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Please describe the medication: nitrofurantoin?
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Antibiotic: Treats or prevents urinary tract infections caused by bacteria. Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic.
Answered 5/26/2018
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Macrobid: Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic which is marketed under the following brand names; niftran, furadantin, (nitrofurantoin) furabid, macrobid, macrodantin, nitrofur mac, nitro macro, nifty-sr, martifur-mr, uro-tablinen or nifuretten (in germany), martifur-100 (in india), urantoin, nifuran (in macedonia) and uvamin (in middle east). It is usually used in treating urinary tract infection. It is often used against e. Co.
Answered 11/24/2016
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