Macrobid and Nausea: What Users Say (Page 5)

• alw...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 25, 2016

For Urinary Tract Infection "I took Macrobid 100 mg twice a day for 7 days. I had no symptoms at all, except day 1 I had an upset tummy. But I can't for sure say that was caused by this antibiotic. I'm very sensitive to a lot of medications, and I was really surprised Macrobid didn't give me any problems. I think a lot of people don't realize how crazy a UTI can actually get. You can get some pretty awful symptoms/side effects just from the UTI itself. Blurred vision, headaches, and nausea are all side effects of a UTI, not just the antibiotic. I caught my UTI in time and had no symptoms from this antibiotic. There is a reason older people in their 70s and up go mental when they have a UTI. It's a serious condition."

• Kri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "I started this 11 hrs ago... Let me tell you, it has made me feel horrible. Dizzy, trouble concentrating, exhausted, my face feels odd, hot/cold, and I'm nauseous. I am terrified to take another dose. Unfortunately, my culture showed this antibiotic to be most effective. But there is no way I can take 5 days of this. I just looked up reviews and saw that I'm not the only one feeling this way. I have only had a bad reaction to Erythromycin (vomiting) many years ago. I don't recall an antibiotic ever making me feel this way before."

• Han...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 5, 2021

For Bladder Infection "I’ve had a bad experience with antibiotics before and held off on taking this for almost two days after it was prescribed for my mild UTI symptoms, due to fear of side effects and hoping it would go away on its own. Well, it didn’t and got worse, so I had to take it. Woke up at 2 a.m. with lower abdominal pain and awful burning urination, popped one of these pills, and woke up the next day with no more pain, burning, or urgency. It really helped in less than 6 hours. Of course, you have to keep taking it as prescribed to make sure the infection is gone, but it got rid of the symptoms that fast. I’m on my last day of taking these and have had practically no side effects. I always took it with a full stomach and had no nausea. I’m not trying to dismiss the negative reviews. It’s important that people know what can happen and monitor themselves. But this is a VERY commonly prescribed med, and unhappy people are far more likely to leave a review, which is why I left this."

• Meg...
• June 17, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "Been taking this medication for 3 days, my 4th day starts today, and I have had such a horrible time with this medication. My anxiety has been the worst it's been for a while, and I have started having night terrors again. The nausea has been horrific, and I feel so unwell, there's this horrible taste in my mouth too. Not sure whether I should keep taking it or not, but please be careful, anyone taking it, as I'm sure these symptoms could be far worse for someone else."

• mrb...
• October 2, 2015

For Urinary Tract Infection "Was prescribed this medication for a UTI. Never had this pill before. OMG... I was nauseous 24/7 with chest pains and only took it for 3 days! Also, gastro issues and feeling like you are in a fog... I always got CIPRO for this type of E. coli infection. Don't know why my doctor gave me this horrible medicine. Called today for different medication because I am not sure if the infection is cleared up. Pain is gone, but that is all. Wouldn't recommend this."

• Kbr...
• August 29, 2018

For Urinary Tract Infection "I'm in my 5th day of Macrobid. Really just wanted to review to ease some minds because I ran to the internet too when I was prescribed this medication (like I always do with new medicine). The only side effects I've had are some nausea/stomach upset, anxiety (I have health anxiety and was pretty shook up from the reviews, so could be that), tiredness, and my urine turned a dark yellow/fluorescent yellow. I'm 19, get UTIs a lot as I'm prone to them, and am on a 7-day course. I'm also usually pretty sensitive to medicine because I'm so in tune with my body. Basically, this drug is fine (for me). If you drink/eat before/after taking it, the nausea is dramatically reduced. I even talked to my nurse, and the majority of people do well on the medicine with little side effects (mainly upset stomach). This medicine has taken care of my UTI, no problem. By day 3, I felt normal."

• Anonymous
• June 2, 2013

For Urinary Tract Infection "Luckily, had no side effects on this antibiotic. I made sure to take it with a big meal each time, though, so that might have helped. I was put on Bactrim for a previous urinary tract infection, and it was horrible. Nausea, felt like I had a fever, increased my heart rate, etc. I'm glad I found this and hope I can take it again if I get another urinary tract infection. The only thing I noticed was that it brought back a weird cough I usually only get after a bad cold. My doctor calls it a bronchial spasm. It hasn't gone away after having been off the medicine for 3 weeks, but it was so mild compared to when I get it with a cold that I can easily deal with it."

• Mic...
• August 28, 2015

For Urinary Tract Infection "This is the third time I have tried Macrobid and the worst. High fever, chills, sweating, nausea, and terrible headache. I spent the whole day and night in bed. This is the very last time I will take this. My doctor did not think this terrible pill would cause a fever in spite of me telling him it did twice before. I told him I am off this pill and am now waiting for the culture. I will not ever be taking this again."

• Kim...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 30, 2022

For Urinary Tract Infection "Unless I have an illness, then I do not recommend these antibiotics. I started taking them and immediately became so ill. Shivering, chills, intense nausea, and the sensations in my hands and feet are really worrying. After not taking them for 3 days, I still have side effects. It’s actually been quite scary."

• Sta...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 21, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "Macrobid was the worst medicine I had for a UTI. I only took one dose before bed to start with. I felt dizziness, sweating, heart racing, and weakness. I don’t think I will be taking any more. I will be contacting my doctor for something else. I would not recommend. I had a UTI before and had a different medicine that did not give barely any side effects except diarrhea and a little nausea if you didn’t eat."

• kri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 8, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "I've never had to write a review for any medicine. But this has been, so far, the absolute worst experience of my life. After 2 days of taking the Macrobid, I felt like I had really bad morning sickness. It would fade, and I could go about my day. But the nausea kept progressing every day. I took the pill twice a day for 4 days. I was supposed to take it for 7 days. But I landed in the hospital, and they advised me to stop taking the medication since my urine came back clean. They gave me some Zofran to take home to help cope with nausea. I'm currently on the 4th day of not taking it, and the nausea has slowed down a little bit. I advise anyone to not take Macrobid. I've had to miss 3 days of work."

• Pat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 3, 2018

For Urinary Tract Infection "Felt great day 1, bladder symptoms resolving. After day 2, had similar adverse reactions as others - horrendous diarrhea, cramps, sweats, nausea, short of breath, headache, clammy skin, anxiety, and racing heart. I took this once before about 20 years ago, and it was fine. This time it was awful. Pushed myself through 5.5 days but had to stop. I hope these side effects go away soon, this is wretched. I need to get back to my life. Have not gotten out of bed for 2 days."

• Ali...
• July 8, 2016

For Urinary Tract Infection "I am currently on day 2 of Macrobid, 2x daily for 5 days. The pharmacist was sure to emphasize taking Macrobid with food to prevent nausea. So far, I have no nausea but have developed a terrible headache. I must say that the pain of the UTI was gone within two hours of taking my first dose, which is worth it to me. So I'll be sticking this one out and hope the headache doesn't worsen."

• Meg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 15, 2024

For Urinary Tract Infection "Positive experience! Writing this review to hopefully calm those like me, who are desperate for relief from UTI pain. After stressing about whether or not to take this antibiotic due to all of the horrible reviews, I decided to take a chance. I had a chronic UTI for two years and had tried everything natural I could without relief, likely due to bacteria hiding in biofilm in bladder lining. I was able to take this medicine with just a yogurt prior and experienced no nausea. I took Macrobid 100 mg every 12 hours for 7 days and had no side effects, only UTI symptom relief. It has been one week since finishing this med, and symptoms have not returned. I tested my urine with a UTI test strip and it was negative, I plan to continue testing. I took Biofilm Defense first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, waited 30 minutes, ate food, then took the antibiotic. In the evenings, I took 2 scoops of powder D Mannose. I plan to continue D Mannose daily as a preventative and finish 60-day Biofilm Defense."

• Mww...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 8, 2017

For Urinary Tract Infection "I took Macrobid a few months ago for my UTI. Worked great. No side effects. This time after getting a UTI again, I was prescribed Macrobid again, but this time I'm getting all the side effects: fever, chills, body aches, fatigue, nauseated, etc. I will probably stop using it now. My UTI does feel a bit better, though."

• Mad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 2, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "On Macrobid for a UTI that didn't clear up after being on Bactrim for 3 days. It seems to be helping cure my UTI and my symptoms, but the nausea is terrible! I'm usually pretty sensitive to antibiotics anyway, but this is worse than usual!"

• Joa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 7, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "The doctor diagnosed me with a mild UTI yesterday and prescribed Macrobid. A few hours after taking it, I felt my brain wasn't fully functioning, very slow. After that, I was beginning to feel more and more nauseous, which ended up in full-blown violent vomiting, which was continuous for hours. Now it's the next day, and I have heart palpitations, a bursting headache, extreme tiredness, still can't hold anything down. I've never been this sick from any other antibiotic, and I only took 1 dose. The doctor prescribed me different antibiotics, I couldn't continue the Macrobid with these abnormal side effects. I never write reviews but thought to share my experience this time because of the severe side effects this medicine can have. It might work great for some people, but not for me."

• Mam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 18, 2016

For Urinary Tract Infection "Have anxiety issues and think this medicine affected my anxiety...felt a bit lightheaded and nauseous and had a panic attack. Not sure if it's the Macrobid or Pyridium. Symptoms of UTI better but not totally gone yet."

• Mis...
• June 21, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "I was given the Macrobid medication for a UTI. I took the first dose with food before bed and woke up feeling okay. I took the second dose that morning and headed into work. On my way into work, driving, I began to get dizzy, I thought I wouldn’t make it in. I arrived, then I immediately left work-went home with a headache, nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, and body aches. I took another dose before bed to try and power through, then woke up the following morning unable to move, again with flu-like symptoms. My doctor told me to stop taking the medicine. And I will NEVER take it again. I am currently a day and a half off the antibiotic and still experiencing nausea, diarrhea, aches, and exhaustion. It is getting much better as time goes on, but I feel as if I wasted time on a medicine that made me even more sick when I should be UTI-free by now. My stomach is still so sensitive from this, so I cannot even go back on another antibiotic yet. Still have a UTI, missed three days of work, and feeling awful."

• Bda...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 3, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "Their reviews really drove me away, and I didn't want to take the pills since I hate taking medication. However, I eventually decided I needed to take it. Symptoms cleared up after the second pill, and I didn't have any side effects until day 3 when I woke up at night with some nausea. Went back to the doctor the next day, and he prescribed me some Zofran to take an hour before the Macrobid. I did that and managed to get through all 7 days with only a little fatigue, some headaches, and some excess flatulence. The trick is to take it with food and lots of water and follow it up with a probiotic 2 hours after."

• ALN...
• January 7, 2017

For Urinary Tract Infection "It says on the bottle to take this medicine with food. This is probably why you are experiencing nausea and fatigue. It's a great medicine and a great alternative and preventative if you're like me and suffer from chronic UTIs."

• Sam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 6, 2019

For Bladder Infection "I have a bladder infection, and Cipro didn't clear the infection. Keflex didn't clear it, now I'm taking Macrobid. I've experienced no side effects so far. I already had nausea with the infection - the infection went from urinary to bladder, and then I started having kidney pain - so I can't attribute that to the medication. I feel like it's helping."

• Mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 26, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "Mild nagging headache, mild nausea, cold sweats for up to 3 hrs after ingestion. Negative interaction with Lorazepam dramatically increasing the above side effects and duration. In addition, intense muscle aches and pains. IMHO, steer clear of benzodiazepines with this Rx. This is the 2nd time I took it this month because UTI came back. Antibiotics must be replaced soon by new biotech because we have so changed our internal biome with antibiotics that resistance has caught up with them. The same is true for fungi... google Candida Auris. At our population levels, microbiology has recognized us as their number one food source on the planet."

• bnp...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 20, 2018

For Urinary Tract Infection "This is my first time leaving a comment on a drug on this website. I'm just here to relax anyone who gets prescribed this medication. This medicine did give me the chills, tiredness, joint pain, and nausea, but it did what it was supposed to do. Got rid of that same UTI that I had that just wouldn't go away, which is dangerous. I was given 2 rounds of Bactrim first. I felt very sick from the UTI anyway, so feeling off from the Macrobid made no difference. Be happy it isn't ciprofloxacin or any other fluoroquinolones you were prescribed, which is what these doctors try to push now when patients want a switch from the med that seems would work best after a culture test. Some of them don't know that the FDA put out warnings that it shouldn't be prescribed for conditions like this, for very serious reasons. You have been warned."

• Ste...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 4, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "I have recurring bladder infections/UTIs. I’ve always had anxiety disorder, and now I am wondering if it is due to taking this as a preventative dose since I was a teen. I had a horrible UTI, which I hadn’t had for ages. The doctor prescribed me this, I have been on it for 4 days, and I am so sick. Nausea, diarrhea, major anxiety, leg cramps, my muscles in my leg are so stiff I can't take it, also major shortness of breath. I will NEVER take this medication AGAIN! Worst medication I have EVER taken in my entire life!"