The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has fallen 40% in a year, to $1.72 per mL — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.
Market view
nitrofurantoin · For Suspension
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: 100 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle · MONOHYDRATE 25 mg/5mL · Suspension · #1 bottle/carton / 230 ml in 1 bottle · 25 mg/5mL · Suspension · #1 bottle, glass/carton / 230 ml in 1 bottle, glass · 25 mg; MONOHYDRATE 75 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $1.72 · middle half $1.72–$1.72 · full range $1.72–$1.72 · 1 products · 1 companies
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
- CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
- CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
- FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method
Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.
Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for nitrofurantoin, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.22684 → $0.22133 per unit (-2.43%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.15608 → $0.15869 per unit (+1.67%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.78191 → $1.71074 per unit (-3.99%)
- NitrofurantoinAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $1.72311 → $1.71824 per unit (-0.28%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Nitrofuran Antibacterial, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.
- nitrofurantion macrocrystals· 1 maker
- nitrofurantoin monohydrate/macrocrystal· 1 maker
- nitrofurantoin monohydrate/macrocrystals· 1 maker
- nitrofurantoin (macrocrystals)· 2 makers
- nitrofurantoin monohydrate/macrocrystalline· 4 makers
- nitrofurantion· 6 makers
- nitrofurantoin monohydrate· 10 makers
- nitrofurantoin (monohydrate/macrocrystals)· 22 makers
- nitrofurantoin macrocrystals· 25 makers
Common questions
- Is Nitrofurantoin in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Nitrofurantoin in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
- Who makes Nitrofurantoin?
- 28 companies have marketed Nitrofurantoin in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Nitrofurantoin cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $1.72 per mL, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
All marketed products
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.