- Diarrhoea
- Dysentery
- Giardiasis
- Amebiasis
Dose: 1 tab BD *5/7
- Tablet:
- 400mg/500mg
- 400mg/600mg
- None remarkable
Norfloxacin: Fluoroquinolone. It inhibits DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV activity necessary bacterial DNA synthesis. This in turn promotes breakage of DNA strand.
Tinidazole: Antiprotozoal. It inhibits protozoal DNA synthesis by damage of the DNA strands inhibiting their nucleic acid synthesis.
- Nausea
- Dryness of mouth
- Stomach upset
- Nausea
- Headache
- Metallic taste or change in taste
- Loss of appetite
- Weakness
- Skin rash or itching
- Hypersensitivity to class/components
- History of hypersensitivity, tendinitis or tendon rupture associated with the use of fluoroquinolones
- Pregnancy & during lactation
- Neurological disorders
- Blood dyscrasia
- Antacids
- Probenecid
Drug Status
| Availability | Prescription only |
| Pregnancy | Contraindicated |
| Breastfeeding | Contraindicated |
| Schedule | Not controlled |
| BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nortiz | 400mg/500mg | Tablet | 10’s | Innocia Lifesciences | Wessex Pharma |
| Norzole | 400mg/600mg | Tablet | 10’s | Lincoln Pharma C/O Medox Pharma | Medox Pharma |