Abstract

REVIEW ARTICLE OF INDICATIONS, DOSE & DOSAGE AND USE OF RIFAXIMIN IN SPECIAL POPULATION

Rama Lakshmi Devadi*

Abstract

Rifaximin, an oral antimicrobial, has many advantages because it is selective intestine, has minimal adverse effects and is used for the treatment of some diseases such as hepatic encephalopathy, irritable bowel syndrome, travelers’ diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, Clostridium difficile and acute diarrhea. Rifaximin in the form of 200 mg tablets is commercially available. The crystalline a form is therapeutically safe and effective. In most of the official compendia, rifaximin has no monograph and in none of them is there a monograph for rifaximin tablets. The literature, however, contemplates this gap with varied methods. The literature presents some methods for evaluation of rifaximin in both biological fluid and pharmaceutical product. High performance liquid chromatography stands out for the evaluation of rifaximin. Most of the methods reported in the literature are for pharmaceuticals products.

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