Chemical formula: C₂₁H₂₃NO₄S Molecular mass: 385.48 g/mol PubChem compound: 107751
Racecadotril is indicated for:
Population group: only infants (40 days - 1 year old) , children (1 year - 12 years old)
Complementary symptomatic treatment of acute diarrhoea in infants (older than 3 months) and in children together with oral rehydration and the usual support measures, when these measures alone are insufficient to control the clinical condition, and when causal treatment is not possible.
If causal treatment is possible, racecadotril can be administered as a complementary treatment.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
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