Diagnosis via FNAC and subsequent treatment with
diethylcarbamazine resulting in full resolution has not been
Effect of
Diethylcarbamazine on Carrageenan-Induced Tissue Damage.
Cardiovascular effects of
diethylcarbamazine citrate.
By late 2011, at least one round of mass drug administration (MDA) with albendazole and
diethylcarbamazine had been conducted in all endemic parts of the country except the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Test samples and reference drug
diethylcarbamazine (DEC) were dissolved in DMSO or sterile distilled water, respectively.
He was started on
diethylcarbamazine (DEC) (6 mg/kg/day), prednisone (60 mg/day) and cyclosporine (200 mg/day) and was reviewed after six weeks, when he showed improvement of anemia and icterus with a Hb and serum unconjugated bilirubin of 6.5 g/dl and 2.8 mg/dl, respectively.
Annual single-dose
diethylcarbamazine plus ivermectin for control of bancroftian filariasis: comparative efficacy with and without vector control.
In last month's article, "Heartworm: Don't Take It Lightly," we discussed conventional preventative drugs, and mentioned that while one,
diethylcarbamazine (DEC), was no longer available as Filaribits (from Pfizer, which stopped selling the drug in early 2005), it was available in a generic form.
Another drug, called
diethylcarbamazine, can cure many cases, but it can't be used in many parts of Africa because it causes severe side effects in people harboring the parasite that causes river blindness, says James W.
Drug treatment in the form of
diethylcarbamazine and suramin is effective.
Becoming a signatory to the London Declaration, Eisai agreed to support the World Health Organization's program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, and has committed to supplying
diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) until the disease is eliminated in all lymphatic filariasis endemic countries that need DEC.
Acknowledging that India's LF elimination programme needs a push, Nadda said that strategies like the Triple Drug Therapy or IDA [Ivermectin,
diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and Albendazole], community engagement for successful MDA implementation and use of DEC-medicated salt, which are all part of the APELF, will be deployed to strengthen the country's LF elimination efforts.