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@lani22

I took macrobid a month ago and have had swelling in my right lateral ankle as well as pain and muscle pain there too. It’s been about a month now after it happened and it’s slowly going away. Is your ankle better now?

Some days it feels stretchy, electrical feeling in some areas behind the malleous bone and sharp pains here and there if I go up or down the stairs. A few doctors I spoke to said it could have been from macrobid because I’ve had an X-ray and ultrasound and they can’t find anything. I’ve been seeing a physical therapist and it seems to be helping. The pain is usually the worst at nighttime for me as well. The timing for me too is suspicious. A week after I stopped macrobid it happened.

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Hi Lani, welcome. I'm glad to hear that your side effects are going away. Were you able to switch to another antibiotic to deal with the infection?