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Reviewer: Bobjan, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)
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Wife took drug for 1 1/2 years. Was not warned about sides affects by urolgist. Now dying in ICU. Total lung lost.Life support. STOP TAKING or STARTING Nov 5 2010
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female (Patient)
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I had taken Macrodantin because I was having a cystoscopy. I took 1 pill one hour prior to the cystoscopy (9am) and 1 pill 12 hours later (10pm). At 6 pm that evening I started to have joint pain in my knees and ankles. As the night moved along it got worse and the joint pain was traveling up to my back and shoulders. I thought I was coming down with the flu. I took some tylenol to try to relieve
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Reviewer: jeannie, 7-12 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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Reviewer: rogueriversan, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHOM HAVE WRITTEN IN AND GAVE YOUR REVIEWS OF THIS MEDICATION , I HAVE IT HERE AND SOMETHING TOLD ME TO WAIT TO TRY THIS . I HAVE HAD MANY ADVERSE REATIONS TO MEDICATIONS AND WAS GOING TO TRY THIS FOR PREVENTION OF BLADDER INFECTIONS, I WILL NOT TRY THIS AFTER READING ABOUT ALL OF THESE BAD EXPERIENCES SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR GIVING YOUR OPINIONS I HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS
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Reviewer: roo, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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was ok at start but after a month and a half have started feeling really ill all the time and have been getting headaches that last around 3 days, unbearable, rash on my legs and have also had pain in my knees
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