Details
Ornidazole Indications
- trichomoniasis (urinary infections in women and men caused by Trichomonas vaginalis);
- amebiasis (all of intestinal infections caused by Entamoeba histolytica, including amoebic dysentery, all forms of extra-intestinal amebiasis, especially amebic liver abscess);
- giardiasis;
- prevention of infections caused by anaerobic bacteria pocle surgery on the colon and gynecologic surgery.
APPLICATION:
pills are taken after meals with water.
Trichomoniasis
Recommended dosage:
a) The course of treatment - 1 day:
adults and children with a body weight> 35 kg - 3 tablets in 1 reception in the evening;
daily dose for children weighing> 20 kg is 25 mg of ornidazole per 1 kg of body weight and assigned to one reception;
b) The course of treatment - 5 days:
adults and children with a body weight> 35 kg - 2 tablets (1 tablet morning and evening).
In children with a body weight <35 kg are not recommended to use this drug.
To eliminate the possibility of re-infection, the sexual partner, must undergo the same treatment.
amoebiasis
Possible regimens:
a) 3-day course of treatment of patients with amoebic dysentery;
b) a 5-10 day course of treatment for all forms of amoebiasis.
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
hypersensitivity to the drug or other derivatives of nitroimidazole, organic CNS disorders (epilepsy, brain injury, multiple sclerosis), pathological lesion of blood or other hematologic abnormalities.
