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 | Extreme nausea, malaise, weakness and dizziness, tingling and numbness in legs and feet and hands. Stopped taking the drug after three days. (Before that, I thought the symptoms were flu and a back problem (I have two herniated disks)) | F | 53 | 3 days | 10/27/2005 | 1 | bladder infection | fever of 101, flu-like symptoms which started shortly after taking the first pill. I just took one. Will call ER after sending this. I am a very active healthy person who used to get bladder infections often when I was first married, never was prescribed this med. It's critical to urinate after intercourse and I hadn't had an infection for over 10 years. Guess I fell asleep!! | This drug is a generic for Macrobid called Nitrofurantoin Mono/Mac, 100 mgs black/yellow capsules. | F | 58 | 1 days | 10/25/2005 | 1 | UTI | AFTER TAKING MACROBID FOR 5 DAYS. I EXPERIENCED TERRIBLE ITCHING ON HANDS, AND SMALL BUMPS APPEARED ON KNUCKLES AND THE ITCHING IS TERRIBLE.. LATER A RASH VERY RED AND HOT APPEARED ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF BODY.. MY HEAD ITCHES , EVERYTHING ITCHES .. I AM NOW TAKING BENADRYL FOR THE ITCH.. | F | 39 | 5 days | 10/21/2005 | 1 | uti | I had no side effects unitl three days after...just like all of the other postings have said. I am now covered in hives. I just hope it does not last three weeks like the other people have said. | The worse part is it did not even cure my uti so now I am having to take another antibiotic. I would suggest asking for another type right away and skipping these hives...they are really not that fun. :o( | F | 26 | 5 days | 10/21/2005 | 1 | bladder infection | To answer the below post, yes my symptoms actually got worse over 3 weeks after I finished my prescription. The symptoms lasted a long time after that. They call it a "hypersensitivity reaction". | go to to read about more reactions www.rxlist.com/rxboard/macrobid.pl | F | 34 | 5 days | 10/16/2005 | 1 | UTI | Profound headache and joint pain (knees, hips, lower back), fever, chills, weakness. I cannot overstate the severity of the symptoms. I can only describe it as a step toward death. Keenly interested in learning more about why this happened and whether others experience symptoms persisting after discontinuing this medication. | Had taken courses of Macrobid to treat UTIs within the past year without ill effect. Later instructed to take 1 pill after intercourse to deter formation of UTIs. On the first 2 occasions (10 days apart), symptoms developed within 24 hours after taking a single pill. | F | 41 | | 10/15/2005 | 5 | UTI | Mild tummy ache if taken on an empty stomach. I take it after sex to prevent recurring UTI. Never had a problem. | I don't believe that the symptoms listed here by other visitors are by and large caused by macrobid. You have to know more about people's health in general and how well they take care of themselves before you can take their word for it. www.bfl.com | F | 34 | 10 times | 10/11/2005 | 3 | UTI | Extreme headaches, sleepiness. | F | 22 | 7 days | 10/7/2005 | 1 | UTI | After One pill I got a shooting pain behind my left eye. My head got heavy and very tired, bad when you take care of kiddos. my stomach started rolling, seriously, in my colon I could feel it rolling. So far, no other side effects, but leaving for vacation tomorrow, and calling to get something different perscribed. | All of the side effects scare me. I have never had side effects to any drug, so this one threw me for a loop. | F | 37 | 0.5 days | 9/29/2005 | 1 | UTI | extremly tired and very foggy in the head, hives, intestinal issues (cramps, loose bowels, constipation, gas), difficulty sleeping. | The side effects came on slowly and when I figured out what was causing me to feel so bad I stopped taking it. I have been off it for two days now and I'm still getting a few hives, feeling foggy in the head and having intestinal cramps. Don't take this stuff!!! | F | 41 | 6 days | 9/24/2005 | 2 | uti | nausea, chills, frequent urination (more than before drug was taken), brown colored urine, headache, extreme drowsiness. | If you have to take Macrobid, take a couple days off work to get used to the medication. | F | 26 | 7 days | 9/23/2005 | 1 | UTI | dry cough, profound dizziness, nausea, vomiting, mental fogginess, weakness, malaise, abdominal pain, profound drowsiness,inability to perform normal activities of daily living | this drug is scary. | F | 41 | 3 days | 9/19/2005 | 1 | UTI | WITHIN DAYS OF FININSHING MY 7 DAY PRESCRIPTION ITCHING, BUMPS LIKE HIVES ON NECK, ITCHY HAIR AND FACE... HEARTBURN AND A REOCCURING UTI, 3 DAYS AFTER I STOPPED TAKING MACROBID | F | 25 | 7 days | 9/8/2005 | 1 | UTI | 24 hours aftr taking -Loss of appetite, very achy all over back especially flanks and worst of all, horrible chills which have lasted 7 months. Doctors won't agree that this is a side effect from Macrobid and have put me through extensivehi-tech tests to find a cause. No answer so far. | F | 63 | 4 days | 9/6/2005 | 3 | uti | I'm on my fifth day of taking this medication. I usually work out very hard at the gym about an hour and a half every day. I use a heart rate monitor and usually can do a very high interval workout about 92% rather easily. I am so tired and sick feeling that all I want to do is sleep. Hopefully my bladder infectin will not return, I only have one dose left. Can't wait to have energy again! | F | 30 | 5 days | 9/5/2005 | 1 | (Not sure, test results are not in) | Feel sick, headache, chest pain off an on, tingly in fingers but that has went away, sore throat and some back pain. Pain in left arm went away after awhile. I felt some dizzyness and cramp like pains. | This is weird I never took a medication where my symptoms kept coming and going all night long and new symptoms keep popping up and this is after one dose. Both of my doctors said this is a safe drug and when I called the pharmacy she said most people do well with this drug, they do? Not from what I have seen on this site and I am not feeling well after taking this medication. Thanks to this site I know why. I just called a doctor and she said for me to stop taking this medication and to see how I feel. I am going to do just that. | F | 32 | 1 days | 9/3/2005 | 2 | YES | An emergency doctor prescribed Macrobid for my UTI. I took it for 10 days as prescribed with no symptoms other than being a little more tired than usual and a bit light-headed at times. Toward the end of the prescription I started getting itchy on top of my head, ears, eyelids, and then other parts of my body at different times. It even woke me up at night. Small bumps appeared in the areas that itched and a tingling sensation under the skin. The itching happens randomly in different areas. Cool baths with Epsom salt helped some. I am so glad that I found this site and that others have had the same problem. I will be calling my doctor tomorrow to find out what can be done to stop the itching. It is awful! | The good news is my infection is gone, but the itching is just as bad or worse than the symptoms from the UTI. Hopefully they will find something else that doesn't cause the itching and works to stop UTIs. | F | 44 | 10 days | 8/23/2005 | 1 | bladder infection | headache, irritability, stomache ache, feeling nausea, feeling angry at the world,weepy,tired, cannot sleep, bad dreams. | I would not recommend this medication to anyone ever. | F | 65 | 7 days | 8/23/2005 | 1 | UTI | SIDE EFFECTS: allergic rxn - swelling and itching of hands and feet, difficulty breathing and subsequent dizziness/feeling of passing out, panic attack when allergic rxn and breathing took place (typical of anaphylaxis rxns). the swelling looked like | don't wait for doc or pharm approval to stop taking meds. STOP AS SOON AS YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE SCARY SYMPTOMS, because they will only get worse FAST upon furthering the meds!! I know!! | F | 21 | 2 days | 8/11/2005 | 5 | urinary tract infection | F | 38 | 5 days | 8/5/2005 |