User Reviews for nitrofurantoin oral

After 3 days of taking nitrofurantoin I started having chest pain, sore throat and sore jaw. It's now been 5 days after I stop taking the medication. I still have chest pain and sore throat.

I haven’t had any side effects other than color change of urine.

So it worked. Reoccurring UTI is gone, but at a cost. I read a ton of reviews on this website and knew I may have symptoms, but honestly thought I would be fine because I have a strong stomach and rarely ever experience side effects from medication. Boy was I wrong. These antibiotics absolutely destroyed my gut - which is usually in great, working condition. Within the first 24hrs I had somewhat severe stomach pain (was always worse towards the end of the day for some reason), and I could tell my digestion was very off. My stomach seemed to be struggling after meals; bloat, lots of gurgling, feeling a lot of air moving around and feeling like I needed to pass gas or use the restroom but nothing happened. I'm also usually very regular and have hardly ever struggled with constipation. I had no nausea, but did experience a drop in appetite. Luckily within 48hrs of being off of it, and giving my stomach a big boost on probiotics/fermented foods to try to repair the good bacteria in my gut, I am feeling almost normal again. All in all I'm glad to have the UTI gone, but I will remember the name of this antibiotic and ask for anything else the next time I need to be prescribed. Read More Read Less

My Dr. Prescribed me this medication for my UTI. I only had two side effects from the medicine. The first time I took a dose I noticed I was a little lightheaded but knowing me, of course I didn't eat anything before taking the medication...I'm hard-headed lol but the second side effect I had was sleepiness. I walked around like a zombie until I fell asleep ??

Emergency Prescribed 7 days worth at 2x100mg a day. First day felt ok. 2nd day I was nauseous, face flushing, heart racing, dizzy, shortness of breath which then caused a panic attack. 3rd day was lethargic, jittery and then had full blown panic & had to be rushed to urgent care. Had panic attack symptoms for hours each day until the last day (day 7) where I went into severe hyperventilation (couldn’t catch my breath, tingling over my body, my hands & feet went into spasm, and my heart was racing out of my chest. 911 was called & they came to check me over. They thankfully checked me over (blood sugar, oxygen and ECG) & determined I was having horrible side effects from this antibiotic. I did not take my last dose. It has been 3 days since I’ve had the antibiotics in me, and I’m still having lack of appetite, dizziness, shortness of breath, extremely weak & feeling panic/depressed. I will never take these again. I wish I had seen warnings online before taking them. Read More Read Less

I have never used this medication before and did not even think twice when i took it before work. by the time I got to work I was green to the gills, nauseous, light headed felt like if I moved i was going to vomit. I called my doctor and they said to stop the medication but there was nothing they could do right now for the nausea I just has to wait it out. I just want to crawl in a hole till its over. NEVER take this medication.

within an hour of taking this medication I was so sick and nauseous I could not focus or function- I would not advice this medication

Have been on this 100mg twice daily and does not seem to be taking care of my infection.

Ive been on this for 9 months and they have been the best time for me. No more UTI’s. No noticeable side effects. It is great.

Had to get an additional 2 day dose because med did not seem to be working. I experienced significant diarrhea, nausea and increased vertigo while on it. Now I have a crazy outbreak of hives, although I did not see any mention of hives in the other reviews. I will not be taking this med again- it did not seem to be as effective as Cipro.

I have been taking this for a UTI for a couple days. I have IBS and this medication has caused a flare up. I have severe stomach and intestinal pain, nausea, headache. I may call to get a replacement but I wanted to give a warning to other sufferrers of IBS or Chrons to please bring these issues up prior to taking said medication.

I have experienced UTIâ??s over the past 7 years or so. To date maybe had 6 in total. First time I took meds I had immediate relief and no side effects. I have now determined that the last two times in 2020 and 2021 witching hours after taking the first dose I became extremely ill. Symptoms hit without warning, felt like the worst flu of my life. Scary because I had chest, back and stomach pain and it hurt to breathe deep. I also had fever and chills, extreme nausea and headaches. Iâ??ll be sure to ask my doctor for something different in the future. Trying to finish these pills but not sure I can, I just feel beyond horrible. Read More Read Less

Whatever you do, don’t take this. Just don’t. Near death experience.

I read reviews online for hours and was really nervous to take this due to antibiotics in the past hurting my stomach. I took it with food and it’s been 4 hours and feel fine :) doesn’t hurt to pee anymore. Trusted my doctor!!!!

Warning...may cause severe pain in stomach. I have Crohn's with very sensitive intestines, especially lately. I needed a good drug for my UTI as it was returning on previous treatment..Keflex. My Dr suggested changing meds as they often stop working when taken repeaditly. I tried this and within a few short hours the pain was extraordinarily severe. It lasted from 10:30am thru 1:00am and only lessoned with Diluaded..4mg.With Crohn's in a severe state( 45yrs and strictured throughout small intestine) I must be very careful. Keflex never bothered me. This had me nearly to the ER and if we didn't happen to be in a pandemic, I would have gone. Anyway, just be careful with this if you have any IBS and sensitive intestines.I will be alerting my Dr first thing am to change it immediately.Read More Read Less

horrible experience I already have anxiety and vertigo this medication just enhanced the condition with added symptoms like constant dull headache took the whole course of 7 days to relieve my UTI. never again.

I was prescribed this medication for a UTI and it helped immediately with absolutely no side effects. I'm so glad my doctor chose this antibiotic.

I had to write because of all the scary reviews here. I hate taking drugs but this infection was severe. Within 2 days I was normal with no side effects. Usually, antibiotics make me more sick, but not this time. I feel such relief that I trusted my good doctor and took this after waiting to see if the infection would burn itself out. It did not. I needed this great med!

I was prescribed this med for a persistent URI. The very first dose, within thirty minutes, I had severe shortness of breath, chills, my chest hurt and body aches. Ended up calling 911 because I could not breath. I was taken to the ER, tears were ran, everything normal. I was put on oxygen, nebulizer treatments and steroids. After nine hours I felt somewhat better so I was released. Next day, I took another dose. Same thing happened. 911 called, another ER visit. The shortness of breath scared the crap out of me. I didnâ??t realize it was side effects of this drug until I read the pamplet that came with it. I called my pharmacist and asked if my symptoms were a common side effect of this drug. He confirmed many people who take it have the same reaction. I called my PCP and told him of my experience that landed me in the ER twice. He now wants me to see a pulmonary doctor, which is next week. Heâ??s not convinced I had a reaction to this drug. Iâ??m telling you I did. I am fine now. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! Itâ??s dangerous. Read More Read Less

Felt really ill 24hrs after taking it. Just like I had flu. I continued taking it but it has not worked.