Can Metrogyl Be Taken While Treating Celiac Disease?

Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015

Question: Hi,my child is 9 yrs old.he has diagnosed as celiac disease.he is completely on gluten free diets ftom last One yrs.but he could not gain weight till now.Doctor has prescribed medicine Metrogyl today.as he is suspected worm in intestine.what do you about this?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Should not really be a problem if he takes the medicine

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have carefully gone through your query. Let me remark that for worms in intestine, the medicine that is to be given is albendazole 400mg. Worms in the intestine could be responsible for poor nutrition but in your child's case celiac disease is the likely cause since it is associated with malabsorption. Metrogyl or metronidazole is an anti-amebic agent that is given in case of suspected anerobic or amebic infection. I assume that your doctor has some ground in prescribing the medicine. Hence you should perhaps give the medicine as directed by your doctor. If you start the medicine, please care to complete the 5 day course.

Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar