ALINIA

Alinia Information

Alinia is a medical product that is also well known as Nitazoxanide. This medication belongs to a wide class of drugs - antiprotozoals. Such products are widely prescribed in the therapy of diarrhea that has been triggered by a certain form of protozoa.

Alinia Indications

Alinia is quite effective in the prophylaxis for diarrhea in the case of children and adults, if the symptom is caused by Giardia lamblia or other types of protozoa (including Cryptosporidium parvum). In other words, a therapy with this medicine is prescribed to patients who are diagnosed with travelers' diarrhea. However, a treatment trial with this medicine can prove effective in the therapy of some other medical conditions. It is important to refer to your personal health care provider if you have any further questions regarding this matter.

Alinia Warnings

The presence of other medical disorders (apart from traveler’s diarrhea) can prevent an individual from being prescribed a treatment trial with Alinia. For this reason, it is important to alert your personal health care provider if you are suffering from any immune system medical conditions (including HIV), kidney disorders or any liver medical conditions. While some patients who present these medical disorders will not be allowed to start using Alinia on a regular basis, others will be prescribed lower doses of this drug. However, their therapy with this antiprotozoal must be closely supervised by an authorized health care provider.

The oral form (suspension) of Alinia is known to contain about 1.48 grams of sucrose in a teaspoon of medicine (5 mL). This is why patients who are suffering from diabetes should lower their daily intake of sucrose during their therapy with this type of medicine.

Studies have shown that Nitazoxanide (Alinia) is a category B FDA pregnancy medicine. In other words, a treatment trial with this medical product should not harm a growing fetus in any way. However, it is best that each pregnant female who wants to start using this medicine on a regular basis should discuss the prospects of a potential therapy with Alinia with her personal health care provider. It has not yet been determined whether the ingredients of this medication are able to pass into the patient’s breast milk or not. In such conditions, we recommend all nursing mothers to stop breastfeeding their infants during their treatment trial with this medical product.

Alinia Intake Guidelines

Your personal health care provider is entitled to prescribe you the necessary precautions that you ought to take into consideration during your future therapy with Alinia. He or she will also tell you exactly how you should use each of your doses of this medical product.

All doses of Alinia should be accompanied with food. In this way, you will avoid experiencing the unpleasant symptoms of stomach disturbances. If you have been prescribed by your personal health care provider to use the suspension form of Alinia, we strongly advise you to make sure that you have well shaken the medicine before measuring your dose. Most physicians recommend their patients to measure their doses of Alinia with a special instrument (a dose measuring cup, dropper and / or spoon). If you do not own such devices, you should buy one from the nearest pharmacy. You may store your medicine at the average room temperature. Ask your pharmacist to tell you how you could discard the unused medicine.

Alinia Dosage

Your personal health care provider (your physician) will prescribe you the dose of Alinia that you should use on a regular basis, the one that will ensure that you will be granted the best effects from your treatment trial with this medicine. Periodically, your physician might want to alter your dose of this drug. It is important to follow each and every one of your doctor’s directions. Unauthorized alterations to your normal dosage of Alinia are not reccommended.

Alinia Overdose

All patients who are suspected to be suffering from an overdose with Alinia ought to be granted immediate medical care. We have no information regarding the potential symptoms that this medical condition may trigger. For this reason, we advise you to ask your pharmacist, a nurse or a doctor for further information.

Alinia Missed Dose

Any disruption in your regular Alinia therapy schedule will affect the beneficial results of your treatment trial with this drug. If you have missed using a dose of this medicine, we recommend you to skip the one that you have missed and to proceed with your regular treatment schedule. If you are unhappy with the therapy schedule that your physician has prescribed you, we advise you to contact your doctor and set up an appointment in which you will discuss you’re your physician which changes will suit you best.

Alinia Side Effects

If an individual who is following a therapy with Alinia develops the severe symptoms of an allergic reaction (throat closure, breathing difficulties, swelling, hives, and so on), he or she should immediately stop their intake of this drug. A prolonged therapy with this medication may trigger the following less severe adverse reactions: headache, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, and so on.

Alinia Drug Reactions

Studies have shown that the way in which the ingredients of Alinia are metabolized by the patient’s organism can be affected by the intake of other medical products. Therefore, adjacent therapies that have not been authorized by the patient’s personal health care provider may easily lead to higher or lower levels of medicine in the patient’s blood.