AMBIZYME TABLET is used in the treatment of amoebiasis, also known as amoebic dysentery. It can be used for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections. It is also used to treat Balantidiasis. It contains Diiodohydroxyquinoline, which acts against intestinal (lumen) amoeba that forms cysts. The intestine poorly absorbs this medicine and so remains in the intestine at a very high concentration. It interferes with the enzymes required for the amoeba's survival in the intestine and kills amoeba cells and destroys their outer cell wall (cyst) layer. Besides this, it also enhances zinc absorption in the intestine and forms complex chelate of zinc ions, which also help destroy amoeba cells. It may cause common side effects such as vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, skin itchiness, fever, chills, headache, dizziness and an enlarged thyroid.