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).
GENERIC NAME: NITROFURANTOIN/NITROFURANTOIN MACROCRYSTALS - ORAL (NYE-trow-fyour-AN-toe-in) BRAND NAME(S): Macrobid. USES: This medication is an antibiotic used to treat bladder infections (acute cystitis). It works by stopping the growth of bacteria.This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (e.g., common cold, flu).