What is Bionit?
Bionit belongs to a group of medicines called antiprotozoals. It is used to treat diarrhea that is caused by certain types of protozoa (tiny, one-celled animals).
Bionit is available only with your healthcare professional's prescription.
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 this use is not included in product labeling, Bionit is used in certain patients with the following medical condition:
- Intestinal parasitic infections
Bionit indications
Diarrhea Caused by Giardia Lamblia or Cryptosporidium Parvum
Bionit for
Oral Suspension (patients 1 year of age and older) and Bionit Tablets (patients 12 years and older) are indicated for the treatment of diarrhea caused by Giardia lamblia or Cryptosporidium parvum.
Limitations Of Use
Bionit for
Oral Suspension and Bionit Tablets have not been shown to be effective for the treatment of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum in HIV-infected or immunodeficient patients.
How should I use Bionit?
Use Bionit suspension as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Take Bionit suspension with food.
- Shake well before using.
- Use a measuring device marked for medicine dosing. Ask your pharmacist for help if you are unsure of how to measure your dose.
- If you miss a dose of Bionit suspension, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Bionit suspension.
Uses of Bionit in details
Use: Labeled Indications
Diarrhea, infectious: Treatment of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum or Giardia lamblia
Off Label Uses
Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection
Current evidence from small, controlled trials regarding the use of Bionit in the management of C. difficile infection suggests that it may be comparable to the use of oral metronidazole or vancomycin. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) clinical practice guidelines for C. difficile infection state that Bionit is considered a probable effective alternative for primary C. difficile infection in adults without specific recommendations for use. Larger controlled trials are needed.
Cryptosporidiosis-associated diarrhea in HIV-infected patients
Based on the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents, Bionit may be considered as an alternative agent in the management of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium in HIV-infected patients (must be used in combination with optimized antiretroviral therapy (ART), electrolyte replacement, and symptomatic treatment and rehydration).
Bionit description
Bionit, also known by the brand name Bionit, is a synthetic nitrothiazolyl-salicylamide derivative and an anti-protozoal agent. It is approved for treatment of infectious diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in patients 1 year of age and older. Following oral administration it is rapidly hydrolyzed to its active metabolite, tizoxanide, which is 99% protein bound. Peak concentrations are observed 1–4 hours after administration. It is excreted in the urine, bile and feces. Untoward effects include abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. [Wikipedia]
Bionit dosage
Bionit Dosage
Generic name: Bionit 500mg
Dosage form: tablet; powder, for oral suspension
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2.1 Recommended Dosage and Important Administration Instructions
Important Administration Instructions for Pediatric Patients 11 years of Age or Younger:
Bionit tablets should not be administered to pediatric patients 11 years of age or younger because a single tablet contains a greater amount of Bionit than the recommended dosing in this pediatric age group.
Table 1. Recommended Dosage
| Age | Dosage | Duration |
| 1-3 years | 5 mL of Bionit for Oral suspension(100 mg Bionit) taken orally every 12 hours with food | |
| 4-11 years | 10 mL of Bionit for Oral Suspension(200 mg Bionit) taken orally every 12 hours with food | 3 Days |
| 12 years and older | One Bionit Tablet (500 mg Bionit) taken orally every 12 hours with food or 25 mL of Bionit for Oral Suspension (500 mg Bionit) taken orally every 12 hours with food |
2.2 Directions for Mixing Bionit for
Oral Suspension
Reconstitute Bionit for
Oral Suspension as follows:
- Measure 48 mL of water for preparation of the 100 mg/5 mL suspension
- Tap bottle until all powder flows freely.
- Add approximately one-half of the 48 mL of water required for reconstitution and shake vigorously to suspend powder.
- Add remainder of water and again shake vigorously
Keep container tightly closed, and shake the suspension well before each administration. The reconstituted suspension may be stored for 7 days at room temperature, after which any unused portion must be discarded.
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Bionit interactions
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Tizoxanide is highly bound to plasma protein (>99.9%). Therefore, caution should be used when administering Bionit concurrently with other highly plasma protein-bound drugs with narrow therapeutic indices, as competition for binding sites may occur (e.g., warfarin). In vitro metabolism studies have demonstrated that tizoxanide has no significant inhibitory effect on cytochrome P450 enzymes. Although no drug-drug interaction studies have been conducted in vivo, it is expected that no significant interaction would occur when Bionit is co-administered with drugs that either are metabolized by or inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes.
Bionit side effects
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Clinical Trials Experience
Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.
The safety of Bionit was evaluated in 2177 HIV-uninfected subjects 12 months of age and older who received Bionit Tablets or Bionit for
Oral Suspension at the recommended dose for at least three days. In pooled controlled clinical trials involving 536 HIV-uninfected subjects treated with Bionit Tablets or Bionit for
Oral Suspension, the most common adverse reactions were abdominal pain, headache, chromaturia and nausea ( > 2%).
Safety data were analyzed separately for 280 HIV-uninfected subjects ≥ 12 years of age receiving Bionit at the recommended dose for at least three days in 5 placebo-controlled clinical trials and for 256 HIV-uninfected subjects 1 through 11 years of age in 7 controlled clinical trials. There were no differences between the adverse reactions reported for Bionit-treated subjects based upon age.
Postmarketing Experience
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post approval use of Bionit. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. The following is a list of adverse reactions spontaneously reported with Bionit Tablets which were not included in clinical trial listings:
Gastrointestinal disorders: diarrhea, gastroesophageal reflux disease
Nervous System disorders: dizziness
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders: dyspnea
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: rash, urticaria
Bionit contraindications
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Hypersensitivity
Bionit Tablets and Bionit for
Oral Suspension are contraindicated in patients with a prior hypersensitivity to Bionit or any other ingredient in the formulations.
Active ingredient matches for Bionit:
Nitazoxanide in Mexico.
| Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer) | Price, USD |
| Bionit 5 mg Tablet | $ 0.07 |
List of Bionit substitutes (brand and generic names): | |
| Biomebal (Colombia) | |
| Celectan (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela) | |
| Colufase (Peru) | |
| Coluquim (Peru) | |
| Cryptonaz (Egypt) | |
| Daxon (Mexico) | |
| Suspension; Oral; Nitazoxanide 100 mg / 5 ml (Siegfried) | |
| Tablet, Dispersible; Oral; Nitazoxanide 200 mg (Siegfried) | |
| Tablet; Oral; Nitazoxanide 500 mg (Siegfried) | |
| Dexidex (Mexico) | |
| Dianide (Bangladesh) | |
| Diar (Bangladesh) | |
| Diarid (India) | |
| Diarid Nitazoxanide 500 mg, Ofloxacin200 mg TAB / 10x10 (Veliko) | $ 12.04 |
| DIARID tab 10's (Veliko) | $ 1.20 |
| Drexifor (Peru) | |
| Famidox (Guatemala) | |
| Gardil (Peru) | |
| Gintop (Ecuador) | |
| Gintop Lafrancol (Ecuador) | |
| Givotan (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) | |
| Jointax (Colombia) | |
| Kaside (Peru) | |
| Kazide (Colombia) | |
| Kidonax (Mexico) | |
| Suspension; Oral; Nitazoxanide 100 mg / 5 ml (Unipharm) | |
| Tablet, Dispersible; Oral; Nitazoxanide 200 mg (Unipharm) | |
| Tablet; Oral; Nitazoxanide 500 mg (Unipharm) | |
| Larvisol (Colombia) | |
| Lumbris (Peru) | |
| Mitafar (Mexico) | |
| Mixel (Colombia) | |
| N-TEE (India) | |
| N-TEE dry syr 100 mg x 5 mL x 30ml (Olcare) | $ 0.43 |
| Nanazoxid (Egypt) | |
| Navigator (United States) | |
| Netazox (India) | |
| Netazox 200mg DT- TAB / 60 (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 3.99 |
| Netazox 500mg FC- TAB / 60 (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 5.57 |
| Netazox 100mg/5mL SUSP / 30ml (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.30 |
| 100 mg x 5 mL x 30ml (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.30 |
| 200 mg x 60's (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 3.99 |
| 500 mg x 60's (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 5.57 |
| Netazox 30 ml Suspension (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.05 |
| NETAZOX 100MG SUSPENSION 1 bottle / 30 ML suspension each (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.49 |
| NETAZOX 200MG TABLET 1 strip / 6 tablets each (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.65 |
| NETAZOX 500MG TABLET 1 strip / 6 tablets each (Ind-Swift Limited) | $ 0.91 |
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References
- DailyMed. "NITAZOXANIDE: DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts).". https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailyme... (accessed September 17, 2018).
- PubChem. "NITAZOXANIDE". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/com... (accessed September 17, 2018).
- DrugBank. "NITAZOXANIDE". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00507 (accessed September 17, 2018).
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