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Below are Nitrofurantoin reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Nitrofurantoin has an overall score of 6.67. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 6.67. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | Nitrofurantoin review by 29 year old female patient | | Rating |
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Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | Treatment Info |
Condition / reason: | | UTI prevention |
Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg taken twice per day for the period of 3 months |
Other conditions: | | hay fever, psioriasis, eczema, allopecia areata |
Other drugs taken: | | none | | Reported Results |
Benefits: | | This preventative course stopped the chronic UTIs that the patient had experienced. |
Side effects: | | On a few occasions, mild nausea immediately after taking the drug. |
Comments: | | Twice daily, and then stepped down to once daily after a new doctor recommended that the patient only use one per day for prevention, due to slim size (110 pounds). |
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| Nitrofurantoin review by 40 year old female patient | | Rating |
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Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | Treatment Info |
Condition / reason: | | chronic cystitis |
Dosage & duration: | | 100mg taken one per day for the period of About 7 years |
Other conditions: | | Lung problems,breasts enlarge and lactation,skin rash and itching.Anxiety. |
Other drugs taken: | | N/A | | Reported Results |
Benefits: | | When I started using Macrodantin it helped for the releive of bladder infections and also the pain of chronic cystitis. After a few years the side effects became more and the effectiveness of the drug less. I started getting bladder infections more frequently while I was still on the drug. |
Side effects: | | The drug effected my lungs. I started coughing more. Today I am very sensitive to any products or chemicals,and cough a lot and struggle breathing. I had a skin rush and itching skin. My breast enlarged and lactated. Started getting anxiety. |
Comments: | | I had a bladder operation, because of a default of my valves. I was born with the problem. Because of the valves not closing properly I developed a kidney stone. The docters had to remove the stone and I lost my kidney in the proses. After the operations my bladder became very sensitive. The docter prescribed bactroban everytime I got bladder infections. The infections did not go away. I started using Macrodantin. It worked for a few years, but later on I started getting infections even when I was on Macrodantin. The side effects got worse and I had to stop using it.
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| Nitrofurantoin review by 58 year old female patient | | Rating |
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Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | Treatment Info |
Condition / reason: | | UTI |
Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg taken b.i.d. for the period of 5 days |
Other conditions: | | none |
Other drugs taken: | | none | | Reported Results |
Benefits: | | Treated a UTI bactrim did not |
Side effects: | | End of 3rd day: extreme dizziness, with sense of room spinning wildly; deep-seated nausea but no vomiting; 4th day more serious than 3rd; uncertain if finishing the course (to the 5th day) is wise, or even possible, with full time work |
Comments: | | Treatment includes the option to get a refill: would seek alternative to Cipro, which was very harsh on gastro-intestinal system, Bactrim, which apparently was not effective in treating an ongoing problem...and this, which is causing some big problems |
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