Most
common to watch for:

Diarrhea
and gas

 

Hale
Lists:

Vomiting,
diarrhea, rash, plus if clinical symptoms of jaundice, check bilirubin and CBC
if risk of hemolytic anemia.

 

More common:


 Changes in facial skin color
 chest pain
 chills
 cough
 fever
 general feeling of discomfort or illness
 hives
 hoarseness
 itching
 joint or muscle pain
 shortness of breath
 skin rash
 sudden trouble in swallowing or breathing
 swelling of the face, mouth, hands, or feet
 troubled breathing


Less
common:


 Black, tarry stools
 blood in the urine or stools
 burning, numbness, tingling, or painful sensations
 dizziness
 drowsiness
 headache
 pinpoint red spots on the skin
 sore throat
 unsteadiness or awkwardness
 unusual bleeding or bruising
 unusual tiredness or weakness
 weakness in the arms, hands, legs, or feet


Rare:


 Abdominal or stomach pain
 blindness
 blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin and
     mucous membranes
 blue-yellow color blindness
 bluish color of the fingernails, lips, skin, palms, or
     nail beds
 blurred vision or loss of vision, with or without eye
     pain
 bulging soft spot on the head of an infant
 change in the ability to see colors, especially blue or
     yellow
 confusion
 cracks in the skin
 darkening of the urine
 decreased vision
 diarrhea
 diarrhea, watery and severe, which may also be bloody
 eye pain
 general tiredness and weakness
 light-colored stools
 loss of appetite
 loss of heat from the body
 mental depression
 mood or mental changes
 nausea and vomiting
 pale skin
 pale stools
 red skin lesions, often with a purple center
 red, irritated eyes
 red, swollen skin
 red, thickened, or scaly skin 
 skin rash
 sores, ulcers, or white spots on the lips or in the
     mouth
 swollen or painful glands
 tenderness of salivary glands
 unpleasant breath odor
 upper right abdominal pain
 visual changes
 vomiting of blood
 wheezing or tightness in the chest
 yellow eyes or skin


Bactrim is alternative, but the cautions are very similar
to Macrobid.

Ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ofloxacin are
viable alternatives.





Frank J. Nice, RPh, DPA, CPHP



 		 	   		  
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