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C16H13Cl2NO4

Likely Compatibility

Fairly safe. Mild or unlikely adverse effects. Compatible under certain circumstances. Follow-up recommended. Read Commentary.

Intraluminal antiamoebic agent. Single oral administration in one or three doses.

At the date of the last update, we found no published data on breastfeeding.

It has been used from one year of age (Olaeta 1996) and is practically devoid of toxicity. (Romero 2005)

Its low intestinal absorption makes it very unlikely that significant quantities would pass into breast milk, nor would they be absorbed in the infant's intestine.

Alternatives

  • Metronidazole (Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)
  • Nitazoxanide (Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)
  • Tinidazole (Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)

Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

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Other names

C16H13Cl2NO4 is Quinfamide in Molecular formula.

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Pharmacokinetics

Variable Value Unit
Oral Bioavail. Baja - Poor %
Molecular weight 354 daltons
Tmax 7 hours

References

  1. ROMERO-CABELLO, RAÚL et al. Evaluation of the efficacy and security of quinfamide administered in a single dose of 300 mg in adult patients with intestinal amebiasis. Parasitol. latinoam. 2005, vol.60, n.1-2, pp.57-60. 2005 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  2. Olaeta Elizalde R, Pérez Huacuja R, Nájera Ruano S. [Comparison of quinfamide vs etofamide in the Mexican population with intestinal amebiasis]. Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1996;26(5):277-80. Spanish. Abstract

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