.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.P_AntiparasiticProductsInsecticidesAndRepellents.P01A_AgentsAgainstAmoebiasisAndOtherProtozoalDiseases.P01AX11_Nitazoxanide.Nitazoxanide .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.P_AntiparasiticProductsInsecticidesAndRepellents.P01A_AgentsAgainstAmoebiasisAndOtherProtozoalDiseases.P01AX11_Nitazoxanide.Nitazoxanide| name: | Nitazoxanide |
| ATC code: | P01AX11 | route: | oral |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Nitazoxanide is a synthetic nitrothiazolyl-salicylamide derivative with broad-spectrum antiparasitic and antiviral activity. Originally developed and approved for treating protozoal infections such as Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum, nitazoxanide is currently approved in multiple regions for the treatment of infectious diarrhea caused by these organisms in both children and adults.
Pharmacokinetic parameters reported for healthy adult volunteers after a single oral administration of 500 mg nitazoxanide tablet. Parameters are for its active circulating metabolite, tizoxanide.
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