Nitrofurantoin Poison!!!!

I started taking a 10 day prescription for Nitrofurantoin at 6 months pregnant for a UTI almost 4 weeks ago. Eight or nine days into taking it, my heart rate went up to 173. For about 14 hours it fluctuated above 145. Three days after that went away, I got a pressure headache that felt like someone was squeezing my head and broke out in hives.
A few days following that I ended up having severe joint and muscle pain, stiff ankles, my heels feel like they are on fire. And I CANNOT walk! The pain is excruciating. It hurts to sit, stand, and especially walk. The headache went away, the rapid pulse, and the rash is getting better, but the tremendous joint pain remains. It hurts so bad at times I just cry! I pray that the baby is ok. I usually use cranberry extract and natural cures, but this time the infection spread so fast to my kidneys and I was told you could have a miscarriage, I ended up going to the doctor. I will NEVER go to another doctor again! They don't know what they're doing. They are just dispensers of poison for money!

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Hello, Jennifer! How are you feeling? I am very sorry about what you've been through.

It sounds like you had a bad reaction to it. I understand that you're upset, but there is no possible way that your doctor could have known. This doesn't happen to everyone that takes it.

Have you had yourself and the baby checked out, yet?

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