United States· US:68382-559_0d11f48c-867f-471c-a74c-9d50f6a76cfd

nitrofurantoin macrocrystals

A nitrofurantoin product containing nitrofurantoin, registered in United States by Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.. The same ATC class is registered in 16 of our 19 countries.

ATC J01XE01US label

Checked against FDA National Drug Code directory (United States) on September 27, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Nitrofurantoin is registered in 16 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J01XE01 (nitrofurantoin), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: United States, from FDA National Drug Code directory (United States)
9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Nitrofurantoin · ATC J01XE01

16 / 19 countries

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Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of nitrofurantoin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.2 g), the median price runs from $0.66 in United States to $1.32 in Switzerland — a ×2.0 gap.

United States: $0.66 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail

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Nitrofurantoin · price per daily dose (0.2 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$1.32
IT Italy$0.89
US United States$0.66 (acquisition cost)

Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. US = pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not a retail price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

FDA National Drug Code directory (United States)

Active substance: NITROFURANTOIN
Manufacturer: Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.
Country: United States (US)
ATC code: J01XE01
ATC class: Nitrofurantoin
Defined daily dose: 0.2 g, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: FDA National Drug Code directory (United States)
Last checked: September 27, 2026

Packs & prices · 6

ndc11
68382-559-01
ndc11
68382-559-10
ndc11
68382-559-30
ndc11
6838255901
100 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE (68382-559-01)
ndc11
6838255910
1000 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE (68382-559-10)
ndc11
6838255930
10 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (68382-559-30) / 10 CAPSULE in 1 BLISTER PACK

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Interactions

237 interactions on record for nitrofurantoin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 4 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

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Nitrofurantoin · interactions on record

237 records

4 severe
108 moderate
21 minor
103 info

Most severe, free to view

LeflunomidL04AA13severe
TeriflunomidL04AA31severe
LeflunomideL04AK01severe
TeriflunomideL04AK02severe

1 more interaction with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.

Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check

Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Nitrofurantoin in 15 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All nitrofurantoin products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Furadantin Retard, Nitrofurantoin Agepha
Belgium · Furadantine Mc, Nitrofurantoin Activase
Bulgaria · Фуролин
Cyprus · Furolin, Macrodantin
Czechia · Nostiriazyn
Germany · Furadantin Retard, Furadantin Rp
Denmark · Foragen, Nitrofurantoin "eql Pharma"
Estonia · Magromag, Nitrofurantoin Orifarm
Spain · Furantoína
Finland · Foragen, Furuti
France · Furadantine
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Aratoin, Furadantin
Greece · Furolin, Nitrofurantoin Iasis
Croatia · Ninur, Nitrofurantoin Galenika
Hungary · Nitrofurantoin Pharmsol, Nitrofurantoin-Chinoin
Ireland · Macrobid, Macrodantin
Iceland · Furadantin
Italy · Furedan, Nitrofurantoina Doc
Lithuania · Furadonins, Magromag
Luxembourg · Furadantine Mc
Latvia · Furadonīns, Magromag
Malta · Furolin, Macrodantin
Netherlands · Foragen, Furabid
Norway · Foragen, Furadantin
Portugal · Furadantina Mc, Nitrofurantoin Activase
Romania · Furolin, Nitrofurantoina Arena
Sweden · Foragen, Furadantin
Slovenia · Macrobid, Nitrofurantoin Activase 100 Mg
Slovakia · Nitrofurantoin Olikla, Nitrofurantoin Pharmevid

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

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For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload

GET /v1/drugs/be042c33-dfe8-449d-8d76-0120ea85a014
GET /v1/drugs/be042c33-dfe8-449d-8d76-0120ea85a014?format=fhir

Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.

{
  "route": "ORAL",
  "source": "ndc",
  "strength": "50",
  "substance": "NITROFURANTOIN",
  "productndc": "68382-559",
  "dosage_form": "CAPSULE",
  "dea_schedule": null,
  "strength_unit": "mg/1",
  "application_number": "ANDA205005",
  "marketing_category": "ANDA"
}

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