Enterozol Tablet
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Product introduction
Enterozol Tablet is used to treat diarrhea and abdominal pain. It works effectively to reduce abdominal pain, bloating, and cramps by relaxing the muscles of the stomach and gut. It neutralizes excessive acid in the stomach and helps in easy passage of gas. It also kills diarrhea-causing bacteria.
Enterozol Tablet is taken with or without food in a dose and duration as advised by the doctor. The dose you are given will depend on your condition and how you respond to the medicine. You should keep taking this medicine for as long as your doctor recommends. If you stop treatment too early your symptoms may come back and your condition may worsen. Let your healthcare team know about all other medications you are taking as some may affect, or be affected by this medicine.
The most common side effects are nausea, metallic taste, diarrhea, dryness in mouth, vomiting, stomach pain, flatulence, weakness, nervousness, headache, and blurred vision. Most of these are temporary and usually resolve with time. Contact your doctor straight away if you are at all concerned about any of these side effects. It may also cause dizziness and sleepiness, so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking this medicine as it can worsen your dizziness.
Before taking this medicine, you should tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding. You should also tell your doctor if you have any kidney or liver diseases so that your doctor can prescribe a suitable dose for you. Immediately consult your doctor if you experience any allergic reactions such as skin rash, swelling, and itching.
Enterozol Tablet is taken with or without food in a dose and duration as advised by the doctor. The dose you are given will depend on your condition and how you respond to the medicine. You should keep taking this medicine for as long as your doctor recommends. If you stop treatment too early your symptoms may come back and your condition may worsen. Let your healthcare team know about all other medications you are taking as some may affect, or be affected by this medicine.
The most common side effects are nausea, metallic taste, diarrhea, dryness in mouth, vomiting, stomach pain, flatulence, weakness, nervousness, headache, and blurred vision. Most of these are temporary and usually resolve with time. Contact your doctor straight away if you are at all concerned about any of these side effects. It may also cause dizziness and sleepiness, so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking this medicine as it can worsen your dizziness.
Before taking this medicine, you should tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding. You should also tell your doctor if you have any kidney or liver diseases so that your doctor can prescribe a suitable dose for you. Immediately consult your doctor if you experience any allergic reactions such as skin rash, swelling, and itching.
Uses of Enterozol Tablet
Benefits of Enterozol Tablet
In Abdominal pain
Enterozol Tablet effectively relieves sudden muscle spasms or contractions in the stomach and intestine (gut), thereby relaxing the muscles and improving movement of food. It also blocks chemical messengers in the brain that are responsible for pain sensation. This helps to treat abdominal pain (or stomach pain) as well as cramps, bloating and discomfort. Take Enterozol Tablet as prescribed to get maximum benefit. Eventually, it will help you to go about your daily activities more easily and have a more active and better quality of life.
In Diarrhea
Diarrhea is an increase in the frequency of bowel movements or loose watery bowel movements. It can most commonly occur due to an infection of the digestive tract. Enterozol Tablet helps to treat diarrhea that is caused due to bacteria or parasitic worm infections. This medicine can relieve frequent loose motions and also help you to stay well by preventing them from coming back. You need to take this medicine regularly to get the most out of it and you should drink plenty of fluids while taking it to make sure you stay hydrated.
Side effects of Enterozol Tablet
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Enterozol
- Nausea
- Metallic taste
- Diarrhea
- Dryness in mouth
- Vomiting
- Stomach pain
- Flatulence
- Sleepiness
- Weakness
- Nervousness
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
How to use Enterozol Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Enterozol Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How Enterozol Tablet works
Enterozol Tablet is a combination of four medicines: Simethicone, Dicyclomine, Diloxanide and Tinidazole which treat intestinal infections. Simethicone is an antifoaming medicine which disintegrates gas bubbles and allows easy passage of gas. Dicyclomine is an antispasmodic which works by relaxing the muscles in your stomach and gut (intestine). It stops sudden muscle contractions (spasms). In doing this, it relieves cramps, pain, bloating, and discomfort.is a luminal amoebicide which acts inside the intestines to kill the infection-causing microorganisms (amoeba). Diloxanide is combined with tinidazole in case of severe intestinal infections. Tinidazole is an antibiotic which kills bacteria and other infectious microorganisms by damaging the DNA.
Safety advice
Alcohol
UNSAFE
Consuming alcohol while taking Enterozol Tablet may cause symptoms such as flushing, increased heart beat, nausea, thirst, chest pain and low blood pressure (Disulfiram reaction).
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Enterozol Tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Information regarding the use of Enterozol Tablet during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
Driving
UNSAFE
Enterozol Tablet may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive.
Enterozol Tablet may make you feel drowsy or gives you problems with coordination or sensation (e.g. numbness or weakness). This may affect your driving ability.
Enterozol Tablet may make you feel drowsy or gives you problems with coordination or sensation (e.g. numbness or weakness). This may affect your driving ability.
Kidney
CAUTION
Enterozol Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Enterozol Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Liver
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Enterozol Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with liver disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Enterozol Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.
What if you forget to take Enterozol Tablet?
If you miss a dose of Enterozol Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.
All substitutes
For informational purposes only. Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
No substitutes found for this medicine
Quick tips
- Take it as per dose and duration suggested by the doctor.
- Avoid taking alcohol as it can further increase the side effects of medicine.
- Do not skip doses and finish the prescribed course, even if you start to feel better. Stopping it early may increase your risk of further infection.
- Inform your doctor if you notice severe allergic reaction like skin rash, swelling, and itching.
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Fact Box
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
GASTRO INTESTINAL
Patient concerns
User feedback
Patients taking Enterozol Tablet
Twice A Day
57%
Once A Day
43%
What are you using Enterozol Tablet for?
Abdominal pai*
29%
Others
29%
Diarrhea
29%
Irritable bow*
14%
*Abdominal pain, Irritable bowel syndrome
How much was the improvement?
Excellent
83%
Average
17%
What were the side-effects while using Enterozol Tablet?
Dryness in mo*
33%
Sleepiness
33%
Weakness
33%
*Dryness in mouth
How do you take Enterozol Tablet?
Empty stomach
50%
With food
50%
Please rate Enterozol Tablet on price
Not Expensive
100%
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- Mayo Clinic. Simethicone. [Accessed 31 Jan. 2019] (online) Available from:
- Simethicone. Princeton. New Jersey: Bracoo Diagnostic. [Accessed 15 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
- Dicyclomine. Birmingham, Alabama: Axcan Scandipharm Inc.; 2005. [Accessed 15 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
- Drugs.com. Diloxanide. [Accessed 15 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
- Drugs.com. Tinidazole. [Accessed 14 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
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Address: Union Drug Company Ltd, No 182, Roy Bahadur Road, Behala, Kolkata-700034, West Bengal, India
Country of origin: India
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