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).
Macrodantin (nitrofurantoin) is an antibiotic prescribed to treat or prevent urinary tract infections. Macrodantin is available in generic form. Side effects of Macrodantin include headache, itching, rash, nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, rust-colored or brownish urine, or vaginal itching or discharge. Macrodantin should be given with food to improve drug absorption and, in some patients, tolerance.