The longer half-lived iodine-125 is also occasionally used when a longer half-life radioiodine is needed for diagnosis, and in brachytherapy treatment (isotope confined in small seed-like metal capsules), where the low-energy gamma radiation without a beta component, makes iodine-125 useful.
Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Macrodantin is all macrocrystalline nitrofurantoin while Macrobid is a combination of the macrocrystalline nitrofurantoin as well as the nitrofurantoin monohydrate form (25% and 75% respectively).
Nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin, Furadantin, Macrobid) is a drug available in three forms prescribed for the treatment or prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs).