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💊 Diloxanide Furoate Tablet 500 mg
🧪 Nature / Drug Class
🔹 Luminal amebicide
🔹 Antiparasitic agent
🔹 Belongs to amide derivatives
🩺 Purpose / Indications
✅ Used in treatment of:
- Intestinal amoebiasis (asymptomatic cyst carriers)
- Post-treatment of invasive amoebiasis (after metronidazole or tinidazole)
✅ Clears Entamoeba histolytica cysts from the gut
⚙️ Advantages
✔️ Effective against luminal forms of E. histolytica
✔️ Well-tolerated in most patients
✔️ Common choice in non-endemic areas for asymptomatic carriers
✔️ Can reduce recurrence and transmission
📦 Common Packaging
📦 Blister packs or strips
💊 Oral tablets, usually 500 mg per tablet
🗓 Typical regimen: 500 mg 3 times/day for 10 days
⚠️ Patient Advice / Precautions
🥣 Take after food to minimize stomach upset
🩺 Use only as part of combination therapy in invasive disease
📋 Inform doctor of allergies, liver or kidney issues
🧫 Follow-up stool examination may be needed after therapy
❌ Not used as monotherapy in symptomatic or invasive infections
🚫 Contraindications / Cautions
❌ Pregnancy – especially 1st trimester (safety not established)
❌ Use with caution in children under 2 years
⚠️ May cause:
- Flatulence
- Nausea
- Mild GI upset
🧊 Storage
🌡 Store at room temperature (below 25°C)
☀️ Protect from moisture and light
🧴 Keep in a dry place, out of reach of children