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 | About 6 hours after taking this disaster I got extremely sick with flu like symptoms. My doctor said I must have gotten the flu at the same time and reluctlently prescribed Bactrim for me. I took the full treatment of Bactrim and decided to take the rest of the Macrobid as the doctor must have been right. Once again about 6 hours latter the same results. | Doctors need to get themselves educated about what side effects are with ALL medications. It is true they are PRACTICING physicians and some of them don't know a hole in the ground from a hole in their head. Also, Macrobid is not cheap, if a doctor screws up he or she should be held 100% responsible for all cost not only for the expensive medication but the cure as well and their office charge should also be reversed. The good ole USA has some really serious health issues that are going to have to be addressed and this is one of them Don't tell me for one minute that doctors and drug companies are not working together to promote these new, expensive and dangerous drugs. Doctors getting a kick back at our expense or our lives? Something just has to change and change soon. Why is it that there are no specific dates in the internet as to when drugs are first introduced? From now on I am insisting that my doctor give me nothing but OLD proven mediations. | F | 59 | 1 days | 3/8/2008 | 1 | uti | sore throat, sweats, hives on my neck and chest. The UTI didn't bother me as much as this drug. I am taking the generic, have taken macrobid in the past with no issue (not generic). Am going off of it now. | It's 1:15 in the morning can't sleep because of the sore throat, guess I'll start saying I'm allergic to sulfa (mom was). | F | 46 | 2 days | 3/6/2008 | 2 | Bladder infection | Flu like symptoms, loss of appetite, headache, tired, sore throat, cough, tightness in chest, generally itchy | Glad I found this site as I though I was getting the flu. I feel worse on this drug than with my infection. Third course of antibiotics but first time to try macrobid. I seriously hope the side effects are worth getting rid of this once and for all. On day 2 of 10. | F | 37 | 10 days | 3/3/2008 | 3 | uti | Flu like symptoms, headaches (but I was getting these anyway so I'm not sure what to put it down to) Generally I wasn't feeling too bad until I read all the comments on this site. Now I'm downright depressed. | I'll get back to you after the week is up. | F | 55 | 7 days | 3/2/2008 | 1 | UTI | Vomiting,chills,pressure headache,fullness in chest and pain in right side, belching, lethargy, no appetite | Day 1: 3 hours after the pill i had chills and was vomiting. I slept all night. After the second pill I had a pressure headache, also behind my nose. I felt weak, exhausted, zero appetite, nausea. Day 3 I began to have uncomfortable chest fullness with belching and intermittant pain on the right side and thought I was having heart trouble so I called my doctor and she switched me to Cipro. I only took 4 pills and I had 10 to go, i shouldn't have to feel that bad after just 4 pills. I fully expect nausea and such with a drug but i felt horrible. I hope the cipro works ok, so far after 1 pill no effects. I'm allergic to ceclor and have a strong family history of deathly allergy to sulfa so I am limited in my treatment. I don't think I could have survived 5 more days, I definately couldn't go to work | M | 33 | 3 days | 3/1/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | It was horrible . After taking the 1st one I experienced the worst migrain ever . After the 2nd dose Had fever, chills and chest pain . I stopped asap and called Dr . He prescribed Levaquin. Taking that now ! But my chest still hurts and still wheezing from Macrobid. No one Should ever take this Please !! Don't . For your bladder infection drink lots of lemonade ! | F | 53 | 2 days | 3/1/2008 | 1 | uti | I had not been to a Dr. in 7 years. I went they gave me this medicine here. and the very next day i thought i caught the flu bug worse then i had ever had. But now after reading all these i am betting this is what happened to me. Said i will never go to a Dr again look what happens after i go. I have not gotten much better in the past 3 weeks. gl to anyone that has to take this med. | F | 42 | 5 days | 2/29/2008 | 1 | UTI | Within 10 hours of 1st dose, woke with uncontrollable shakes, ended up in ER, given antibiotic IV since they thought it was the UTI, went home, got up next morning & took second dose, back in ER within 5 hours, again with rigors, 103 temp, hives, red face, ears and eyes, admitted to hospital, given IV steroids, antibiotics, stayed overnight and released. They have no doubt it was the Macrobid (I was given generic). Am now on a six day course of prednisone. | I consider this an extremely dangerous drug and if you take it and have any side effects, call your doctor immediately. | F | 61 | 1 days | 2/29/2008 | 4 | UTI | No side effects, it worked great for me! | F | 22 | 4 days | 2/25/2008 | 1 | UTI | fever, body aches, severe headache, dizziness, deyhydration, confusion/anxiety. | After my third 100MG tab I had gone to bed at 9pm feeling fine.I woke at 2AM feeling like I had been run over by a truck...my body ached, my head ached like a migraine would, i was feverish and confused. I took another pill at 9am thinking maybe the UTI became a kidney infection...BIG MISTAKE..My symptoms got more severe...I felt like I had the flu times 10...I went back to my doctor and he told me to stop taking the drug immediately. That night I sweat through three pajama outfits, continued to have a severe headache, body aches, fever and confusion. The next day I went to the ER..they filled me with three bags of IV solution I was completely dyhydrated and had a fever of 101.5 and severe dizziness/headache. I had told the doctor I had seen this sight and IT WAS NOT THE FLU, however heseemed to not believe me and said I had the same symptoms as th flu as did the last 6 poeple he saw. I explained my symptoms again, including swelling in the face and also this site I found...to no | F | 38 | 2 days | 2/25/2008 | 3 | UTI | Headaches, abdominal discomfort, flu-like symptoms-see comments | The macrobid helped with my frequent need to urinate (never suffered the burning sensation). However, at the 7th and last day of treatment I became extremely ill with flu-like symptoms. High fever, chills, sweats, dry cough, respiratory infection, extreme fatigue and thirst. This lasted a week. I can't say for sure it was caused by the macrobid, but it timing was perfect. | F | 47 | 7 days | 2/24/2008 | 3 | i noticed 5 days into taking this med that i have a sore throat and flu-like symptoms.i also noticed around the time i usually take it i feel nauseas. yesterday i felt like i couldnt breathe either. i have taken this before and not had any side effects like this. tonite is my last dose. im not sure if i should still take it feeling like this. | F | 22 | 10 days | 2/21/2008 | 1 | UTI | After only ONE dose of 100mg, 6 hours later, Itchy and a rash started on my belly..Heurk!! and I'm pregnant and I need to take something to make it go away..Haaaa....need to see the Dr. again.. | OUF..I'm allergic to SULFA, PENICILLIN and it seems now to Macrobid..there is not much I can take now with my pregnancy..!! I wasn't very pleased to take some medication while I'm pregnant and now that I'm allergic..don't know what to do? | F | 31 | 1 days | 2/19/2008 | 1 | after kidney stone surgery | acute liver failure | it should be taken off the market | F | 60 | 1 days | 2/16/2008 | 1 | UTI | hives, fever, chills, nausea, felt like the flu only with hives. i was miserable and bedridden for 2 days. | this is the only medication i have ever had side effects with my entire life. Try phenazoypyrid instead. | F | 18 | 5 days | 2/14/2008 | 3 | UTI | terrible headache, loss of appetite, some nausea | cleared up UTI quickly, but the side effects were pretty bad | F | 24 | 7 days | 2/11/2008 | 1 | suspected UTI | I took one dose, woke up the next morning and felt like I had been hit by a semi truck. Severe headache, chest pain, aches/pains all over, coughing. Worst I have ever felt. I could barely raise my head up. Never could get out of bed all day or night. A friend had a reaction to this medicine too and I had looked it up online and found this site. Otherwise, I might not have thought it was from the medicine. But I am convinced it was as the very next day (with no more medicine taken), I felt completely better. I will never take this medicine again! | F | 51 | 1 days | 2/7/2008 | 3 | UTI | Leg pain, back pain, and fatigue. | I have two more days to go, and I feel the same. I still have the urge to urine frequently. I still have stomach and side pains; however, the foul urine smell is gone. | F | 23 | 7 days | 2/5/2008 | 1 | recurrent bladder infections | Horrible dry cough, unable to breathe during these coughing fits (especially bad in the middle of the night and first thing in the morning - would last about an hour), extreme anxiety, moodiness, sweats/chills, bad headache, extreme fatigue, muscle soreness, heavy sensation in chest, disconnected feeling, and swelling and hives on my feet. | Took this drug last fall for a bladder infection. Shortly after, got very sick. Doctor said it was bronchitis. Just took the same drug a few weeks ago again. Got the exact same symptoms, only sooner and much worse than the last time. I have never had a reaction to a drug in my life. This was very scary. First time I finished the drug, not realizing my "bronchitis" was side effects. This time quit after 5 days and threw the rest away. Took at least 10 days to finally start feeling better. | F | 43 | | 2/1/2008 | 1 | UTI | headache,abdominal pain, nausea, loss of appetite. | worst medication ever, i felt i m taking suicide pill everytime i use. | F | 38 | 7 days | 1/31/2008 |