MACROBID Reviews (NITROFURANTOIN; NITROFURANTOIN, MACROCRYSTALLINE)Average Rating: 1.7 (1814 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 | Began taking on the first day, every 12 hours as directed. By the third dose the next morning, I had a fever, chills, headache, loss of appetite. I never took any more of the medication. The following day after the fever, I had terrible sweating the whole day. Two days after I stopped the medication, I had tired and sore muscles. From my head to my feet. Every muscles hurts like I was working out in a gym nonstop. It's been five days and I still have tired and sore muscles. I also have jaw pain and pressure, and can barely open my mouth to eat. Absolutely horrible drug. I would not recommend to anybody!!! | F | 41 | 1 days 100mg | 5/27/2020 | 1 | UTI/kidney infection | Anxiety, dizziness, lightheaded, nausea, vomiting, extreme fatigue, heart palpitations, felt like flu and heart attack all at once. | HORRIBLE drug. Do not recommend! It did knock the j reaction out but wasn't worth the side effects | F | 32 | 3 days 100 MG | 5/25/2020 | 4 | UTI | Upset stomach, anxiety, nausea. | I have taken this before for UTI and the side effects are unbearable usually by day four. I am fine the first few days and the call of a sudden I am using the bathroom like I just had a bad stomach flu. So anyway I am stopping it. Uti is definitely gone. the treatment makes you feel worse than the uti. | 34 | 6 days 100 | 5/24/2020 | 1 | UTI | Flu Blurred vision Rigor | Ban it asap | F | 48 | 6 days 100mg | 5/22/2020 | 1 | UTI | Severe abdominal pain, pins and needles hands and feet, pain in legs and buttocks, lips hurt, eyes hurt, no appitite | Only took 3 pills. No reduction in symptoms after 24 hours. First time taking drug. | F | 69 | 3 days 100 mg 2 d | 5/18/2020 | 1 | Uti | One night of fever, followed by 2 blister in my vagina next to my urethra for the next 5 days, diarrhoea followed by ulcers in my anus (on going) excruciating pain!! Wouldn't wish it on anyone!!! Then a day and a half after finishing my dose, my thighs, calfs and joints in my legs feel swollen and achey! | BLOODY AWFUL DRUG! cleared the problem, but created a load more | F | 30 | 3 days | 5/5/2020 | 1 | Uti | Headache, loose stool, sleeplessness, irrational persistent thoughts/dreams, anxiety, chills, nausea and loss of appetite. Most of the symptoms could be tolerated and managed with exception of awful, persistent headache, sleepless/strange disturbing dreams and loss of appetite. I may have continued had the headaches not have been so bad and were not alleviated with ibuprofen or non-aspirin. The other side effects were bad enough to make the average person stop taking Microbid. The headaches were over the top and my job is crucial. I cannot allow a medication like this to make things worse and cause further harm especially when there are other antibiotics that are not nearly as awful and are just as effective. It did help to alleviate the uti pressure but it was a trade off and the uti persisted after I stopped taking Macrobid after 7 doses of the 10 prescribed. | I do not drink alcohol or take illegal drugs of any kind. I eat healthy, am overall very healthy with exceptional uti. No issues with amoxicillin or doxycycline type antibiotics in the past. Prescribed Microbid and I knew after 2 doses that something was wrong. Took completely as directed. Not a good experience and I can tolerate a lot. This medication was worrisome, not a good experience. I would definitely not recommend this particular medication. | F | 50 | 5 days 100 | 4/24/2020 | 1 | UTI | Chills, low-grade fever, dizziness, severe headache and stomachache. | After 2 doses, I stopped taking this drug. I have never had bad side-effects from an antibiotic and this was horrible. Way worse than the actual UTI. | F | 54 | 7 days 100 mg 2X day | 4/22/2020 | 1 | UTI's | A bad reaction, red feet and ears, itching all body, a nightmare, after feeling better with Benadryl, side effects showed again after a week and a half, I'm taking Benadryl again, this is like poison | 66 | 5 days | 4/15/2020 | 1 | UTI | Only 24 hours after taking 2 doses, I have extreme flu like symptoms, severe nausea, drowsiness and fatigue. I am scared to continue taking it as it may continue to get worse. I do not recommend taking this pill! | F | 18 | 1 days 100 MG | 4/6/2020 | 1 | Acute Cystitis | Script for take every 12 hr x5 days. Day one - chills, headache. Day two- extreme chills, headache, SOB at bedtime, palpitations. Day three- chills, numbness in upper & lower extremities, palpitations, increased BP, numbness in jaw, panic. | Mimics cardiac symptoms. Be careful. | F | 46 | 5 days 100mg | 4/6/2020 | 1 | UTI | Flu like symptoms, cough, chest pain, shivering | F | 60 | 1 days 100mg | 3/17/2020 | 1 | Uti/amoxicillin resistant bacteria | Weakness, extreme nausea and some sickness. feeling faint hot face headache. | Was taking amoxicillin and prochlorperazine (anit sickness) for morning sickness. Still taking antisickness but since taking macrobid nausea and sickness has doubled despite taking prochlorperazine. Would not recommend this antibiotic to my worst enemy! | F | 31 | 7 days 100mg | 3/13/2020 | 5 | uti | Shooting chest pain & weird shooting pain all over. Extreme nervousness, headache, abdominal pain. Anxiety was so bad I wanted to run to ER. | I will never take it again | F | 55 | 2 days 100mg | 3/6/2020 | 1 | Uti | Swelling under tongue, sore throat, red dot on gums, swelling and canker sores on inside of lips. | This scared me and I didnt realize this was a side effect until the last day of dosage. I have never had an allergy to any other antibiotics or medications. | 43 | 5 days 100 | 3/4/2020 | 1 | UTI | Horrible burning stomach pain and burning reflux. Nausea, vomiting. | I will never take this medication again. | F | 60 | 2 days 100 mg | 3/4/2020 | 1 | Cystitis | Cough, gas, stomach pain, chills, headache and hives. | Do not take this drug! I have never had a severe reaction to a drug like I have this. I had taken it once before with few minor side effect but this time by days 3 I was seeing stomach pain, cough and could not keep warm. On 4th night I saw headache, gas , and chills worse along with this dry cough. I finished the 5th days course and spotted couple of red like ezema patches on lower legs. Next day still seeing chills and rash expanding up legs and on both arms I went to pharmacy. It was not exema it was hives its now day 7 I have finished the 5 day course of macrobid 2 days ago. Yet, the cough is still there and the hives are getting worse. My skin on my arms and the whole of my legs including feet and hands are covered in area of red bloches and loads of small bumps with red spots in as well as white bumps with little red spot in. I started certirzine hydrochloride antihistamines 10 mg last night pharmacist recommended but seeing how bad the hives have got overnight I am just hoping things will settle down. Its too early to say if the u t i has cleared but I would never recommend this drug to anyone or take it again myself. The reaction I have had even made me frightened to take the cetririzine at first reading the possible side affects and living on my own but the hives were too bad not to try an antihistamines | F | 67 | 5 days 100mg 2X day | 3/2/2020 | 1 | Uti - E. coli in culture | Severe lower abdominal cramping, GI tract pain almost debilitating in spasms. Didn’t even clear up was prescribed for 5 days dr. Told me to stop after 3 due to symptoms. 7 mo. pregnant | This medication was POISON!!! I took D mannose supplement and ate plain yogurt and kimchi... cleared symptoms up and helping clear up lingering abdominal pain from medication. | F | 33 | 3 days 100 mg | 2/24/2020 | 1 | Recurring bladder infections | I started to get muscle pain on the side of my right leg..my face went numb. Went to the hospital...no stroke...thought nothing of the one a day antibiotic. Fast forward a week later...balance issues, blurred vision, slurred speech, muscle cramping...muscle atrophy. I had no idea an antibiotic could do all this to someone. | I was off work for a year because of this medication and probably now have Tinnitus for life. I pretty much have to rebuild all my leg and arm muscles...plus I lost vision. | 50 | 6 months | 2/17/2020 | 1 | Lung infection | Explosive diarrhea after just one dose. I stopped taking it immediately, but the water diarrhea has been ongoing for 48 hours. No solid stool whatsoever...I have taken imodium for the past 36 hours and it is no better. I am now away on vacation (this started the day before I left) and I may have to go to the hospital in a sketchy country... | NEVER AGAIN!!0 | F | 50 | 1 days 100 mg | 2/10/2020 |