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Below are Macrobid (Nitrofurantoin) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 6 ratings/reviews, Macrobid has an overall score of 5.50. The effectiveness score is 7 and the side effect score is 6.33. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Macrobid review by 41 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | UTI |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg taken twice a day for the period of 7 Days |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Relief and cure of UTI |
| Side effects: | | None |
| Comments: | | 1 pill 2x day for 7 days. |
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| | Macrobid review by 48 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | bladder infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg cap taken once for the period of one day |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | No treatment benefit, because the complete prescription was not used because of adverse side effects. |
| Side effects: | | The side effects were horrible after one dose - severe dizziness - room spinning. Loss of balance. Severe nausea, vomiting. |
| Comments: | | Supposed to take 1 tablet every 12 hours, if I remember correctly - did not take more than one dose because of horrid side effects. |
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| | Macrobid review by 42 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | bladder infecton |
| Dosage & duration: | | 250 mg. taken 4 times daily for the period of 10 days |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lessened frequency of urination and burning sensation |
| Side effects: | | None |
| Comments: | | Simply took the macrobid capsules as prescribed and did not notice any negative effects. Infection was eliminated according to subsequent urine cultures. The only possible side effect noted was stomach upset, if the medication is taken on a completely empty stomach. Discoloration of urine while taking the medication may also be observed. |
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| | Macrobid review by 28 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | uti |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg twice a day taken daily for the period of 11 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | got rid of uti |
| Side effects: | | severe joint pain in arms, hands and shoulders. Ligament damage in arms. Numbness, tingling, weakness in arms. Malaise, fatigue, deep tissue itching, nausea, confusion, chest constriction, Interstitial Cystitis, breathing problems, racing heart with palpitations. After 11 months I stopped this drug found a natural cure for my uti's called d-mannose. It sounds too good to be true but it stopped my uti's cold. Please visit http://www.squidoo.com/d-mannose to read my personal experience. I'm not selling d-mannose or anything else, I just want to help prevent the kind og suffering I endured. |
| Comments: | | for the treatment of prevention of chronic uti |
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| | Macrobid review by 41 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | bladder infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg twice daily taken twice daily for the period of 5 days |
| Other conditions: | | extreme pain for two years in back hip and abdomin |
| Other drugs taken: | | arthotec ( misdiagnosed condition as arthritis | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | On taking the first capul,within 8 hours the pain was dramatically reduced in entire left side (back, hip,and lower abdomin)First time in two years I could sit down without holding on to something!!!!!I have been told for two years I PROBABLY have arthritis "WELCOME TO MIDDLE AGE" were my Doctors exact words !!!It took a stranger at a walk in clinic who had never seen me to get to the bottom of this nightmare.I had gone from working 5 days a week to 1 day a week,thats all I could handle.I will alwaysThank this Doctor for actually caring. |
| Side effects: | | Very little upset stomach |
| Comments: | | 2 capsules a day for 5 days |
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| | Macrobid review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | uti |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100mg taken 7 days for the period of 5days |
| Other conditions: | | back pain |
| Other drugs taken: | | prcocet | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | none this stuff was awful -it hurt me -dont take it |
| Side effects: | | severe leg and arm pain -horrible diarea-very sick chills and fever-dizzy -tired allot of abdominal pain -i really hurt allot |
| Comments: | | only took it 5 days and felt so much better when off this stuff even though i still have a uti |
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