Reviewer: Poconos3, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Terrible side effects; dizzy, nauseated, heart racing. Switch to Keflex next day; easy-peasy.

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Terrible side effects; dizzy, nauseated, heart racing. Switch to Keflex next day; easy-peasy.
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Reviewer: JL, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Omg... this antibiotic has the worse side effects. Why is this still on the market. I will never take this medication again. I can not even finish taking my prescription thatâ??s how bad awful it is. Nauseous was the first thing. I ate a full meal. Then.a pounding headache. I had aches and pains on both my legs my neck like I was getting the flu. Then chills. I had to call the doctor for a d ... Show Full Comment

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Omg... this antibiotic has the worse side effects. Why is this still on the market. I will never take this medication again. I can not even finish taking my prescription thatâ??s how bad awful it is. Nauseous was the first thing. I ate a full meal. Then.a pounding headache. I had aches and pains on both my legs my neck like I was getting the flu. Then chills. I had to call the doctor for a different antibiotic. If I could give it no stars I would.
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Reviewer: Marc, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Iâ??ve taken untold numbers of medications in my life and never have I taken a drug that felt like it was killing me along with the bacteria. Macrobid is severely toxic IMHO. I canâ??t believe it is seriously marketed. It gave me chills, cold sweats, loss of coordination, nausea, body aches, loss of appetite, depression, a face that felt badly sunburned, headache, eye ache and it didn ... Show Full Comment

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Iâ??ve taken untold numbers of medications in my life and never have I taken a drug that felt like it was killing me along with the bacteria. Macrobid is severely toxic IMHO. I canâ??t believe it is seriously marketed. It gave me chills, cold sweats, loss of coordination, nausea, body aches, loss of appetite, depression, a face that felt badly sunburned, headache, eye ache and it didnâ??t cure my UTI after 5 days on it. A couple weeks later, a urologist put me on a 7 day course. Tomorrow morning Iâ??m supposed to take day sevenâ??s capsules...not a chance, Iâ??d rather be dead than take this again. I know it sounds extreme, but I sincerely mean it.
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Reviewer: Dcblue, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I experienced nausea and vomiting. I really that. Vomiting defeats the purpose of making you better because the medicine was thrown out of your body.

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I experienced nausea and vomiting. I really that. Vomiting defeats the purpose of making you better because the medicine was thrown out of your body.
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Reviewer: NeverAgain, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I was prescribed Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) after a lab culture confirmed I had a UTI. I had been experiencing symptoms of the UTI for about 5 days before beginning treatment - feeling like I constantly had to pee, peeing only a little at a time, and a burning sensation at the urethra when going - but no abdominal pain at all. I took my first dose of Macrobid around 2 pm (with food and water) an ... Show Full Comment

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I was prescribed Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid) after a lab culture confirmed I had a UTI. I had been experiencing symptoms of the UTI for about 5 days before beginning treatment - feeling like I constantly had to pee, peeing only a little at a time, and a burning sensation at the urethra when going - but no abdominal pain at all. I took my first dose of Macrobid around 2 pm (with food and water) and by 6 pm was having some mild back and stomach aches and cramping. By 8 pm these had gotten much worse (similar to bad period cramps). At this point I wasn’t sure if it was the medication causing the pain or not. I slept and in the morning felt normal with no more abdominal pain at all. I took my second dose (again with food and water) and again about four hours later the terrible abdominal cramps returned. This time much worse than before, at times I could not stand due to the intensity of the pain. It was a constant sharp ache all around my waist and upper abdomen in the front and back and every few seconds there would be an even stronger sharp stabbing sensation. I skipped my third dose because I was worried I would have to go to the ER if the pain worsened. The stomach pain kept me from falling asleep for hours and woke me up several times throughout the night. In the morning I do feel better. I can walk around and do my daily functions but am still experiencing a constant aching in the abdomen with occasional sharper stabs of pain. I called my doctor and she agreed I was right to discontinue use and prescribed me Bactrim instead. I am waiting to begin my first dose of the Bactrim until dinner in the hopes that my stomach cramping will have abated by then. I will say even after the brief two doses of the Macrobid my UTI symptoms were greatly improved but I would never take the medication again - the pain was so horrible.
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