- Traveler’s diarrhoea:
- Adult and children 12 years and over: 200mg TDS *3/7
- Hepatic encephalopathy (remission maintenance):
- 550mg BD
- Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea:
- 550 mg TDS * 14/7
- Recurrence of symptoms can be retreated with a 14 day treatment course, up to 2 times
Tablet: 200mg, 550mg
To be taken without regard to food
Antibiotic, antidiarrheal
It inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase resulting in inhibition of transcription hence bacteriostatic. In hepatic encephalopathy, it inhibits growth of enteric ammonia-producing bacteria to indirectly reduce serum ammonia level.
- Flatulence
- Headache
- Peripheral oedema
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Ascites
- Headache
- Muscle spasms
- Pruritus
- Abdominal pain
- Anemia
- Depression
- Nasopharyngitis
- Arthralgia
- Dyspnea
- Fever
- Rash
- Increased ALT
- Hypersensitivity to component/class
- Intestinal obstruction
- Bremelanotide
- Warfarin
Drug Status
Availability | Prescription only |
Pregnancy | Category C |
Breastfeeding | Category C |
Schedule | Not controlled |
BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normix | 200mg | Tablet | 12’s | Alfasigma | Harley’s Ltd |
Rifagut | 200mg | Tablet | 10’s | Innocia Lifesciences | Wessex Pharma |
Rifagut | 550mg | Tablet | 10’s | Innocia Lifesciences | Wessex Pharma |
Rifaxa | 200mg | Tablet | 10’s | Ferozsons Labs | Surgilinks Ltd |
Rifaxa | 550mg | Tablet | 10’s | Ferozsons Labs | Surgilinks Ltd |