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 | 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 | 1 | UTI | Horrid. Took one pill and felt like I was on a spinning ride at an amusement park for the next 15 hours. Of course very sick to my stomach, headache, sweating. Treatment far worse than ailment. Wish I would have known about this site first. | I will never take this drug again, nor would I recommend it to anyone - going to let my physician know how horrid it was. I took one pill, and it's been 23 hours since, and my head is still foggy, my stomach queasy, and I feel "zapped." I felt energetic and fine before taking the medicine, other than the UTI. There is no doubt in my mind the medicine caused the last awful 23 hours. | F | 47 | 1 days | 12/2/2006 | 1 | UTI | shortness of breath, cough, pressure on the chest, skin tenderness, rash, nausea, headache, extreme drowiness, constipation, loss of appetite | I tend to do well with medicine, I don't usually get side-effects. In the case of Macrobid, I've just about everything the listed as a possibility and its been a horrible experience. I feel that I have to keep taking the medicine but I don't have a week of my life to spend in bed. Ask your doctor about possible side effects and what steps to take if you get them. | F | 27 | 3 days | 11/24/2006 | 1 | UTI | shortness of breath, cough, pressure on the chest, skin tenderness, rash, nausea, headache, extreme drowiness, constipation, loss of appetite | I tend to do well with medicine, I don't usually get side-effects. In the case of Macrobid, I've got just about everything the listed as a possibility and its been a horrible experience. I feel that I have to keep taking the medicine but I don't have a week of my life to spend in bed. Ask your doctor about possible side effects and what steps to take if you get them. | F | 27 | 3 days | 11/24/2006 | 1 | uti | I took nitrofurantoin mono for 7 days, four days after I had finished taking it I started having hives all over my body, throat felt swollen, dizziness that came on as quickly as the hives, the hives are very intense, took a trip to the local Emergency room due to feeling that I couldn't breathe. I took the medicine so I could have a once in a lifetime fun vacation in Hawaii, I spent most of the time in my hotel room, itching, dizzy with daily episodes of heart burn, it's four weeks since my side effects started and I'm still itching and still experiencing the heart burn, if it hadn't been for this website I wouldn't have enjoyed my vacation at all, I would have been worried sick I had some serious disease. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to list their experiences, I wanted also to share with all of you in hopes it may make a difference in your unfortunate suffering that my naturopath gave me Aller C which is totally natural, it decreases the histamine in your body by 60% | I think that it's pretty evident that we are at the mercy of our physicians, unfortunately they are not aware of what they are prescribing. Pretty scary! Don't take this medicine!! | F | 49 | 7 days | 11/21/2006 | 1 | UTI | Pins and needles in my fingers, nausea and night sweats. | I took it once and stopped. | F | 39 | 1 days | 11/12/2006 | 1 | uti | After 2 doses I started experiencing flu-like symptoms, fatigue, and headache. My head was foggy; I felt like I had been drugged or was drunk. I was very unstable on my feet. After the 3rd dose, I couldn't sleep all night. I was in the bathroom all night urinating. I started having terrible shooting pains in my chest and thought I may be having a heart attack. My head was pounding and I had terrible acid reflux and cramping. | It is more than 24 hours since my last dose. I am exhaused, still having shooting chest pains, reflux, and feel feverish and achy. I agree this drug should be taken off the market. What's scary is the doctor on call didn't even ask what side effects I was experiencing; he just asked if i had any allergies to sulfa drugs or any other antibiotics. If the chest pains continue I'll call my doctor. | F | 46 | 2 days | 11/9/2006 | 1 | uti | After 2 doses I started experiencing flu-like symptoms, fatigue, and headache. My head was foggy; I felt like I had been drugged or was drunk. I was very unstable on my feet. After the 3rd dose, I couldn't sleep all night. I was in the bathroom all night urinating. I started having terrible shooting pains in my chest and thought I may be having a heart attack. My head was pounding and I had terrible acid reflux and cramping. | It is more than 24 hours since my last dose. I am exhaused, still having shooting chest pains, reflux, and feel feverish and achy. I agree this drug should be taken off the market. What's scary is the doctor on call didn't even ask what side effects I was experiencing; he just asked if i had any allergies to sulfa drugs or any other antibiotics. If the chest pains continue I'll call my doctor. | F | 46 | 2 days | 11/9/2006 | 2 | UTI | general achyness, pain in upper abdomen and a continued urge to urinate. doesn't seem like it's helping the symptoms. | will request a different med in the future. | F | 51 | 6 days | 11/1/2006 | 1 | Bladder Infection - chronic | Bad headache - asprin helped. Chest pain and wheezing. This is day 5 and I went to family doctor who told me to stop taking Macrobid and to call my urologist tomorrow. I did not get the typical initial allergic reaction which starts with itchy skin and hives - it went straight into my chest. | F | 30 | 5 days | 10/25/2006 | 2 | UTI | My eyes are bloodshot and burning! I am nauseated and EXTREMELY TIRED!!! Right after takin the pill I feel sick. Diahreah as well. | I am on my day 3 and I am still getten UTI symptoms!!! Still have pains!!! | F | 22 | 5 days | 10/23/2006 | 5 | To Prevent Chronic UTI's | None | At about the age of 19 I started getting UTI's. About 3 years ago I finally went to a uroligist who prescribed me Macrobid. I have since been taking a Macrobid every time I have sex. Since I have been on the Macrobid, I have only had to go to the doctor one time for a UTI. This drug has helped me so much! | F | 33 | 3 years | 10/21/2006 | 1 | UTI | Neuropathy | Five months ago, I took only five Macrobid pills over a period of 2.5 days and then developed flu-like symptoms followed by severe, severe pain in my arms and hands. This pain continues to this day, and there isn't anything or anyone that can fix it. Stay away from Macrobid because once you suffer the nerve damage, there isn't any good fix to resolve the pain syndrome. This product should be taken off the market. Permanent nerve damage is awful to endure. | F | 65 | 2.5 days | 10/20/2006 | 5 | UTI | Macrobid, for me, was very effective and safe. Unlike others like Bactrim and Cipro with major side effects, Macrobid was fine for me. | I recommend taking Macrobid for a UTI. | F | 25 | 4 days | 10/18/2006 | 2 | UTI | no problems the first day. Second day woke in the night with severe chills/ hot flashes, some nausea. Tinglling and numness in my hands. The next morning had to keep lying down due to dizziness and weakness. Concerned about possibility of a reaction, I called the doctor and discontinued use. Will try something else. | Drug information that came with my prescription described the symptoms I had as "rare but serious side effects" when I should seek immediate attention. Nevertheless, the doctor didn't see these as very serious other than agreeing that I should switch to something else. | F | 42 | 2 days | 10/15/2006 | 1 | Concurrent UTI's | I started out by getting dizzy...that graduated into achey feelings and a feeling of being very sleepy and no energy whatsoever. I had taken this before so didn't associate these symptoms with this med. then it graduated into headaches, queasy stomach, and my heart feeling like it was going to jump out of my chest. | Needless to say, would rather have the bladder infection. Am stopping this medicine and calling in for something else. | F | 50 | 28 days | 10/6/2006 | 1 | uti | Many neurological symptoms - tingling, numbness, pressure in my head, dizzy, extremely tired, stabbing pains, redness of face, and more symptoms that lasted for months and months. | If you haven't heard of d-mannose powder to help e-coli infections, read about it on the web. It has helped me alot. I tried cranberry pills and juice, but d-mannose works better for me. | F | 34 | 5 days | 10/4/2006 |