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 |
| 2 | UTI | fatigue, sugar cravings (from fatigue?), some depression, anxiety - feeling detached from things, some strange sensations of heat on my head, horrible back ache/cramps first day that went away w. Tylenol - thankfully this never recurred. | I generally experience problems w. meds - so comparatively I guess this hasn't been that bad (yet). I don't know if it's working. I've been trying to avoid sugar lately and seem I've no resolve while on this medicine - maybe it's a way for me to get the energy that I loose from this drug. I hope it works - but look forward to stopping it. Also have been feeling pretty anxious - and one night woke up wide awake (which hardly happens to me). | F | 43 | 3 days | 1/19/2007 | 4 | UTI | Very sleepy, drugged feeling. Seems like it has really worked for the UTI though. Also feel very emotional, and depressed, like it is messing with my anti-depressant or something. I want to feel normal again! I will keep taking it for another day or two, but then i am quitting. I think my uti is gone now. | F | 38 | 3 days | 1/18/2007 | 5 | UTI - Recurrent | None at all. | I take it for recurrent UTI's. I have to start taking it for 1 month (30 days) to help heal my bladder from all the damage that was done by all the frequent UTI's I had. And then anytime I have sex, I need to take it once after sex and the following day. | F | 37 | 30 days | 1/16/2007 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms, fever, chills, extreme hives, facial swelling | This was the third course of Macrobid for me. I get UTI's with sexual activity. I am allergic to Penicillin and Sulfa. I took the full 7 day course of the drug and the day after the last pill, thought I was getting the flu. Then I broke out in hives and ended up in the hospital with facial swelling and such intense itching I required narcotics and sedatives!! I was in the hospital for two days on IV steroids and IV benadryl. I'm now suffering from the side effects of the steroids. If you have antibiotic allergies, be very aware of your symptoms and stop taking the drug!! I'm also seeing an allergist and she's helping me a ton with the itching/hives. | F | 32 | 7 days | 1/16/2007 | 1 | suspected UTI | dry throat, tingling sensation in hands, metalic taste in mouth, difficulty breathing, cold sores (lower lip) boke out immediatly, heavy chest with girgling sound when breathing. | I have taken antibiotics twice before in the past, but have not had any side effects. It seems I 'm not the only one who has experienced and continues to experirnce nerve and lung problems. I read the warnings but thought they wouldn't happen to me, obviouly I was wrong!!!!!!!!!! | M | 34 | 3.5 days | 1/15/2007 | 1 | possible UTI | Severe itching in hands and feet....so bad that it brings me to tears.It has been four months since taking this drug and I still have this itching. | I would advise to take a different drug. There are lots of drugs for UTIs so take another one. I have no idea when this itching will stop or what to do. The itching comes out of no where at any time and is so extreme I am brought to tears. I hope this goes away some time soon. | F | 20 | 7 days | 1/13/2007 | 5 | Bladder Infection/UTI | Just mild stomach upset .. take with food & water to prevent. | I have been on this probably 3 times before. I seem to get about 3-4 UTI's a year. I didn't realize you could just take one before/after sex? Either way, it does work very, very fast. I'd say in less than 24 hours you will notice a huge decrease in pain. | F | 22 | 7 days | 1/12/2007 | 1 | uti | It was prescribed by a urologist to take every time I had sex.I took it for 3 years, and one day woke up feeling very sick. I had jaundice and stomach cramps. Liver almost failed...I had two biopsys in a year, and I am lucky to be alive. The Liver transplant list was denied since the steroids given to me regenerated my liver. Please don't take this drug for longer than a week. If you have symptoms of uti try urinating before and after sex. DRINK FLUIDS! | Don't take any drug for a long period of time unless it's for a disease(ex.diabetes,heart). Drugs are designed to help in one area but will most always hurt another. I almost died! | F | 33 | 3 years | 1/9/2007 | 1 | chronic bladder infection | Chills,aching joints, low temperature, headaches,tiredness,, sores in mouth and on the last 3 days my eye was swollen each morning, I developed blotches on my face and finally an all over body rash. | I had no pain symptoms with my low grade infection It was discovered in an exam because of cysts showing in the bladder wall. I had just returned from South Africa and thought the side effects were from a bug picked up there so was slow to recognize that it was the drug. I'm now on prednisone to rid my body of Macrobid fast. | F | 70 | 13 days | 1/4/2007 | 1 | UTI | Initially, no side effects. A few days after finishing the rx, I broke out in hives all over my body. Now taking benedryl and zyrtec as recommended by an allergist. | Cleared my UTI successfully but would never take again due to hives reaction. | F | 29 | 7 days | 1/3/2007 | 4 | utI | Feeling like I had the flu, stomach ache, tiredness...but unable to fall asleep, metallic taste in my mouth, headache, mild depression | I get UTI's about three times a year, especially when sexually active. First dose of macrobid, I didn't feel the need to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes. It worked, but it sure took some time getting adjusted to the medicine. | F | 28 | 7 days | 1/2/2007 | 1 | UTI | Severe hives, fever, drousiness, shortness of breath | have had problems with UTI the past few years, finally got consistant enough that my gyno perscribed medicine (this was before seeing the urologist). I was told by all doctors to take the antibiotics everytime after sex.everything was fine with what my urologist gave me but last time I came to london to visit my boyfriend for a weekend I couldn't find the other perscription so i took the Macrobid. I started taking it and immediately experienced side effects. I have NEVER had an allergic reaction to a medicine so I thought it was some kind of flu strand I caught on the plane. I spent the entire weekend with my boyfriend sick in bed. Now I am in London again for a few weeks with my boyfriend. started to feel like I was getting a UTI and as more of a preventative measure i took one macrobid the other night. I started to feel achy in my hips which I thought was the UTI so i took another.. now I am sick again. just happy that this time I put two and two together. I have already taken aspiri | F | 27 | 2 days | 12/27/2006 | 1 | UTI post C-Section | loss of appetite, slight shortness of breath, fatigue. | while breast feeding I didnt notice any symptoms in my baby, but it's been a month after finishing the prescription and I'm experiencing tingling sensations in my legs and arms, head aches, dizzyness on top of the other mentioned side effects. macrobid is one creepy drug. avoid taking it if you can. | F | 22 | 10 days | 12/26/2006 | 1 | UTI | Had never been on this medication for a UTI before so i was quite surprised when the dr prescribed it..I only took it once and within 2-3 hours i was having terrible Back pain!! I have never expereinced aches like that before. Also made me very hot and sweaty. would not recommend this medication | F | 21 | 1 days | 12/21/2006 | 1 | UTI | Shortness of breath which was really scary. I also had upset stomach, muscle cramps, diarhhea, heart palpatations, and extreme thirst. I stopped taking this last night and prey I wont get hives like so many other people on here. I will never take this medication again, the side effects just wern't worth it to me. | The last pill I took I ate a big meal and washed it down with 3 glasses of water and that did help on the upset stomach, so make sure to eat! Also I am allergic to Sulfa medications and read somewhere that Macrobid is part of the Sulfa family, I'm not 100% sure on that but if you are allergic to Sulfa you might want to talk to your Doctor of Parmacist before taking this. | F | 27 | 7 days | 12/19/2006 | 1 | recurrent UTI | Immediately felt dull aching head, loss of appetite, feeling of confusion or inability to concentrate. As the doses piled up so did the severity of the symptoms. Eventually I called the doctor and told them I felt like I WAS BEING POISONED! THIS DRUG IS TOXIC! I told them I felt like I was on chemo....so sick...so very sick! But they acted like I was being a big baby about it all. I GAVE BIRTH TWICE WITH NO DRUGS. I have a high tolerance for pain! This drug is HORRIBLE! | All the doctors around here want to use macrobid for UTI's I tell them I CANNOT TAKE MACROBID!!! Yesterday, I was in the Urologists office to get a cystoscopy and I was so nervous I took the antibiotic the nurse handed me to premedicate and YEP you guessed it...it was a 500mg MACROBID! The scope was painful but when it was over I was happy until the macrobid hit about an hour later. I was so sick the rest of the day and I was stupid all day today. It was then I realized it was macrobid. I asked the doctor to change the macrobid prescription he gave me to Bactrim as I was walking out the door but I still didn't get it that they had given me macrobid and I was about to get sick. | F | 49 | 4 days | 12/16/2006 | 1 | UTI | High fever, chills, severe muscle aches, joint pain, headache, tightness around chest, difficulty breathing, sweating profusely, skin rash, fatigue, and cough. | I have always taken Bactrim for UTIs. For some unknown reason I got this poison instead. On day 6 of a 10 prescription I thought I was getting the flu. Three days later I went to the doctor and while I was there the rash just happened. Freaked them all out. I saw every doctor in the place. A very smart nurse came in and said, I looked up Macrobid on Google. She handed the doctor a printed copy and she put me on steriods to help curtail the side effects. After a day the rash is almost gone. Chest tightness is less but still there and the fever is nearly gone. No more pain. I go back on Monday to get tests for liver, kidney, and lung damage. | F | 45 | 10 days | 12/16/2006 | 1 | UTI | sore mouth, tongue, and throat, tiredness, dizzy, nauseated. | I wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft pole. I think it should be taken off the market....too dangerous. | F | 80 | 3 days | 12/15/2006 | 1 | Bladder infection | After 3 days on Nitrofur (generic) I started getting intestinal cramps...getting worse the last 2 nights of the 5-day course. I just took last dose yesterday morning, still have cramping in intestinal area, like severe gas pains. Bladder infection appears gone, but would never take this again. I have never had a reaction to an antibiotic before. | F | 64 | 5 days | 12/10/2006 | 2 | UTI | I took two pills, and will never swallow one again. Fever, shivering chills, severe headache, joints ached, no appetite, very Flu like. If you experience this, stop taking and call your doctor ASAP!! Like me, you are allergic to this product | F | 42 | 1 days | 12/8/2006 |