Iodoquinol (Oral)

Brand Names : Diquinol, Yodoquinol, Yodoxin, Diodoquin, diiodohydroxyquin, diiodohydroxyquinoline

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, iodoquinol is used in certain patients with the following parasite infections:

• Amebiasis, extraintestinal or invasive (amebiasis infection occurring outside the intestine)
• Balantidiasis (an infection caused by protozoa)

For patients taking this medicine for extraintestinal or invasive amebiasis infection :

• You should take iodoquinol along with metronidazole, which is another medicine that your doctor has prescribed, for treating your amebiasis infection.

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.