Tinidazole IP 300, 500 & 1000 mg, solid oral (film coated) tablet

Excellent Tissue Amoebicide most active against protozoal trophozoites & time tested antibiotic most effective against anaerobic bacteria

Effective for / in:

Protozoal infections:

• Amoebiasis, to eradicate cysts in (alone or alongwith nitroimidazoles):
  • Intestinal – acute amoebic dysentery, chronic amoebic colitis
  • Extra-intestinal (e.g. amoebic liver abscess)
• Giardiasis – intestinal
• Trichomonas vaginitis

Anaerobic bacterial infections (prevention & treatment):

• Postoperative bacterial infections
• Ulcerative gingivitis
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Helicobacter pylori gastritis causing peptic-ulcer disease

Benefits / Advantages:

• Drug of choice for all types of amoebiasis – more effective, better tolerated than other nitroimidazoles
• Rapid & complete absorption, wide tissue distribution & prompt action yields highest cure rates
• Longer duration of action allows simpler doses & shorter coursesMost effective against trophozoites (mature, invasive form), while quiniodochlor (luminal amoebicide) eradicates cysts (infective form) more effectively – combined therapy required to eradicate both the forms
• No resistance over past 60 yrs

Packing: PVC-Alu Blister Strip of 10, 4 & 2 tablets respectively