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For amebic dysentery a multi-prong approach must be used, starting with one of: metronidazole 500–750 mg three times a day for 5–10 days; tinidazole 2g once a day for 3 days is an alternative to metronidazole; Doses for children are calculated by body weight and a pharmacist should be consulted for help.
In all three cases, the drug therapy resulted in clearance of the infection, defined as negative results through an O&P exam, in all but 1-2 patients. [4] A 1979 study of 27 patients treated with dehydroemetine and various other drugs suggested all drug combinations were successful at treating amoebic liver abscesses. [5]
Dehydroemetine is a synthetically produced antiprotozoal agent similar to emetine in its anti-amoebic properties and structure (they differ only in a double bond next to the ethyl group), but it produces fewer side effects.
Diloxanide furoate works only in the digestive tract and is a lumenal amebicide. [2] [6] It is considered second line treatment for infection with amoebas when no symptoms are present but the person is passing cysts, in places where infections are not common.
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Miltefosine, sold under the trade name Impavido among others, is a medication mainly used to treat leishmaniasis and free-living amoeba infections such as Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris. [4]
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