Tag: Drugs of Antiprotozoal Drugs

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Tindamax Antiparasitic Agents;  Nitroimidazoles Description Oral nitroimidazole antimicrobialUsed for trichomoniasis, giardiasis, amebiasis, and bacterial vaginosisLimit use to approved indications and short-term only Indications Indicated for Amebiasis, Intestinal Amebic Liver Abscess Giardiasis or Trichomoniasis Bacterial Vaginosis (Nonpregnant) Contraindications Hypersensitivity 1st trimester of pregnancy Patients with Cockayne syndrome Adverse Effects…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Yodoxin Antiparasitic Agents Description Paromomycin (also known as aminosidine (injection), Gabbromicina) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic; spectrum of activity includes many of the protozoal species, gram negative aerobic bacteria (not Pseudomonas aeruginosa), Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis. are resistant to paromomycin. Anaerobic bacteria, streptococci, and gram positive bacilli are…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Yodoxin Antiparasitic Agents Description Acts primarily in intestinal lumen; mechanism unknown Indications Indicated for Intestinal Amebiasis Contraindications Hypersensitivity to 8-hydroxyquinolones or iodoquinol Iodine sensitivity Pre-existing optic neuropathy Hepatic damage Adverse Effects Headache Chills Agitation Diarrhea Rash Fever Urticaria Pruritus Thyroid gland enlargement Retrograde amnesia Nausea Vomiting Peripheral neuropathy…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Chloroquine phosphate Antimalarials;  Antimalarials, Aminoquinoline Description 4-aminoquinoline anti-protozoal agentUsed for treatment and prophylaxis of susceptible malaria strains and for treatment of extraintestinal amebiasisAssociated with irreversible retinal damage and life-threatening and fatal cardiomyopathy Indications Malaria Prophylaxis Indicated for prophylaxis of malaria in geographic areas where resistance to chloroquine is…