CompositionAmicline Tablet 10 is used to treat amoebic infection of the gut (intestinal amoebiasis), including people who carry amoebic cysts without symptoms. It is a single-ingredient medicine containing diloxanide furoate 500mg, which belongs to a class of medicines called luminal amoebicides.
This medicine acts inside the bowel to kill amoebae and their cysts. It is often used after a medicine such as metronidazole or tinidazole, which treats the active infection in the gut wall and liver, to clear the remaining cysts and prevent relapse. Take it with food, usually three times a day for 10 days, as prescribed.
Washing hands with soap after using the toilet and before eating, drinking safe water, and washing fruit and vegetables well help prevent reinfection and protect others.
Before taking this medicine, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have liver disease, and about other medicines you take. It is not usually given to children under 2. Complete the full course even if symptoms settle. Contact your doctor if you have bloody diarrhoea, fever, severe stomach pain or pain in the upper right tummy, as these may need other treatment. Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor advises you to do so.
