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A member asked:

I was just prescribed nitrofurantoin-macro 100mg 2x's a day for 5 days for a uti. i also have asthma. are there any known complications with asthma?

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Not usually: Occasionally this antibiotic does cause a pulmonary condition but it more likely to cause it in an asthmatic then a nonasthmatic.

Dr Mumneh agreed

Answered 9/2/2019

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My wife has been prescribed nitrofurantoin 100mg twice daily for 1 week for UTI with ecoli. She is now 35 weeks pregnant. Is it safe to take this dru?

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