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Reviewer: /Nitrofurantoin 50 mg., 55-64 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I have found after taking this medicine for several years, without it I go into a UTI. I loose my strength in my legs and ability to walk as well, slow to function as fatigue. With the medication, I don't have a UTI and function as I should. While taking an medication is annoying, it eliminates the UTI and I go on with my day n life.
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Reviewer: dkgeor@aol.com, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I almost died from using this med. I was hospitalized for two weeks with what the drs. thought was COPD since I was having breathing problems. No cough just couldn't breathe. Went to Urologist who had prescribed this a few months before and he immediately switched the medication. Within a week my breathing problems began easing up and I didn't have to use inhalation therapies. This was a
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Reviewer: macrodantantin, on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Reviewer: edersternchen, 75 or over Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have been on this medication for over two years. It has kept me from getting any more UTI, however I have had a persistent Cough and fast heart beat for 15 months, I have been sent to 8 doctors, all treated me for either asthma, or Acid Reflux. Till I read the drug Store instructions. Here all those symptons show up, including the cough and fast heart beat. I hope my doctor has another way to pr
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Reviewer: GA Girl, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Each time I took this pill, I experienced fever and terrible chills about five hours later.
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