<unk> , sold under the brand name Lampit, is a medication used to treat Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. For sleeping sickness it is used together with eflornithine in<unk> -eflornithine combination treatment. In Chagas disease it is a second-line option to benznidazole. It is given by mouth. Common side effects include abdominal pain, headache, nausea, and weight loss. There are concerns from animal studies that it may increase the risk of cancer but these concerns have not been found in human trials.<unk>  is not recommended in pregnancy or in those with significant kidney or liver problems. It is a type of nitrofuran.<unk>  came into medication use in 1965. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is not available commercially in Canada. It was approved for medical use in the United States in August 2020. In regions of the world where the disease is common<unk>  is provided for free by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nifurtimox
Telithromycin
Diquafosol
Miproxifene
Miproxifene phosphate
Dirithromycin
Roxithromycin
Prulifloxacin