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Indication & Dosage |
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| Oral |
| GIARDIASIS, CHOLERA AND OTHER GI INFECTIONS |
| Child:
1.25 mg/kg 4 times daily, usually given for 2-5 days or up to 10 days for giardiasis. |
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| Oral |
| GIARDIASIS, CHOLERA AND OTHER GI INFECTIONS |
| Adult:
100 mg 4 times daily. |
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| Administration |
Should be taken with food. (Avoid food & beverage containing tyramine or tryptophan, eg alcohol, beer (incl alcohol-free beer), cheese, yoghurt. See lit for complete list.) |
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| Precautions |
Pregnancy, lactation, G6PD deficiency. |
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Potentially Life-threatening
Adverse Drug Reactions |
Hypersensitivity, hypoglycaemia, orthostatic hypotension, dizziness, drowsiness, headache, malaise, nausea, vomiting, rash, fever, arthralgia, brown urine, haemolytic anaemia |
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| Adverse Drug Reactions |
Agranulocytosis. Hypertensive crisis with MAOIs. |
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| Interactions |
Disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol. Potential hypertensive crisis with sympathomimetics, tyramine-containing foods, levodopa. |
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