Indications:

Antidiarrheals, Giardiasis, cholera and other GI infections

Contraindications:

Hypersensitivity, infants <1 mth. Alcohol.

Adverse reactions:

Hypersensitivity, hypoglycaemia, orthostatic hypotension, dizziness, drowsiness, headache, malaise, nausea, vomiting, rash, fever, arthralgia, brown urine, haemolytic anaemia. Potentially Fatal: Agranulocytosis. Hypertensive crisis with MAOIs.

Interactions:

Disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol. Potential hypertensive crisis with sympathomimetics, tyramine-containing foods, levodopa. Potentially Fatal: Potentiation of MAOIs. Toxic psychosis with amitriptyline.

Warnings:

Pregnancy, lactation, G6PD deficiency.Pregnancy category C

Form:

SUSPENSION