Composition
Tab 200 mg/550 mg: Rifaximin 200 mg/550 mg.
Indications & Dosage
Diarrhoea that is not associated with fever, bloody diarrhoea, blood or leucocytes in the stool, or 8 or more unformed stools in the previous 24 hours: Adult: 200 mg every 8 hours for 3 days. Reduction in recurrence of hepatic encephalopathy: Adult: 550 mg twice daily.
Contraindications
Intestinal obstruction, should not be used in patients with diarrhoea complicated by fever, rifamycin hypersensitivity
Precautions
Caution when used for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with severe hepatic impairment. If patients develop difficulty in breathing, swelling of face, lip, tongue, or throat discontinue.
Lactation
Caution advised
Side Effects
Abdominal pain, depression, diarrhoea, dizziness, dyspnea, flatulence, headache, muscle spasm, nausea, pruritus, rash, vomiting, anorexia, antibiotic-associated colitis, anxiety, blood disorders, convulsions, dry mouth, dysuria, glycosuria, hyperkalaemia, hypoaesthesia, influenza-likesymptoms, memory impairment, paraesthesia, peripheral oedema, polymenorrhoea, polyuria, sleep disturbances, taste disturbances. Rare: Blood pressure changes, syncope