Last update Nov. 8, 2024

Niclosamide

Compatible

Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.

Niclosamide is an anthelmintic indicated for the treatment of tapeworm infections of beef, pork, fish and dwarf tapeworm in adults and children. Oral administration.

At the date of last update we found no published data on its excretion in breast milk.

Niclosamide is hardly absorbed. Its negligible oral bioavailability prevents both passage into the mother's plasma, and thus into breast milk, and into the infant's plasma from ingested breast milk.

WHO essential drug list: compatible with breastfeeding. (WHO-UNICEF 2002)

Alternatives

We do not have alternatives for Niclosamide since it is relatively safe.

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.

Jose Maria Paricio, Founder & President of APILAM/e-Lactancia

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Thank you for helping to protect and promote breastfeeding.

José María Paricio, founder of e-lactancia.

Other names

Niclosamide in other languages or writings:

Group

Niclosamide belongs to this group or family:

Tradenames

Main tradenames from several countries containing Niclosamide in its composition:

  • Anson™. Contains other elements than Niclosamide in its composition
  • Atenase
  • Heroanson™. Contains other elements than Niclosamide in its composition
  • Taeniacide™. Contains other elements than Niclosamide in its composition
  • Yomesan
  • Zenda™. Contains other elements than Niclosamide in its composition

Pharmacokinetics

Variable Value Unit
Oral Bioavail. Insignificant. %
Molecular weight 327 daltons
pKa 6.89 -

References

  1. WHO / UNICEF. BREASTFEEDING AND MATERNAL MEDICATION Recommendations for Drugs in the Eleventh WHO Model List of Essential Drugs. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (WHO/UNICEF) 2002 Abstract Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)

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