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 | I posted a few months ago that my experience with Macrobid was OK. Turns out I was WRONG. Since taking it, I've had upper left side pain, and each time I have an alcoholic beverage, it gets significantly worse for a few days. I haven't yet gotten a confirmation from my doc, but everything I've read seems to indicate pancreatitis. Symptoms in general are left side pain, a "twitching" or "boring" feeling in my upper left side that radiates to my back, occasional pale stools, fatigue, loss of appetite, occasional heart racing and sweating. | I agree this drug should be taken off the market. | F | 32 | 5 days | 10/28/2008 | 1 | Chronic UTI's | Abnormal chest x-rays, elevated liver enzymes, heaviness in chest, metallic taste in mouth, general malaise, and overall lack of energy. | I posted the 1st time on 9-3-08 and since that time I have had several chest x-rays, ultrasounds, MRI's, Ct scan, an endoscopy plus numerous labs. Besides my primary care Dr., I saw a gastroenterologist, urogynocologist, and a pulmonologist. With each Dr. I saw I expressed my feeling that the Macrobid was causing all my problems. Each Dr., with the exception of the pulmonologist, told me no, Macrobid could not be causing my problems! However, today, when I finally had the appointment with the pulmonologist, he told me I have Macrobid lungs!!!! He said all my symptoms were consistent with what Macrobid can do to you. What a relief to finally know what caused my hell and I am still VERY ANGRY! If you take anything away from this posting- do not take this drug!!!!!! I have been off this drug about 2 months now and do feel a lot better. | F | 64 | 7 months | 10/24/2008 | 1 | UTI | I started with a fever of over 102 and some hallucinations according to my husband. I could not function, body aches, pain in upper right quadrant, nausea, very bad headaches, bad back pain! I am so glad I found this website! I was beginning to think I had something seriously wrong with me! How can they keep this medication on the market? I believe it is very toxic to most people! Don't doctors realize what they are doing to their patients by giving them this medicine? I am assuming the lunches they receive from the drug companies are more important! | I would NEVER recommend anyone ever take this drug!I have never felt this sick in my life (with the exception of mononucleosis!) | F | 45 | 6 days | 10/22/2008 | 1 | UTI | After 3 doses of 100 mg for mild UTI, had two episodes of high fever, tingling and high blood pressure, also headache. Have never taken this drug before, have taken Cipro and Bactrim, with excellent results. I will never touch this drug again and I do not know how it made it on the market. Also, have had tinnitis for long number of years, has made it worse..Will be so glad when it is gone from my body.... | F | 52 | 2 days | 10/13/2008 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, loss of appetite, vision difficulty, fatigue and "spacy" feeling. | I have never had an adverse reaction to an antiobiotic until taking the generic version of Macrobid. Almost immediately, I felt worse overall than I did with the UTI symptoms alone. After a total of six doses, I contacted the doctor to request a different medicine. I think that there is a problem with the generic version of this drug. | F | 47 | 3 days | 10/11/2008 | 4 | bladder infection | eye pain ,tiredness and upset stomach | despite all the side effects it worked.pain went away after 2 doses | 43 | 5 days | 10/10/2008 | 1 | UTI | Extreme nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps, chills | Not even 4 hours after taking the drug the vomiting started and lasted most of the night. This drug is awful. | F | 38 | 1 days | 10/8/2008 | 3 | UTI | fever, chills, headache, chest pain, muscle aches...thought I had developed pneumonia | It cleared up the UTI, but it caused me to feel sick and lethargic for about 7 days. If you are searching this site you too, are wondering if it is the antibiotic making you so sick. Talk to your doctor. | F | 41 | 10 days | 10/4/2008 | 1 | UTI | I was given 2 100mg pills daily for a ten day total. On the ninth day I began to develop severe itching on the abdomen. The hives have now spread from my scalp down. My heart is beating rapidly and I feel faint. Doctor said take benadryl and rub areas with hydrocortizone creme. No relief! Don't take this drug! | I have never been allergic to any type of medicine in my life. After reading other comments, I am scared that I may develop even worse symptoms. I feel as though my heart is about to explode. | F | 52 | 9 days | 10/1/2008 | 3 | UTI | Tightness in chest. Occasional elevated pulse rate. | The side effects are scary. Other than that it seems to do the job for me. | M | 49 | 5 days | 9/29/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Chills, heat wave, drowsyness, stomacke pains, diareah, dizzy, blurry vision, flu like symptoms, congestion, rattlely chest, deep cough, unable to breath, large amounts of mucaues. | I thought I was going to die, and sometimes wished I would. | F | 65 | 10 days | 9/29/2008 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Itchiness (esp. on scalp), swollen face & lips, trouble sleeping, severe headaches, nausea, flu-like symptoms, basically feeling like I want to die!!!! | DO NOT TAKE THIS ANTIBIOTIC! I was given a shot of it in the ER for a kidney infection and took another pill yesterday and all of the side effects are 10 times worse than the infection itself, I've almost gone back to the ER several times b/c I think I have a high fever. I called the doctor and he said I must be allergic to Macrobid and that it will take a couple days to get it all out of my system and to take Benedryl and Bactrim in the mean time. I know I would probably die if I kept taking it, it's a very dangerous drug!!! I'm now losing more work days because of a drug reaction instead of a kidney infection. I HATE MACROBID!!!! | F | 23 | 2 days | 9/16/2008 | 5 | UTI | None | This drug is awesome! I didn't experience any side effects & it seemed to clear up my infection with a day. I can't believe so many people on here experienced so many horrible side effects. I highly recommend this drug for a UTI. | F | 35 | 7 days | 9/14/2008 | 2 | Chronic cystitis | Headaches | F | 56 | 3 weeks | 9/14/2008 | 5 | UTI | None | I was TERRIFIED to take this medication after reading the reviews here and avoided using it for a few days hoping my UTI would go away. I had to take Ativan before my first pill. However, it turned out that I had no side effects. I think it's important to remember that when somebody has a neutral, or good, or only mildly bad, experience with a medication, they often give little thought to the drug and thus don't think to review the medication online. | F | 27 | 5 days | 9/12/2008 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | Tightness in chest, blurred vision, and extreme fatigue. I cannot get enough sleep and have not been to work in two days. I have had UTIs before but I must have been given different prescriptions because I don't remember having any of these side effects. | I would avoid this drug if at all possible. | F | 38 | 2 days | 9/12/2008 | 2 | UTI | Severe nausea, with follow through vomitting through the night!!Horrible weaking of body, severe fatigue, Loss of appitite. This was a horrible drug to take! | F | 24 | 2 days | 9/11/2008 | 1 | uti | extrememly sore legs and joints | Was given this medication by the ER and have been on it for a week. I started experiencing horrible body aches, mostly in my legs though. I called my Dr. because I thought it may have been something else, but didn't put two and two together until talking to a friend of mine and she reminded me that my daughter had an allergic reaction similar to mine when she was on an antibiotic. After finding this website I am certain that this is what is causing my pain. I just called my Drs office and told them I was no longer going to take it and if they wanted me on something else than fine. I would not recommend this medication to anyone, the pain is not worth it. | F | 30 | 7 days | 9/10/2008 | 1 | To Prevent UTIs | Itchy scalp, face, and pretty much my whole body. My throat also started to close. Hives. Nausea. Weakness. Headache. | I am allergic to sulfa and am trying to find out if this drug contains sulfa. My Doc instructed me to take one pill (generic - nitrofurantoil macro) each time I have sex to prevent bladder infections. I always had to take it at night so I could sleep through the nausea and weakness. I have been taking this medication for over a year now. About a month ago I started to itch and thought it was laundry detergent or lotion or shampoo. Each time I took one it got worse over a series of a few times so I realized it was the medication. The last time I took it I broke out into hives and my throat started to swell. I had to take a benedryl. My friend is a nurse and said I could have the reaction for up to 48 hours and to continue to take benedryl for the 48 hours. It took about 36 hours to go away. The nurse also told me that each time you take something you are allergic to, the reaction becomes more severe, which is why the reaction started out gradually. I will never take this agai | F | 31 | | 9/9/2008 | 2 | UTI | Fever, chills and cold sweats, headache, nausea, body aches (especially in my back, hips, and legs), my skin hurt, sharp stomache pains, extreme lethargy, and loss of appetite. | After taking the macrobid (generic) for only a day or 2, my UTI symptoms cleared up and the only side effect was that I got a little tired easily. Then on day 4, I started feeling miserable, like I got the flu. Since these were all listed as side effects, I finished taking the whole perscription. Hopefully now that I'm not taking it anymore, I'll start feeling better... I have frequent UTIs, but this is the first time I've been perscribed Macrobid- I think I'll request something else next time! | F | 28 | 7 days | 9/5/2008 |