High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tinidazole is an anti-parasitic drug used against protozoan infections. It is widely known throughout Europe and the developing world as treatment for a variety of amoebic and parasitic infections. Tinidazole is marketed by Mission Pharmacal under the brand name Tindamax, and by Pfizer under the name Fasigyn. It is chemically similar to metronidazole a drug with some unpleasant side effects that is used in the United States as first-line therapy for amoebae. Tinidazole has similar side effects but has a shorter treatment course with a more convenient dosage schedule.