Can Cifran And Tiniba Be Taken Together?

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2015

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Mon, 16 Feb 2015 Answered on

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Question : When is Tiniba 300 mg prescribed? Can it be given with Cifran 500 mg ? Are they both the same ?

Answered by Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas (42 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Tiniba and Cifran combination

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.

Tiniba (Tinidazole) is a anti-amoebic drug and is prescribed in acute intestinal amebiasis.Adult dose 2G/day for 2-3 days.

It is often combined with ciprofloxacin in case of mixed infection causing diarrhoea.

A common combination is ciprofloxacin 250-500 mg and Tinidazole 300-600 mg taken twice a day for 5 days as antidiarrheal.

Ciprofloxacin(Cifran) is an antibiotic (quinolone group) .

Tiniba & Cifran are not same

Regards

Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D. XXXXXXX

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