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What is Macrobid?
Macrobid (nitrofurantoin) is an antibiotic that fights bacteria in the body.
Macrobid is used to treat urinary tract infections.
Macrobid may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not take Macrobid if you have severe kidney disease, urination problems, or a history of jaundice or liver problems caused by nitrofurantoin.
Do not take Macrobid if you are in the last 2 to 4 weeks of pregnancy.
Before taking this medicine
You should not take Macrobid if you are allergic to nitrofurantoin, or if you have:
severe kidney disease;
a history of jaundice or liver problems caused by taking nitrofurantoin;
if you are urinating less than usual or not at all; or
if you are in the last 2 to 4 weeks of pregnancy.
Do not take Macrobid if you are in the last 2 to 4 weeks of pregnancy.
To make sure Macrobid is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
kidney disease;
anemia;
diabetes;
an electrolyte imbalance or vitamin B deficiency;
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency; or
any type of debilitating disease.
FDA pregnancy category B. Macrobid is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby during early pregnancy. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
Nitrofurantoin can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while you are taking Macrobid.
Macrobid should not be given to a child younger than 1 month old.
Macrobid pregnancy and breastfeeding warnings(more detail)
How should I take Macrobid?
Take Macrobid exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Take Macrobid with food.
Shake the oral suspension (liquid) well just before you measure a dose. Measure liquid medicine with the dosing syringe provided, or with a special dose-measuring spoon or medicine cup. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.
You may mix your liquid dose with water, milk, or fruit juice to make it easier to swallow. Drink the entire mixture right away.
Use this medicine for the full prescribed length of time. Your symptoms may improve before the infection is completely cleared. Skipping doses may also increase your risk of further infection that is resistant to antibiotics. Macrobid will not treat a viral infection such as the common cold or flu.
Macrobid is usually given for 5 days in females and 7 days in males for uncomplicated UTI.
If you use this medicine long-term, for prevention of UTI, you may need frequent medical tests at your doctor's office.
Macrobid can cause unusual results with certain lab tests for glucose (sugar) in the urine. Tell any doctor who treats you that you are using Macrobid.
Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
What happens if I miss a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose?
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
What to avoid
Antibiotic medicines can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. If you have diarrhea that is watery or has blood in it, call your doctor. Do not use any medicine to stop the diarrhea unless your doctor has told you to.
Avoid using antacids without your doctor's advice. Use only the type of antacid your doctor recommends. Some antacids can make it harder for your body to absorb nitrofurantoin.
Macrobid side effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction to Macrobid: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have:
diarrhea that is watery or bloody;
sudden chest pain or discomfort, wheezing, dry cough or hack;
new or worsening cough, trouble breathing;
fever, chills, body aches, tiredness, unexplained weight loss;
numbness, tingling, or pain in your hands or feet;
liver problems--nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, tired feeling, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); or
lupus-like syndrome--joint pain or swelling with fever, swollen glands, muscle aches, chest pain, vomiting, unusual thoughts or behavior, and patchy skin color.
Serious side effects may be more likely in older adults and those who are ill or debilitated.
Common Macrobid side effects may include:
headache, dizziness;
gas, upset stomach;
mild diarrhea; or
vaginal itching or discharge.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Dosing information
Usual Adult Dose for Cystitis:
Regular release: 50 to 100 mg orally 4 times a day for 1 week or for at least 3 days after urine sterility is obtained Dual release: 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days
Usual Adult Dose for Cystitis Prophylaxis:
Regular release: 50 to 100 mg orally once a day at bedtime
Usual Pediatric Dose for Cystitis:
Regular release: 1 month or older: 5 to 7 mg/kg/day (up to 400 mg/day) orally in 4 divided doses Dual release: Greater than 12 years: 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days
Usual Pediatric Dose for Cystitis Prophylaxis:
Regular release: 1 month or older: 1 to 2 mg/kg/day (up to 100 mg/day) orally in 1 to 2 divided doses
What other drugs will affect Macrobid?
Other drugs may interact with nitrofurantoin, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Tell each of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medicine you start or stop using.
Frequently asked questions
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Hidden Dimensions -- Why Apple Has Not Advertised Mac OS X
by John Martellaro March 15th, 2006
Many theoretical physicists believe that we live in a ten (possibly eleven) dimensional space. There are the familiar three dimensions of physical space plus one of time. But there may be extra dimensions, hidden and unseen, that are required to support the unification of gravity, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. The hidden dimensions are required for a complete understanding of these laws of physics. Without them, we cannot begin to build a complete model of the universe.
The reason I'm taking this approach is because, in my experience, Apple executives and decision makers seldom, if ever, have time to read articles about Apple, its products and decisions. Even less do they take advice and constructive criticism seriously because Apple managers uniformly have more and better information at their finger tips to make decisions. Plus, they know the product roadmap and strategic plans. Quite simply, they live in a different decision space than anyone outside of Apple.
Very little of this information is exposed to the public for competitive and business reasons. As a result, without knowing much about the Apple decision process, Apple's actions are often misinterpreted. Of course, constant misinterpretation and confusion leads to Apple's contempt of the general Macintosh Web.Instead, Apple prefers to work with a few very high profile and respected journalists at large and influential publications who will work with Apple and generate informed, balanced and positive press.
Accordingly, this column will never be directed at Apple. Instead, it's designed to help you, the reader, better understand why Apple does what it does. At least to the best of my ability. And that's why the subtitle of the column is Informed Perspectives on Apple. With a little bit of extra dimensional insight, a better understanding of Apple's products and decisions is possible.
So let's get started with the first project.
Many writers and readers have wondered why Apple has not advertised Mac OS X on television or in print. They argue that the inherent superiority of Mac OS X compared to other operating systems is so obvious that Apple is crazy not to advertise it. Typically, a long laundry list of failed technologies in Windows is compared to successful technologies in Mac OS X. Its Unix roots and better resistance to malware and viruses is touted. Candidate ideas for 30 second TV spots are outlined. And when all is said and done, many end up suspecting that Steve Jobs must have struck a secret deal with Bill Gates to keep this far superior OS under wraps and a secret from the world in exchange for some concession.
From my perspective, things are quite different. Here's why.
A computer operating system, an OS, is a very abstract concept for most modern users. Especially those not-so technical users who are new to computers. Today's operating system does all kinds of marvelous and complex tasks: creates segregated memory spaces for applications, loads them into memory and handles the start of execution, moderates the communication between applications and between applications and the hardware, manages users and their privileges, and generally exposes a user interface to the user. It is only through this user interface that we come to know the OS because so many of the tasks are abstract and hidden.
In fact, Dr. Donald Norman (The Design of Everyday Things) was once a consultant to Apple in the 1990s. He was so antagonistic to the UNIX shell (command line) that he successfully steered Apple away from Unix for years. That led them astray because the issue wasn't that the Unix command line wasn't fit for human consumption; rather, it was 'what are the virtues of Unix that merit putting a great UI on top of it?' That's just one example of how difficult it is to characterize an OS, even by a corporation and its expert consultants.
Even with an elegant GUI, such as Mac OS X's Finder, (or better, CocoaTech's PathFinder) there is a huge gap between what the OS does -- here's the key -- and seducing a non-technical customer into making a purchase decision. After all, Mac OS X, Windows and Linux all have the WIMP interface: windows, icons, menus and a pointing device. To the untrained customer's eye, they all pretty much look alike. So while we know all the technical details from years of studying these OSes, few potential customers do. It's like telling a customer considering a new car that she should buy a Toyota Camry instead of a Brand X because the Camry has dual overhead cams instead of hydraulic lifters. She wants to know the price, the gas mileage, and how much room it has for kids and groceries. You're not on her wavelength with even the simplest tech-speak.
As a result of this understanding of the product profile of an OS, it's very, very difficult to create -- in a 30 second TV ad or a print ad -- a compelling and appealing set of images that create appreciation and then demand for a particular OS.
In stark contrast is the aesthetic understanding of how people respond to the appearance, specifically the industrial design, of a product. Apple understood this during the design of the first iMac. In 1997 Apple was in a difficult financial state. Mac OS X (nee Rhapsody) was years away. Something needed to be done fast to create a product that people desperately wanted to own, to touch, to admire, and to be proud of. The Bondi blue iMac ran an obsolete OS, but it was so simple and beautiful, so desirable, and it was so easy to connect to the Internet (Remember Jeff Goldblum's 'There is no step three!') that those aesthetic factors alone determined its commercial success.
You could show the iMac on TV, rotate it around, simplify the ugly wires of the PCs of the day, and people would stand in line the next day to own one.
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Basically, in 2006, there is no such aesthetic that can motivate people to buy a computer based on its operating system. And it is this deep and abiding belief in physical aesthetics that drives the design and advertising of Apple. The iPod and MacBook Pro are the perfect example of that philosophy.
To be sure, many have proposed clever commercials that showcase widgets. Or Spotlight. Or transparency. Or Bonjour. But how do you present these rather technical concepts in a commercial? Especially when you have about five seconds or less to convince a viewer that he should keep watching a fraking TV commercial instead of heading for the refrigerator?
Now I will admit that there may come a day when a future version of Front Row running on an LCoS HD screen driven by Mac may create that compelling image, but Apple isn't there yet. Even so, Mac OS X as an OS still isn't the star of that stage.
Some have suggested that Apple simply state that Mac OS X is more secure. After all, AOL and Earthlink have been making a big fuss about their security services designed to protect their customers. But if Apple were to spend enough advertising dollars to make an impression that Mac OS X is safer than other OSes, the corresponding result would surely be that the international community of thieves, a $3B annual business by the way, would simply respond with new techniques to attack all those Apple customers who've developed a false sense of security thanks to Apple's own commercials. Puts a big target on Apple's back. I won't even mention liability issues.
The bottom line is that, given the current state of computer OSes, the technology of 2D TV commercials, customer viewing habits, and the aesthetic forces that drive a customer to make a purchase decision, it is very difficult to devise a suitable ad for Mac OS X that can differentiate non-technically, create demand, and also be a good return on investment. At least not to the satisfaction of the few decision makers at Apple that matter.
The situation could change in the future, but that's why I believe Apple has not yet advertised Mac OS X.
John Martellaro is a senior scientist and author. A former U.S. Air Force officer,he has worked for NASA, White Sands Missile Range, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Apple Computer. During his five years at Apple, he worked as a Senior Marketing Manager for science and technology, Federal Account Executive, and High Performance Computing Manager. His interests include alpine skiing, SciFi, astronomy, and Perl. John lives in Denver, Colorado.
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