Nitrofurantoin Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Macrodantin, Macrobid, Nitrofuran MAC (Show all)
What is Nitrofurantoin?
Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic that is used to prevent and treat urinary tract infections caused by susceptible strains of E. coli, S. aureus, Enterococcus, Klebsiella, and Enterobacter.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder problems | 30 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 16 |
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1 | ||||
| Urinary Tract Infection UTI | 13 |
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2 | |||
| General health | 2 | 0 | |||||
| prevent UTIs | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| kidney infection | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Nitrofurantoin. See all 17 dosages ►
| 100mg as needed | 2 macrocrystals-monohydrate100mg as needed | as needed | daily | macrocrystals100mg as needed | macrocrystals50mg as needed | macrocrystals-monohydrate100mg as needed | 3 mg weekly | 1 mg daily | 50 mg monthly | 25 mg/5 mL daily | 50 daily | 50 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 100 mg one time | 200 mg daily | ||
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1
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1
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1
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4
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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16
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5
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17
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1
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4
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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12 | 63% |
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Other
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3 | 16% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 5% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 5% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 5% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- quiltedrooster
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Some
- Stiffness: All
- function: Little
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: most
- Description:F47y
- FM:12y Dx
- See profile
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- quiltedrooster
- 50 mg daily
- since May 04, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Urinary Tract Infection UTI
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- MariaE
- Sex: F
- Left Eye: mild
- Right Eye: mild
- Sensation: moderate
- Overall: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Arms: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- Bladder/Bowel: mild
- Spinal Cord: mild
- NMO-igG positive
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- MariaE
- 100 mg daily
- since Jan 21, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- jmhnm
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
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- jmhnm
- 75 mg daily
- since Jul 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for prevent UTIs
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.