Furazolidone tablets 50mg, No. 20 Avexim
Expiration Date: 05/2027
Russian Pharmacy name:
Фуразолидон таблетки 50мг, №20 Авексима
Dysentery,
paratyphoid,
foodborne diseases,
giardiasis,
Trichomonas urethritis.
Inside, after eating.
With dysentery, paratyphoid fever and food toxicoinfections - 100-150 mg 4 times a day (but not more than 800 mg), for 5-10 days.
With giardiasis: adults - 100 mg 4 times a day, children - 10 mg / kg / day, distributing the daily dose for 3-4 doses.
The highest single dose for adults is 200 mg; daily - 800 mg.
1 tablet contains:
Active ingredient - furazolidone - 0.05 g
Excipients: - potato starch - 0.02 g - calcium stearate (calcium stearic acid) - 0.001 g - sugar (sucrose) - 0.01 g - Tween-80 (polysorbate) - 0.0002 g - lactose (milk sugar) - 0.0188 g
Pregnancy, lactation.
Individual hypersensitivity to the nitrofuran group.
Terminal stage of chronic renal failure,
deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase,
children under 3 years of age (for this dosage form).
Carefully
Chronic renal failure, deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, liver and nervous system diseases
International non-proprietary name: furazolidone
Dosage form: tablets
Pharmacotherapeutic group: antimicrobial and antiprotozoal agent
Release form: tablets 50 mg No. 10 and No. 20
Composition: active substance: furazolidone - 0.05 g
pharmachologic effect
Antimicrobial agent derived from nitrofuran. It is active against gram-negative bacteria (including Shigella spp., Salmonella spp.), Some gram-positive bacteria, as well as Trichomonas vaginalis, Giardia lamblia.
Side effect
Possibly: nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, allergic reactions in the form of a skin rash.
Application for impaired renal function
Use with caution in patients with severe renal impairment.
Application in children
Use with caution in children under 1 month of age.
special instructions
Use with caution in patients with severe renal impairment, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, in children under 1 month of age. Furazolidone is an MAO inhibitor and appropriate precautions should be taken when using it. Furazolidone has the ability to sensitize the body to the action of ethanol and can be used to treat alcoholism.
Drug interactions
Means, alkalizing urine, reduce the effect of furazolidone, acidifying - increase. The simultaneous administration of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines enhances antimicrobial properties. Furazolidone increases the inhibition of hematopoiesis against the background of chloramphenicol and ristomycin.