to switch to macrobid, and i regret it. I am glad i read these others symptoms online because i thought something more was wrong with me, even went to the patient first thinking i was seruiously ill, maybe i will simply get my med changed | F | 24 | 2 months 100 mg 1X day | 7/12/2010 | 5 | UTI | DO NOT TAKE GENERIC MACROBID! Nitrofurantoin Mono/Mac 100mg caps. It made my blood pressure drop to 85/49. I felt faint, dizzy, lightheaded, and it didn't make my UTI feel better after 4 days. Macrobid Name brand is the medicine to take, generic is junk. My nails were blue at times and had numbness in my hands and legs. The same happened to my daughter. I am wondering if all of the complaints of side effects are because people are using the generic instead of the brand. | Great drug to clear UTI | F | 52 | 5 days 100 mg 2X day | 7/10/2010 | 1 | UTI | chest pain,severe vomiting,chills,headache,confusion,walked like a drunk monkey. | February 2010-took one pill. Within 8 hrs. admitted to hospital for 3 days to be told I had a UTI. Took Script to Pharmacist to verify drug. He did not think it could be Macrobid since it had been taken 8 hrs. before any symptoms. Doctor concurred with the pharmacist. Another UTI July 2010. Took 1 macrobid. Within 8 hrs. same symptoms as before. Another emergency trip to the hospital to find out I had a UTI. Coincidence? Don't think so. | F | 64 | 1 days 100 MG 1X day | 7/9/2010 | 3 | uti | Extreme lethargy, intermittent clamminess, dry cough, intermittent low back and abdominal discomfort - the side effects made me think my uti had developed into something worse involving my kidneys. | Was effective against the infection, but my urologist switched me to Cipro for the remaining 3 days due to the side effects of Macrobid - she told me that often Macrobid is preferred over other antibiotics because it is much less likely to induce yeast infection that some of the other antibiotics. | F | 59 | 4 days 100 mg 2X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | ITCHING! Extreme itching in hands and feet. Had to take Benedryl in order to get any sleep. | Stay away from Macrobid. I didn't learn the first time. It's all my MD wants to prescribe for UTI. I had the same problem the first time(lower dosage for longer period), but the itching is even worse this time. NO MORE MACROBID FOR ME! | F | 43 | 3 days 100 2X day | 7/6/2010 |