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What is nitrofurantoin and its side effects?

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Urinary antiseptic: Often used to treat cystitis. It has a huge number of potential side-effects, most of which are too detailed to go into here. Long term it may produce potentially life-threatening changes in lung tissue.

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Answered 1/26/2020

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Urine infection. Taking Nitrofurantoin(50mg) x 4 daily. Since taking them, urine kind of a lime green color. Is this a side effect, or something else?

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I went in for a uti. And they gave me nitrofurantoin mono for seven days Im on day 3/4. My uti symptoms have gotten better but kidneys infection symptoms have not and Im not sure if the antibiotics arent working for my kidneys or if its side effe?

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