Product Name : Racecadotril 3% DC Granules
Dosage Form : Sachets
Dose : 30mg
Reference Product : Hidrasec
API : DMF; Dossier — CTD : Available
Originator : Bioprojet
Racecadotril can be used for treatment of acute diarrhea patients and has better tolerability than loperamide. Several guidelines have recommendedracecadotril use in addition to oral rehydration treatment in children with acute diarrhea.
Racecadotril, also known as acetorphan, is an antidiarrheal drug which acts as a peripherally acting enkephalinase inhibitor.[2] Unlike other opioid medications used to treat diarrhea, which reduce intestinal motility, racecadotril has an antisecretory effect—it reduces the secretion of water and electrolytes into the intestine.[3] It is available in France (where it was first introduced in ~1990) and other European countries (including Germany, Italy, the UK, Spain, Russia and the Czech Republic) as well as most of South America and some South East Asian countries (including China, India and Thailand), but not in the United States. It is sold under the tradenames Hidrasec or, in France, Tiorfan.[4] In Italy it is sold under the tradename Tiorfix. In India it's available as Redotril.[4] Thiorphan is the active metabolite of racecadotril, which exerts the bulk of its inhibitory actions on enkephalinase.