The topical use of furazolidone and nitrofurazone was prohibited in 2002.

Furazolidone is no longer available in the US.

In vitro testing showed emetine was more effective than Metronidazole or furazolidone.

Furazolidone is also used for giardiasis (due to Giardia lamblia), though it is not a first line treatment.

Other antibiotics proven to be effective include cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and furazolidone.

There is very little evidence to support using any other drugs (tinidazole, quinacrine, furazolidone and nitazoxanide) in preference to these two main options.

Furazolidone is a nitrofuran antibacterial.

As a veterinary medicine, furazolidone has been used with some success to treat salmonids for Myxobolus cerebralis infections.

Several metabolites of nitrofurans, such as furazolidone, furaltadone and nitrofurazone cause cancer or genetic damage in rats.

The first report of successfully using furazolidone (an antibacterial agent) to treat PUD in China.

The case was brought by Norwich Pharmacal Co. and the exclusive licensee of a patent for an antibacterial called furazolidone.

But the disease is not fatal and there are prescription medications that doctors will prescribe to treat it: quinacrine hydrochloride, metronidazole and furazolidone.

Lastly, some drugs, such as furazolidone, furoxone, benomyl, fumagillin, proguanil and clamoxyquine, have been shown to impede spore development, which reduces infection rates.

Some of the products that may interact with this drug include: certain MAO inhibitors (such as furazolidone, isocarboxazid, linezolid, moclobemide, phenelzine, procarbazine, tranylcypromine).

We have previously shown that propranolol, a nonselective β-blocker,is cardioprotective and prevents the development of heart failurein turkeys when given concurrently with furazolidone [ 21 ] .

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives had already prohibited importation and use of furazolidone and nitrofurazone in animal feed in 1999 which was extended to all nitrofurans in 2002.

Results Baseline Characteristics of Dilated Cardiomyopathic Animals We have previously shown that removal of furazolidone from thefeed after three weeks results in progressive cardiac dilatationand heart failure [ 18 ] .

Antibacterials such as metronidazole, tinidazole, cephamandole, latamoxef, cefoperazone, cefmenoxime, and furazolidone, cause a disulfiram-like chemical reaction with alcohol by inhibiting its breakdown by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which may result in vomiting, nausea, and shortness of breath.

Antibiotics, such as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Co-Trimoxazole), norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin or furazolidone, may be given when the person is very young or very old, when the disease is severe, or when there is a high risk of the infection spreading to other people.