EFFICACY OF RACECADOTRIL AND PROBIOTICS IN CHILDREN WITH DIARRHEA

Objective: To determine the efficacy of Racecadotril and probiotics in children presenting with diarrhoea. Study design: Descriptive case series. Place and duration of study: The children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Faisalabad during 15-05-2019 to 15-07-2019. Material and Methods: In this study the cases of either gender with age up to 12 years were included. The subjects were enrolled that were suffering from acute diarrhoea. Then these cases were offered a combination of Racecadotril and probiotics in standard doses according to the weight of the patient as per WHO guidelines and were looked for improvement in symptoms. The efficacy was labelled as yes where there was no more diarrhoea or stool frequency less than 2/day after 48 hours of this medication. Results: In this study 100 cases were selected. Mean age of the subjects was 6.11±1.23years and mean duration of symptoms was 2.39±0.47 days. Mean WBC count was 10.91±4.74 and mean weight was 11.91±2.65 kg. There were 61% males and 78% were from rural population. Efficacy was seen in 86 (86%) of the cases. Conclusion: Combination of Racecadotril and probiotics in children presenting with diarrhoea is highly efficacious. Key Words; Diarrhea, Racecadotril, Probiotic