Nifuroxazide (NIFUROKSAZYD), nifuroksazyd, nifuroxazid 100 mg 24 tablets
Characteristics
Nifuroksazyd Aflofarm is a medicinal product intended for adults and children over 6 years of age. Its active substance is nifuroxaide, an antibacterial agent used in acute and chronic bacterial diarrhea.
Composition
The active substance of the drug is nifuroxazide (Nifuroxazidum).
Each film-coated tablet contains 100 mg of nifuroxazide (Nifuroxazidum).
Excipients: pregelatinized starch, povidone K30, microcrystalline cellulose, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate. Opadry II White coating: polyvinyl alcohol, macrogol 3350, titanium dioxide (E 171), talc.
Dosage
Always use this medication exactly as your doctor has told you. If in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
The dosage is determined by the doctor individually for the patient.
Adults - 8 tablets (800 mg) daily in 2-4 divided doses.
Children over 6 years of age - 6 to 8 tablets (600 mg to 800 mg) daily in 2-4 divided doses.
Aflofarm nifuroksazide is intended for oral use, the capsules should be swallowed whole with an appropriate amount of water.
Action
Aflofarm nifuroksazide has antibacterial activity in the intestinal lumen against selected bacterial species. It does not destroy the natural bacterial flora of the gastrointestinal tract and does not cause the development of resistant strains. The drug is not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is excreted from the body unchanged.
Indications
The medicinal product is recommended for use in acute and chronic diarrhea of bacterial origin and other diseases involving diarrhea.
Contraindications
The drug should not be used in the case of: hypersensitivity to any ingredient of the product, in children under 6 years of age, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (due to the risk of hemolytic anemia).