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NIMORAZOLE IS AN ANTIPROTOZOAL MEDICINE USED TO TREAT INFECTIONS CAUSED BY PROTOZOA IN THE STOMACH, INTESTINES, OR GENITAL AREAS. IT IS ALSO USED TO TREAT CERTAIN INFECTIONS OF THE GUM (ACUTE ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS).
路 NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHOEA, FEVER, STOMACH PAIN, BACK PAIN, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, SKIN RASH
USES OF NIMORAZOLE
WHAT IS IT PRESCRIBED FOR?
路 TRICHOMONIASIS
THIS MEDICINE IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRICHOMONIASIS INFECTION, WHICH IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CAUSED BY TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE DOMINANT IN WOMEN AND INCLUDE PAINFUL URINATION, ABNORMAL AND FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE FROM THE VAGINA, ETC.
路 GIARDIASIS
THIS MEDICINE IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF GIARDIASIS, AN INFECTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE CAUSED BY GIARDIA LAMBLIA (THE GIARDIA PARASITE).
路 AMEBIASIS
THIS MEDICINE IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMEBIASIS, AN INFECTION OF THE INTESTINE CAUSED BY ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA STRAINS OF PROTOZOA. THE MOST PROMINENT SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INFECTION ARE LOOSE STOOLS, STOMACH CRAMPS, PAIN IN THE STOMACH, ETC. THE PARASITES CAN ALSO ENTER OTHER ORGANS AND CAUSE ABSCESSES AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS.
路 GINGIVITIS
THIS MEDICINE IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS, A FORM OF GUM DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY REDNESS, SWELLING, AND BLEEDING OF THE GUMS.
路 ONSET OF ACTION
THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED FOR THIS MEDICINE TO SHOW ITS ACTION IS NOT CLINICALLY ESTABLISHED.
路 DURATION OF EFFECT
THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR WHICH THIS MEDICINE REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE BODY IS NOT CLINICALLY ESTABLISHED.
路 SAFE WITH ALCOHOL?
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING TREATMENT WITH THIS MEDICINE DUE TO THE INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS. REPORT ANY UNUSUAL ADVERSE EFFECTS SUCH AS ABDOMINAL CRAMPS, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING, FLUSHING, WEAKNESS, FAINTING, ETC. TO THE DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU DO NOT PERFORM ANY ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE HIGH MENTAL ALERTNESS SUCH AS DRIVING A VEHICLE OR OPERATING MACHINERY IF YOU CONSUME ALCOHOL DURING TREATMENT WITH THIS MEDICINE.
路 IS IT HABIT FORMING?
NO HABIT-FORMING TENDENCIES WERE REPORTED.
路 USAGE IN PREGNANCY?
THIS MEDICINE IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN PREGNANT WOMEN UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. ALL THE RISKS AND BENEFITS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING THIS MEDICINE.
路 USAGE WHILE BREAST-FEEDING?
THIS MEDICINE IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN BREASTFEEDING WOMEN UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. ALL THE RISKS AND BENEFITS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING THIS MEDICINE.
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