Can I Take Ofloxacin Along With Ornidazole And Loperamide?

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2016

Question: Sir,Can I take the Ofloxacin + Ornidazole and LOPERAMIDE . Is it safe to use these drugs in Amoebiasis + bacterital diaorrhoea. Because I am suffering from the problem from last one month,even I am having gluten free diet.

Answered by Dr. Sandip Kabra (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
yes,they are safe.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.

I have read your query and reviewed the attachments.

Yes,you may use olfoxacin with ornidazole and loperamide without any problem to cure amobeiasis and bacterial diarrhea.

Ofloacin is a sensitive as per your stool culture/sensitivity report and will take care of bacterial infection.

But I would like to say that Amebiasis is caused by parasite called as entambea histolytica.

The medicine ornidazole is effective in killing only the trophozoites of E histolytica hence the parasites are not eradicated because the cyst forms of E histolytica are resistant to ornidazole and hence not killed.

To kill the cysts of E histolytica (as per your stool report) another antibiotic Diloxanide furoate (brand name: Damizole) or Iodoquinol should be taken three times daily for 10 days and this will ensure the total eradication of the infection. Thus it will prevent relapse.

You may consult gastro-enterologist who will know about it and may prescribe you that.

Hope this will help you.

Regards,

Dr.Sandip Kabra

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