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albendazole

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albendazole /al·ben·da·zole/ (al-ben´dah-zōl) a broad-spectrum anthelmintic used against many helminths and in the treatment of hydatid disease and neurocysticercosis.
albendazole
[al-ben′dah-zōl]
a broad-spectrum anthelmintic used against many parasites, including those that cause echinococcosis and cysticercosis.

albendazole
a benzimidazole anthelmintic with high efficiency in sheep and cattle against all intestinal nematodes, except Trichuris spp., and intestinal tapeworms and lungworms and, with increased dose rates, will kill adult liver fluke.

albendazole
Parasitology An inexpensive benzimidazole-type scolicidal anthelmintic, with a broad range of anti-parasitic activity against nematodes–roundworms, cestodes–flatworms, protozoa, and possibly, microsporidiosis; it is not FDA-approved; albendazole can be used in conjunction with percutaneous drainage for managing hepatic hydatid cysts Susceptible organisms Ascaris lumbricoides, Giardia lamblia, hookworms–Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, Hymenolepsis nana, Opisthorchis viverrini, Strongyloides stercoralis, Taenia solium, Trichuris trichiuria Adverse effects Abdominal pain, headaches, vertigo, N&V, alopecia, ↑ aminotransferase, neutropenia. See Benzimidazole, Hydatid cyst disease.


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In southern Togo, patients with malaria and Borrelia infections were treated primarily with quinine and chloramphenicol for typhoid fever, metronidazole for amebiasis, and albendazole for digestive parasitosis.
Some participants received the drugs albendazole and/or praziquantel.
While Albendazole is donated by GSK, diethylcarbamazine (DEC) needs to be purchased for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis in countries without river blindness.
 
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