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==Clinical Information== | |||
===Uses=== | |||
=====Amebic Dysentery===== | |||
* As an alternative to parenteral metronidazole or other 5-nitroimidazole derivatives in severely ill patients unable to take drugs orally. | |||
* Following an inadequate response to 5-nitroimidazoles. | |||
=====Amebic Abscess===== | |||
<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = WHO Model Prescribing Information: Drugs Used in Parasitic Diseases - Second Edition: Protozoa: Amoebiasis and giardiasis: Dehydroemetine | url = http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jh2922e/2.1.3.html#Jh2922e.2.1.3 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | * Dehydroemetine is effective when used alone, but it is usually necessary to give a second course 6 weeks later in patients with extensive hepatic abscesses.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = WHO Model Prescribing Information: Drugs Used in Parasitic Diseases - Second Edition: Protozoa: Amoebiasis and giardiasis: Dehydroemetine | url = http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jh2922e/2.1.3.html#Jh2922e.2.1.3 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:34, 31 December 2013
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Clinical Information
Uses
Amebic Dysentery
- As an alternative to parenteral metronidazole or other 5-nitroimidazole derivatives in severely ill patients unable to take drugs orally.
- Following an inadequate response to 5-nitroimidazoles.
Amebic Abscess
- Dehydroemetine is effective when used alone, but it is usually necessary to give a second course 6 weeks later in patients with extensive hepatic abscesses.[1]