Nitazoxanide
نیتازوکسانید
🐛 Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides And RepellentsAntiprotozoal
Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA
Alinia (US)
🧮 Dose calculator
Diarrhea caused by Giardia lamblia · Regimen source: FDA Alinia · 2.1, Table 1FDA Alinia · 1
- • With food every 12 h for 3 days. Do not give tablets at 11 years or younger (one tablet exceeds the dose). FDA Alinia · 2.1, Table 1FDA Alinia · 2.1
Enter age (weight is optional for this regimen).
🛡️ Safety & information
Contraindications
- ⛔ Prior hypersensitivity to nitazoxanide or any ingredient. FDA Alinia · 4.1
Formulations
- 100 mg / 5 mL — suspension 🇺🇸 USA FDA Alinia · 3.2
- 500 mg tablet — tablet 🇺🇸 USA FDA Alinia · 3.1
👥 Special populations
- 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution
Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Alinia · 8.1
“Risk Summary There are no data with ALINIA in pregnant women to inform a drug-associated risk.”
- 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution
Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Alinia · 8.2
“Risk Summary No information regarding the presence of nitazoxanide in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production is available.”
- 👶 ChildrenUse with caution
The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Alinia · 8.4
“The safety and efficacy of ALINIA for Oral Suspension for the treatment of diarrhea caused by G. lamblia or C. parvum in pediatric patients 1 to 11 years of age has been established based on three (3) randomized, controlled studies with 104 pediatric subjects treated with ALINIA for Oral Suspension 100 mg/5 mL.”
- 👴 Older adultsUse with caution
Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Alinia · 8.5
“Clinical studies of ALINIA Tablets and ALINIA for Oral Suspension did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects.”
- ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data
The source for this drug has no section for this group.
🔗 Reference links
- FDA (approval record)NDA021498
- DailyMed (FDA label)FDA Alinia
- MedlinePlus (NIH)Nitazoxanide
- WHO ATC/DDDP01AX11
- Darooyab (Iran)Nitazoxanide
🇮🇷 Not found in Iran list Darooyab · G-1139/Nitazoxanide
Darooyab lists no registered dosage form or brand for this drug. This does not prove it is unavailable.
📚 Reference status for this drug
Shows which sources have references recorded for this drug and which do not.
- FDA label (DailyMed)✅ PresentFDA Alinia · 3.2FDA Alinia · 3.1FDA Alinia · 2.1, Table 1FDA Alinia · 1FDA Alinia · 2.1FDA Alinia · 4.1FDA Alinia · 8.1FDA Alinia · 8.2FDA Alinia · 8.4FDA Alinia · 8.5FDA Alinia · SPL approval / marketing category
- UK SmPC (eMC / MHRA)❌ Not present
- Published guideline❌ Not present
- Licensed reference (medical school)❌ Not present
- Iranian leaflet (IFDA)❌ Not present
- Pharmacy website (secondary, unreliable)✅ PresentDarooyab · G-1139/Nitazoxanide
- Clinical review⚠ Unverified