Drug Summary

  Drug name:  paromomycin
  Chemical name:  Paromomycin sulfate
  Formula:  C₂₃H₄₅N₅O_{14<
  Weight:   615.6285
  CAS no:  7542-37-2
  DrugBank link:  DB01421
  Description:  An oligosaccharide antibiotic produced by various streptomyces. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of acute and chronic intestinal amebiasis (it is not effective in extraintestinal amebiasis). Also for the management of hepatic coma as adjunctive therapy.}