Racecadotril, The Only Drug That Treats Acute Diarrhoea In Infants
Infant diarrhoea The two leading cause of infant death in developing countries is malaria and diarrhoea. Over the years, the malaria related death have drop significantly. This can be attributed to the availability of preventive care and more effective drugs the malaria parasite is responsive to. However, with over 1.8 million under five years of age death due to diarrhoea annually, there is no drug for treating diarrhoea in children recommended by the world health organization (W.H.O). That is about to change with the introduction of racecadotril. Before now, the WHO recommend the use of oral rehydration therapy for management of diarrhoea in children. This is no cure. It only reduce the effect of the diarrhoea. It is meant to replace lost electrolyte and water due to the diarrhoea. This is even the same thing the zinc in the oral rehydration therapy does. Read Also: Major Breakthrough In Pharmacy The WHO never recommend the use of loperamide drug for treating diarrhoea i...
