I Am Afraid To Take My Medicine (Macrobid)

[Christine]

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I'm very anxious for that new test that they're working on to become available on a routine basis.. It has something to do with each persons individual genetic makeup and will be able to tell the doctors ahead of time what medications will be a problem.. I've probably flushed about $20,000 worth of medications down the toilet over the years - LOL.. Now I always ask for samples if it's something I've never had before and they have them available..

Me too! I will pay whatever they want for that test!! I did hear, though, that the test was really not to see *which* meds you can take, but how much you can tolerate. They've known for a long time that there are three types of medicine metabolizers: ultra-metabolizers who break down meds fast and rarely get side effects (and often don't get a good cure either), normal metabolizers (those whose body does what is expected with the meds); and then the poor metabolizers (their liver breaks down meds so slowly that the normal dosage amount hangs around too longs and causes horrid side effects). I'm pretty sure that I am a "poor" metabolizer because I also have problems with alcohol and not being able to tolerate it well.

Apparently, once they do this test, the doctors will be able to "tweak" your dosage based on how you metabolize.

Oh, and an UPDATE : My doctor called back and also felt that the heart rate increase why "strange" and definitely much higher than my normal tachycardia. So, she is switching me to Amoxicillan. Now, I haven't taken Amoxicillan in years....

 

[Kae]

Christine I used to get UTI all the time luckly (everyone please knock on wood for me) I have not had one in a long time. I'm meds sensitive also I had to take Marrobid ocne had no problems-quess I was lucky. But anyway I always take Anti-biotics with food. And since you are having problems as you know drink lots of water & maybe some cranberry juice. I sometimes eat Craisins too.

hope you feel better soon

Kae

 

[Apothecary]

I'm a pharmacist - Macrobid is not a controlled subtance...it is a common antibiotic used for UTIs all the time...might be a bit hard on the stomach, and will sometimes discolour your urine a reddish-brown colour, but otherwise very safe.

 

[Christine]

I'm a pharmacist - Macrobid is not a controlled subtance...it is a common antibiotic used for UTIs all the time...might be a bit hard on the stomach, and will sometimes discolour your urine a reddish-brown colour, but otherwise very safe.

Thanks. I kind of figured the "controlled substance" sticker was a mistake. Weird. I'm almost sure that I have used Macrobid years ago and was fine. Can't explain the rapid heart rate after using it. Maybe it is unrelated but I just don't want to take the chance again. That was very uncomfortable.

 

[Disneyrsh]

You can go to the health food store and get cranberry capsules; they're very concentrated cranberries. The mechanism by which cranberries work isn't the acidification of the urine but that something in cranberries makes the wall of your bladder 'slippery' and bacteria can't adhere to it. Y

ou have to be careful about taking large amounts of vitamin c to fight a uti, it usually doesn't work because it inflames the bladder which gives the bacteria nice spots to hang onto.

So, I'd give the cranberry pills a try. Probably won't hurt you...