Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Nitrofurantoin as follows:
- Take the medication dose at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the intake of medication. Keeping to the schedule also helps with maintaining a constant level of the antibiotic in the body, which is needed for infection control.
- Noncompliance with Nitrofurantoin intake for the complete schedule can result in ineffective infection control, with chance of relapse of infection with increased vigor. This can also contribute towards emergence of drug resistant strains of bacteria, making infection control more difficult.
- Take this medication as ordered by your physician. Do not change the dose and frequency on this medication without consulting your doctor.
