i just want to know if ciprofloxacin treat amoeba? and if not what medicine is hte best for treating amoeba %-)
please help me with that.
please help me with that.
Coprofloxacin cannot be used to treat amoebiasis (I can only assume this is what you were refering to when you said amoeba). It is an anti-bacterial.
Treatment
E. histolytica infections occur in both the intestine and (in people with symptoms) in tissue of the intestine and/or liver.[9] As a result, two different classes of drugs are needed to treat the infection, one for each location. Such anti-amoebic drugs are known as amoebicides or amebicides. Metronidazole, or a related drug such as Tinidazole, Secnidazole or Ornidazole, is used to destroy amoebae that have invaded tissue.[9] These are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to the site of infection. Because they are rapidly absorbed there is almost none remaining in the intestine. Since most of the amoebae remain in the intestine when tissue invasion occurs, it is important to get rid of those also or the patient will be at risk of developing another case of invasive disease. Several drugs are available for treating intestinal infections, the most effective of which has been shown to be Paromomycin (also known as Humatin); Diloxanide Furoate (also known as Furamide) is used in the US and Iodoquinol (also known as Yodoxin) is used in certain other countries. Both tissue and lumenal drugs must be used to treat infections, with Metronidazole usually being given first, followed by Paromomycin or Diloxanide. E. dispar does not require treatment, but many laboratories (even in the developed world) do not have the facilities to distinguish this from E. histolytica.
For amebic dysentery a multi-prong approach must be used, starting with one of:
Metronidazole 500-750 mg three times a day for 5-10 days
Tinidazole 2g once a day for 3 days is an alternative to metronidazole
In addition to the above, one of the following luminal amebicides should be prescribed as an adjunctive treatment, either concurrently or sequentially, to destroy E. histolytica in the colon:
Paromomycin 500 mg three times a day for 10 days
Diloxanide furoate 500 mg three times a day for 10 days
Iodoquinol 650 mg three times a day for 20 days
For amebic liver abscess:
Metronidazole 400 mg three times a day for 10 days
Tinidazole 2g once a day for 6 days is an alternative to metronidazole
Diloxanide furoate 500 mg three times a day for 10 days (or one of the other lumenal amebicides above) must always be given afterwards
Treatment
E. histolytica infections occur in both the intestine and (in people with symptoms) in tissue of the intestine and/or liver.[9] As a result, two different classes of drugs are needed to treat the infection, one for each location. Such anti-amoebic drugs are known as amoebicides or amebicides. Metronidazole, or a related drug such as Tinidazole, Secnidazole or Ornidazole, is used to destroy amoebae that have invaded tissue.[9] These are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to the site of infection. Because they are rapidly absorbed there is almost none remaining in the intestine. Since most of the amoebae remain in the intestine when tissue invasion occurs, it is important to get rid of those also or the patient will be at risk of developing another case of invasive disease. Several drugs are available for treating intestinal infections, the most effective of which has been shown to be Paromomycin (also known as Humatin); Diloxanide Furoate (also known as Furamide) is used in the US and Iodoquinol (also known as Yodoxin) is used in certain other countries. Both tissue and lumenal drugs must be used to treat infections, with Metronidazole usually being given first, followed by Paromomycin or Diloxanide. E. dispar does not require treatment, but many laboratories (even in the developed world) do not have the facilities to distinguish this from E. histolytica.
For amebic dysentery a multi-prong approach must be used, starting with one of:
Metronidazole 500-750 mg three times a day for 5-10 days
Tinidazole 2g once a day for 3 days is an alternative to metronidazole
In addition to the above, one of the following luminal amebicides should be prescribed as an adjunctive treatment, either concurrently or sequentially, to destroy E. histolytica in the colon:
Paromomycin 500 mg three times a day for 10 days
Diloxanide furoate 500 mg three times a day for 10 days
Iodoquinol 650 mg three times a day for 20 days
For amebic liver abscess:
Metronidazole 400 mg three times a day for 10 days
Tinidazole 2g once a day for 6 days is an alternative to metronidazole
Diloxanide furoate 500 mg three times a day for 10 days (or one of the other lumenal amebicides above) must always be given afterwards
i would like to know if ciprofloxacin can be given to a child below five years
No can't be given because of toxicity
No, it has been shown to cause disordered connective tissue growth and is contraindicated in the very old and very young for this reason.
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