AMICLINE PLUS® Tablets
Composition:
Each uncoated tablet contains :
- Ornidazole I.P. .....................................................…….. 250 mg
- Diloxanide Furoate I.P. .....................................….. 375 mg
- Excipients..........................................................………….. q.s.
- Colour: Quinoline yellow WS (C.I. No. 47005, in the coat).
Description
- Protozoal diseases are endemic in our country. Ornidazole is active against several obligate anaerobic bacteria, including Bacteroides and Clostridium spp. It is bactericidal. It inhibits several protozoa including Balantidium coli, Blastocystitis hominis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis and Trichomonas vaginalis.
- Diloxanide furoate is a luminal amoebicide. It is a dichloroacetamide derivative. After oral absorption high concentrations are reached in the intestinal lumen. Hence, it is very effective against both the amoebic cysts and trophozoites in the lumen.
- The combination of Ornidazole with Diloxanide furoate in AMICLINE PLUS® Tablets is ideal as it has a broader coverage of trophozoites and cysts,Hence takes take care of both intestinal and extra-intestinal amoebiasis.
Indications
- Acute or chronic intestinal amoebiasis.
- Extra-intestinal amoebiasis.
- Asymptomatic cyst passers.