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 | UTI | Fever in excess of 102 degrees for three days, chills, shortness of breath with dry cough, debilitating fatigue, headache, stiffness in movements, loss of appetite. | These symptoms came on suddenly the seventh day of my treatment. Symptoms began to abate as soon as I stopped taking the medication. I had been taking a 100mg capsule twice a day, prescribed for ten days. I will not take this drug again. It cured the UTI but it's not worth the pain and suffering I've endured. | F | 49 | 10 days | 4/28/2007 | 1 | For UTI | Rash on lower legs | Does anyone know if this drug contains sulfa? I am allergic to sulfa. | F | 73 | 5 days | 4/27/2007 | 5 | UTI | Nausea, which can be prevented by following instructions and taking the pill with food. | Worked like a charm on my UTI after about an hour or so. | F | 47 | 7 days | 4/25/2007 | 2 | prostatitis due to resistant staph | General weakness, fatigue, chills, head ache, and back pain. | Were running out of drug options here, as few anti bacterials can penetrate the prostate wall. Macrobid is known to NOT have that quality. My Md suggested we try it anyway because there's not much left to try. The next option is levaquin, which can be much worse in the side effects dept. Unfortunately, I don't think macrobid is doing the job. | M | 5 days | 4/24/2007 | 1 | minor UTI | Extreme muscle weakness in legs, terrible chills, nausea,fever of 102 | The muscule pain in my legs was intolerable. I needed morphine, and ended up in the hospital from this reaction. I have never felt that sick. | F | 40 | 1 days | 4/23/2007 | 4 | UTI | Just wanted to say to another poster, the Herxheimer Reaction does indeed happen with antibiotics as well as Colloidal Silver. It was first recognized in patients being treated for syphilis, and then Lyme's disease. When it happened to me, I felt like total HELL. I could not function, and certainly could not go to work. Slept for 18 hours straight! Chills, body aches, etc. Felt like I had the flu. But, felt absolutely fine a day later! You shouldn't stop taking the medication if this happens. It's doing it's job! | F | 50 | 7 days | 4/22/2007 | 5 | Recurring Kidney Infection - Lupus | headache, nausea, constant urination/loose bowels, dizziness, extreme sleeping | Med works wonderfully for infections, use it on a regular basis. If taken with buttermilk and bread, mostly eliminates stomach problems. Maalox also helps. The Herxheimer Reaction is indeed the reason for most physical discomfort, second poster about this symptom was too limited in her definition, as it also applies to antibiotics. Regardless of the "side effects", this medication is prolonging my limited kidney function, as well as my life. The side effects are temporary; permanent damage to your kidneys or bladder is not. If not experiencing true allergic symptoms, is worth it to ride out side effects if possible. | F | 42 | 9 times | 4/21/2007 | 1 | UTI | Drowsy from the beginning which continued to day 7 then shortness of breath and a feeling the infection was returning. By day 8 I felt as though I had the flu; incredible chills, low fever, allover muscle aches, extreme fatigue, general weakness, difficulty breathing and headache and night sweats that night. I stayed home from work day 9 -- that's extremely rare -- and slept all of day/night except for my trip to the doc. Night sweats that night that were worse than menopause! Mental fog, difficulty breathing and some chills for another couple of days after stopping the med. | I went to the doctor the following morning. She told me I should not use this drug again, that the symptoms could be worse next time. I began to feel better 12 hours after my last capsule. Never again for me. | F | 56 | 8.5 days | 4/21/2007 | 1 | UTI | Drowsy from the beginning which continued to day 7 then shortness of breath and a feeling the infection was returning. By day 8 I felt as though I had the flu; chills, low fever, allover muscle aches, extreme fatigue, general weakness, difficulty breathing and headache. | I went to the doctor the following morning. She told me I should not use this drug again, that the symtoms could be worse next time. I began to feel better 12 hours after my last capsule. Never again for me. | F | 56 | 8.5 days | 4/21/2007 | 1 | UTI | Shortness of breath! Chest pain. Dizziness. Headaches. Fatigue. | At first it was just headaches and fatigue. But what scared the crap out of me was the shortness of breath. Chest pain. Dizziness. I'm going to the doctor right now to find out why this is happening. I just stopped taking the medication yesterday after I realized that it wasn't worth it for all the side effects it was causing. | M | 29 | 6 days | 4/20/2007 | 1 | UTI | SEVERE chest pain, difficulty breathing, sick stomach, headache, flu like symptoms, cough, back/neck pain.... | I have taken this drug numerous times in the past for reoccurent UTI's. This is the first time I have experienced this reaction. I had the most HORRIBLE chest pain. I took three pills and the first night, I woke with mild chest pain. The next day I had bad headache, and felt flu like (I already had sinus/cold stuff going on so I wasn't concerned at first) The next night though, I woke with the most horrible chest pain, I couldn't breath. My husband wanted to go the the ER, but I waited it out and it eased up. I have a high pain tolerence, I went through 16 hrs of labor drug free, so I am no whimp! This was the worst drug reaction I have EVER had and will NEVER take this drug again. This was very scary! (However, I do believe if you can tolerate it it works WELL) | F | 35 | 2 days | 4/20/2007 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, headache, stomach upset, liver pain, jaundice, chest pain, low temp 96.2 and low blood pressure, dizziness | I took the first dose at 7pm and by 10:30pm was on my way to ER with husband's insistence. I just wanted to lay down and let it ride, but instead had to wait in the ER for 3 hours before getting a bed to lay down on. I vomited 7 times prior to getting to the hospital. Had to take 2 days off of work. I am finishing up the medication now and have no more side affects, besides a slight headache. That will be the last time that I take Macrobid though. It is now on my list of allergies. That was awful. | F | 42 | 3 days | 4/19/2007 | 1 | UTI | Severe headaches, nausea, muscle weakness, tiredness, night sweats, dehydration, and mental fogginess. | I only took the generic Macrobid for two of the seven prescribed days. The first day I fell asleep an hour after taking it and almost slept through the night. I woke up several times that night in a panic and felt dehydrated. I woke up the next morning with headaches, nausea, and muscle weakness and had to miss work because of it. I decided the third day (today) not to take it any further. I called my doctor and she said I had an allergic reaction and prescribed a different antibiotic which I have not yet taken - though I am scared to try it right away. This is a horrible drug and I would not recommend taking it. The side effects were worse than the original symptoms. | F | 27 | 2 days | 4/18/2007 | 2 | Just looked up Herxheimer Reaction as recommended by another posting. | Herxheimer reaction only states that those are the symptoms for those who are treating their infection with Collidial Silver..not macrobid. | | 4/15/2007 | 2 | UTI/Bladder infection | Am now suffering with sore throat, chills, and fatique. | I initially wrote on 4-5...finished that dose of Macrobid but symptoms didn't completly go away. Returned to Dr. who gave me injection of Rocephin and ANOTHER dose of Macrobid! This is now 3rd day back on Macro and have the listed side effects. What is one to do with this horrible condition...Dr. thinks I may have Intersistal Cystitis as well...GREAT. No known cure for that...wonder if Dr's even know what their doing. | F | 43 | 2 weeks | 4/15/2007 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Hives all over the body,swelling on the scalp, palms and feet | This is a monster, demon. I have never suffered so much of pain in my lifetime. I am a new mom. When I went for my postparatum check up,my Ob diagonised it to be UTI & prescribed me this Nitrofurantoin. I just took for 4 days and I am suffering for past one month. I am not even able to hold my baby in my arms. This is pathetic. I am now on heavy dosage of steroids(prednisone) but even this looks hopeless. I am really worried as how long I have to under go this suffering. Would be great if some one gives me a solution for this pain. For each and every small things I have to expect my mom or my husband to do it for me. HEALTH IS WEALTH- that's very true. | F | 29 | 4 days | 4/15/2007 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Hives covering entire body, swollen/puffy eyes | ***Before my latest episode, I had taken Macrobid for a bladder infection one other time and had no problems whatsoever. It was the second time on it that I had an allergic reaction*** I started taking Macrobid on 3/30/07 for a bladder infection. I took it for five days. Ten days later (4/10/07) , I woke up with big, red, welt-like bumps that covered my entire body (arms, legs, butt and a few on my face). My eyes were very puffy and looked swollen. I went to the ER and they gave me a steroid shot in my behind and prescribed Prednisone (oral steroids) and Cyproheptadine (for the itching). A few hours later, almost all the hives had disappeared and I started feeling much better, although I was really drowsy. Two days later (4/12/07), the hives returned (and even worse this time). I went to the ER again today (4/13/07) because of the welts, my chest started to feel tight and I started having difficulty breathing. They again gave me a steroid injection and said that the welts probably retu | F | 32 | 5 days | 4/14/2007 | 4 | UTI | chills, fever, muscle aches, increased urination, dehydration headache, extremely tired, itching. | Just wanted to say to all you people with this reaction. Do not stop taking the medication. It is an indication that the drug is working! This reaction is called The Herxheimer Reaction. Please Google it and read. It's when you take an antibiotic (the RIGHT antibiotic) and it kills off too many organisms at one time for your body to handle. The many dead bacteria releases toxins into your body and your body is trying to get rid of the toxins. And until it does, you will feel that way. It was only one day for me, and the next day I felt totally normal. If you have an extremely bad infection, it could be longer to get rid of all the toxins. I've also read that the breathing issues some people are having is also part of the Herxheimer reaction. You have to realize, that this would not happen if you were taking a medication that WASN'T killing the very organisms that you are trying to get rid of. The increased urination is also your body trying to rid yourself of the toxins. You | F | 52 | 7 days | 4/12/2007 | 1 | UTI | I was the one that said that I felt like I had morning sickness while taking this for 7 days. Now I started feeling my symptoms again a few weeks later and my bladder infection is back! I am dreading taking antibiotics again--also yeast infection now as well-- I was prescibed Bactrim and am scared to take it for the 3 days based on the ratings. I hate taking any medications anymore. I agree that the side effects seem to be worse than what they're treating. Ugh!! | F | 36 | 7 days | 4/11/2007 | 3 | UTI | Lighheaded, tired, sore throat, difficulty breathing, high fever 103, all over aches, headache, rapid pulse. | I took all but the last 2 pills and then all of a sudden SEVERE side effects occurred. I felt faint, had difficulty breathing, had a swollen throat, high fever 103, and felt so weak I couldn't stand upright without slouching. The UTI cleared up, but the side effects being so severe, is not worth the risk to ever take this med again. Shortly after the above mentioned symptoms became less severe, I developed an acute sinus infection so bad that I lost my sense of smell COMPLETELY for 7 days. It was so painful, my head felt so much pressure that the headaches would wake me up. I am now on Augmentin for the sinus infection which is working FINE and I read that Augmentin clears a UTI as well, so next time I will just ask for that. I rated this med, somewhat satisfied, because it cleared the infection just fine, but the side effects honestly had me terribly worried. | F | 39 | 6 days | 4/6/2007 |