All the Active Ingredient Drugs
Antibacterial. Nitrofurantoin 100 mg. Caps.100 mg X 100
For adlts. and chld. aged 12 and over: one caps. every 12 hs. for 7 days.
Treatment of ac. uncomplic. urinary tract infect. (acute cystitis) caused by suscept. strains of Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus Saprophyticus in adult and adolesc. 12 years and older. Not indic. for pyelonephritis or perinephric abscesses.
C/I: Hypersens. Anuria, oliguria, or sign. impairm. of renal function (CC under 60 mL /min. or clinic. signif. elevated serum creatinine). In these ptts. there is an incr. tox. risk because of impaired drug excret.
Because possible hemolytic anemia due to immature erythrocyte enzyme syst. (glutathione instability), C/I in pregn. ptts. at term (38 to 42 weeks gest.), during labor and delivery, or when labor is imminent. In neonates under one mo.
In ptts. with a hist. of cholest. jaundice/hep. dysfunct. assoc. with nitrofurantoin.
