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 | 3days after I finish the 7-days dose, my hands and feet hurt, swelling, itching. and all my skin is itching. I had a fever, I vomit. The itching is killing me. when I came back to my doctor to tell her this, she said it's not because of the f.. medication. Hopefully I found this website, and I know what's really cause my problem | F | 27 | 7 days | 6/27/2008 | 1 | uti/yeast infection | I experienced intense pain under my rib cafe, around the front and side and back of my body, right side. I couldn't move without stabbing pain. I almost went to ER. This occurred after taking only one dose, about an hour later. I am not taking anymore. | F | 52 | | 6/21/2008 | 2 | UTI | Extremely lethargic, nauseous at times. Got progressively worse every day. Thought my symptoms were related to the UTI, which seemed to feel better after two days, but they continued to worsen. Finally called my doctor on the 5th day to see if I could stop taking it. I've never had a reaction to an antibiotic. Why this one??? | I was on the generic version of the Macrobid. | F | 27 | 5 days | 6/20/2008 | 1 | UTI | Blinding headaches, extreme fatigue, night sweats, dizziness, tingling & numbness in toes, unable to think clearly, tight heavy chest, throat not sore but felt like it was closing/blocked. | I took macrobid 4 times a day for 7 days, i experienced side effects probably last day or so of taking tablets, but thought it was a bad case of the flu. I started getting numbness in toes about 4days after finishing macrobid. G.P said she didn't think anything was wrong, went to another G.P week later as i'm still experiencing the tingling constantly he sent me for blood tests as he advised me this was a side effect of macrobid. I passed out whilst having blood taken(which i've never done before!) waiting for test results,I will mention that i've found this site. As anyone else experienced this numbness (G.P called it periphal neuropathy)after stopping tablets , if so how long did the numbness last? | F | 32 | 7 days | 6/8/2008 | 1 | Prophylactic prevention of UTI | After 3 days on Macrobid I experienced vertigo and a balance problem. This was quickly followed by chills, lethargy, muscle pain,neuropathy, headache and a general feeling of being sick with the flu. Although I had no fever, I suspected a virus. After 3 weeks of taking the Macrobid once a day, I went to the Dr. who took me off the med. It took 4 weeks to feel better and now, after 6 weeks, I am still experiencing neuropathy and generalized lethargy and headache. Horrible experience and wonder when the symptoms will reside. Lab work was normal. | F | 61 | 21 days | 6/2/2008 | 1 | UTI | Flulike symptoms, fever, sharp pains under upper left ribs through to back, numb left hand, weakness in legs, lethargy, chestcold like symptoms, too. | Took macrobid last year for five days (of 7 day script) for a UTI. Wound up in the hospital with high fever, could hardly function, legs incredibly heavy. Thought it was severe kidney involvement. No fever before starting Macrobid (didn't this time, either). My fever reached 104 within four days of taking it, steadily climbing the entire time. The emmergency room put me on IV Cipro also thinking it was my kidneys. When the exact same thing happened this time around, I decided to go online and found this site. While the coincidence didn't escape me it wasn't until coming here that I realized I was having an allergic reaction and not something else on top of the UTI like I thought last year. After 1 pill I already had a fever of 101. Woke up yesterday feeling like my chest was heavy and conjested, voice cracking, hot, sluggish - had dejavu but didn't put it together til coming here. I didn't take the 5th pill of 14 last night and have NO fever or symptoms today, just the UTI burning. Wha | F | 52 | 2 days | 6/1/2008 | 1 | UTI | Severe headache and pain in the neck area, muscle pain and weakness in joints. It made me feel just plain awful. | F | 53 | 4 days | 6/1/2008 | 4 | Urinary Tract Infection | fatigue | I have read some serious side effects from this drug, the only side effect i have felt though is fatigue and i would take it again in a minute if it will clear up a UTI! | M | 28 | 7 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | UTI | Piercing pain in stomach, sweating, unable to sleep, tiredness, shortness of breath. Constant pain. All after taking only one pill. | I would not recommend this pill to anyone. | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | urinary tract infection | This was my first UTI and my first experience with Macrobid and/or it's generic Nitrofurantoin-Macro. My symptoms started two days into the dosage of two pills per day with fatigue and headaches which became progressively worse until I began having severe nausea, migraine-like and flu-like symtoms (sensitivity to light, noise, temperature, etc.) with muscle aches, heart palpitations, wheezing, a bloated stomach feeling, and heavy groginess, even after 9 hrs. of deep sleep. The onset of symptoms also became progressively quicker and would always "fade" (but never completely disappear) within several hours. I did finish the full seven day dose; however, I took the last four pills only once per day (with dinner - since it is recommended to take with food for better absorption and effectiveness) so that I could just go to bed when the symptoms came on. I would not have been able to work had I kept taking the morning dose (with breakfast). I try not to take antibiotics, but after | F | 38 | 7 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | UTI | tingling, prickling, sleeplessness, headache, dizziness, crazy thinking, dry mouth, paralysis on one side of body, crazy thinking.... DO NOT TAKE | F | 38 | 1 days | 5/26/2008 | 2 | UTI | None that I remember. | I took this once for 7 days. I don't remember the dosage, but I do remember it did not work. My doctor gave me Cipro instead, which is what she would have given me. The Macrobid was prescribed for me based on a phone conversation with an RN. (Kaiser will treat UTI's over the phones, since it is so common) The Cipro WORKED. I felt it working right away. | F | 46 | 1 weeks | 5/24/2008 | 1 | UTI | Extreme lower back pain, stomache pain similar to menstrual cramps, and low energy. | F | 28 | 10 days | 5/23/2008 | 3 | "slight" bladder infection | I rarely take prescription medicine, as I am rarely ill. I was prescribed this medicine and have had serious gas, abdominal pain (I thought I had something wrong with my female reproductive organs). I'm in the chills right now and the person beside me is wearing shorts, flip flops and a t-shirt he says it's not cold at all. My throat hurts, I can barely talk without my voice going out. NO WONDER! Sheeeeez!! And I have 2 pills left to go. I have never had a bladder infection or a UTI in my life. This is stupid. Really.... | No thank you. | F | 32 | 9 days | 5/21/2008 | 1 | UTI | I generally just felt terrible--headaches and weak and leg cramps. I also experienced daily episodes of wheezing. I thought the wheezing was associated with a leftover sinus infection. I knew diarrhea was a side effect and thought I could handle it, but when the wheezing got worse, I thought I would do a search for breathing problems and realized that the macrobid was the problem. Finally called the doctor and he immediately told me to stop. I am still experiencing severe leg cramps 4 days later. | F | 59 | 4 days | 5/6/2008 | 3 | UTI | Antibiotics generally make me sick so I wasn't too surprised when I started to feel nauseous after I started taking the first couple of pills. The nausea dramatically increased after each pill taken. I am pregnant and the doctor had previously prescribed me a pill for nausea so I began taking that together with the macrobid first thing every morning and just before bed. It helped with the constant vomiting but I still felt icky and tired all day. After 10 days it cleared up most of the symptoms but when I went in for another urinalysis there were still traces of bacteria. Apparently antibiotics can cause a build up of yeast, which then turn back into uti's. I am now starting a series of injections and am using monostat every night. Hope it works. | F | 24 | 10 days | 4/29/2008 | 1 | UTI | Fatigue, head ache, flu like symptoms, lower back pain, ringing in ears, swollen limbs, abdomindal pain and loose stool | I went off the dosage only becasue I felt I was having a reaction because I had also had a similar one to Sulfa. It is now two days later and I am still feeling like the drug is in my system. | F | 29 | 2.5 days | 4/29/2008 | 4 | UTI | First night I had trouble sleeping. Don't know if that is still a problem because the next two nights I took something for sleep just in case. Today I am having some visual disturbance. Was on this site to see if that happened to others. Not sure if it's related or just something else. | Not sure if it's working yet, too soon. But it may be. I am feeling somewhat better. | F | 38 | 3 days | 4/22/2008 | 2 | UTI | Lethargy, while at the same time extreme jitters (like way too much caffeine), inability to sleep, irritability. Bad headaches. | Doc prescribed this for UTI, and I felt so crappy from the UTI that I'd take anything. I just started birth control pills, am in finals week at grad school and have had a lot of house guests. I'm stressed. BUT the past few days of taking this Macrobid I have felt so exhausted, yet so wired that I can not function properly. I can't focus on anything. UTI wise I feel better, and after reading the comments here, I don't have time for the ER. Think I will stop taking this and continue on with the cranberry juice. | F | 39 | 3 days | 4/20/2008 | 1 | After bladder surgery | severe itching several days after taking Macrobid after my bladder surgery. It did prevent infection after my surgery...but the itching it TERRIBLE! | I took this for 12 days after leaving the hospital and my itching started 4 days after finishing the medication. My itching started on the palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet - then to my scalp and the rest body. I never itch in all areas all at once but will itch all over my body. I have been using Bendryl spray during the day and pills at night - it makes me very sleepy but I don't itch at night. This has been going on now for 5 days. I go back to my doctor tomorrow to see what can be done about this ! | F | 47 | 12 days | 4/20/2008 |