Macrobid
Macrobid is a antibiotics medication containing Nitrofurantoin, available as 50/100mg tablets.
- Category
- Antibiotics
- Active ingredient
- Nitrofurantoin
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Prolonged-release capsule, hard
- Strengths
- 50/100mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Macrobid vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Cystitis · Urinary tract infection
- Alternative Name
- Macrodantin
- Therapeutic Class
- Urinary Anti-infective
- Pharmacological Class
- Nitrofuran
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, headache
- Moderate Side Effects
- diarrhoea, abdominal ache
- Dosage Forms
- Prolonged-release capsule, hard
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Alident
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- 12 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Drug Interactions
- magnesium trisilicate, probenecid
- Age Restrictions
- Caution in elderly.
What you will receive
Macrobid is the originator brand name, made by Alident. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Alident and do not ship the original Macrobid.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Nitrofurantoin) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.