Reviewer: Joy, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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Suffered constant recurrent UTI's from age 18 to 25. Became resistant to over 10 antibiotics. Given Macrodantin as preventative at time of intercourse, one pill right after and 1 pill 12 hours later. No side effects with the brand, no UTI's for the last 30 years. However, do have nausea with the generic. It has worked well for me.

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Suffered constant recurrent UTI's from age 18 to 25. Became resistant to over 10 antibiotics. Given Macrodantin as preventative at time of intercourse, one pill right after and 1 pill 12 hours later. No side effects with the brand, no UTI's for the last 30 years. However, do have nausea with the generic. It has worked well for me.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I had been on low dose[50mg/day] for a couple of years at least. After this time I started to develop shortness of breath, ended up oxygen dependent and treated by a pulmonologist. On my first visit, the nurse, when reviewing my meds, asked if I had ever heard of Macrodantin Lung - that was the start of a long series of health issues. Final pulmonary diagnosis was Chronic Eosinophic Pneumonia - ... Show Full Comment

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I had been on low dose[50mg/day] for a couple of years at least. After this time I started to develop shortness of breath, ended up oxygen dependent and treated by a pulmonologist. On my first visit, the nurse, when reviewing my meds, asked if I had ever heard of Macrodantin Lung - that was the start of a long series of health issues. Final pulmonary diagnosis was Chronic Eosinophic Pneumonia - this was only ascertained after several pulmonary function tests, cardiac catheterization and finally a bronchoscopy. I was then treated with oral steroids for several months, and remained on oxygen for about 8 months. Of course, I discontinued the Macrodantin, substituting Azo Cranberry twice daily. Eventually I did get another UTI - ended up hospitalized with urosepsis, and received IV Levaquin in ER - this led to a partial rupture of the gluteus medius tendon which required surgery. Enough - DON'T take Macrodantin for long term use for UTI prevention.
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Reviewer: MAURJAN, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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HAVE HAD RECURRENT CYSTITIS FOR 30 YEARS. WAS PUT ONTO MACRODANTIN JUST OVER 1 YEAR AGO AND NOW TAKE 100MG EVERY SECOND DAY. HAVE NOT HAD A BLADDER INFECTION SINCE.

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HAVE HAD RECURRENT CYSTITIS FOR 30 YEARS. WAS PUT ONTO MACRODANTIN JUST OVER 1 YEAR AGO AND NOW TAKE 100MG EVERY SECOND DAY. HAVE NOT HAD A BLADDER INFECTION SINCE.
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Reviewer: Lifesaver, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I am shocked and so sad for the pain this drug has caused so many. This drug saved me from a UTI. No antibiotic worked for my UTI. So I was sent to urinary specialist and he gave me this medicine to take for infection, about a 10 day cycle at 3 pills a day and then put me on a maintenance dose for prevention when I had intercourse. I stayed on prevention for about a year using only after intercour ... Show Full Comment

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I am shocked and so sad for the pain this drug has caused so many. This drug saved me from a UTI. No antibiotic worked for my UTI. So I was sent to urinary specialist and he gave me this medicine to take for infection, about a 10 day cycle at 3 pills a day and then put me on a maintenance dose for prevention when I had intercourse. I stayed on prevention for about a year using only after intercourse. It worked very well for me. Never had a side effect at all. I'm glad I read these reviews cause my sister has been having UTI she can't get rid of and she's 69 and a heart patient and I was going to recommend this to her to ask her Doc about trying. Now I don't think I'll do that. I took mine in the 1980's. No problem. But I don't want to risk my sister having any of these side effects. Guess I was just fortunate it worked so well for me.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female (Patient)

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