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Microbid: is it sulfa or penicillin?
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Neither: I think you mean Macrobid (nitrofurantoin), which is neither a sulfa drug or a penicillin.
Answered 6/27/2014
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Neither: Macrobid is Nitrofurantoin in longacting macrocrystal form. Has nothing to do with either sulfa or penicillin.
Answered 12/29/2019
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