TERAPIA

TERAPIA FURAZOLIDONE 100MG 20 TABLETS

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Composition

The active substance is furazolidone. Each tablet contains 100 mg furazolidone. The other components are lactose monohydrate, corn starch, povidone, magnesium stearate, talc.

Therapeutic indications

Furazolidon Terapia is an antidiarrheal medicine with bactericidal action (kills bacteria).

It is used for the treatment of intestinal infections caused by certain bacteria (enteritis, infectious enterocolitis and food poisoning caused by germs sensitive to furazolidone, bacillary dysentery, giardiasis) and cholera.

Furazolidon Terapia is indicated only for the treatment of adults.

Contraindications/Warnings

Take special care when using Furazolidon Terapia

- If you have hepatic or renal insufficiency;

- If you are being treated for giardiasis, symptoms may persist for several weeks or even months after treatment, due to intolerance to certain categories of carbohydrates (lactose); in these cases, after stopping treatment, you should perform 3 coproparasitological examinations at intervals of 3-4 weeks, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment. If infections are severe, other therapies may be necessary.

Furazolidone may color your urine yellow-brown.

Dosage and administration

Always use exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Furazolidon Terapia 100 mg is indicated only for the treatment of adults.

Unless your doctor has advised otherwise, the usual doses are:

• Treatment of intestinal infections (enteritis, infectious enterocolitis, food poisoning, bacillary dysentery) or cholera: the recommended dose is one Furazolidon Terapia 100 mg tablet (100 mg furazolidone), administered 4 times a day, at 6-hour intervals, for 5-7 days.
• Treatment of giardiasis: the recommended dose is one Furazolidon Terapia 100 mg tablet (100 mg furazolidone), administered 4 times a day, at 6-hour intervals, for 7-10 days.

Special warnings

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

There are no controlled studies with furazolidone in pregnant women. Therefore, Furazolidon Terapia is not recommended during pregnancy. If you are in the last trimester of pregnancy, do not use Furazolidon Terapia due to the risk of hemolytic anemia in the fetus. It is not known whether furazolidone is excreted in breast milk. Therefore, it is recommended not to breastfeed if you are using Furazolidon Terapia. You should not breastfeed if the infant is under one month old, because, in infants under one month old, there is a risk of hemolytic anemia.

Driving vehicles and using machines

No effects on driving vehicles and using machines are known.

Packaging

The medicine is available in boxes containing one PVC/Al blister with 20 tablets.

Page updated on: 09.06.2021