Title: Neurocysticercosis: treatment with albendazole and dextrochloropheniramine
Abstract: We evaluated the use of albendazole in combination with dextrochloropheniramine for the treatment of neurocysticercosis. Forty patients were treated from September 1984 to December 1987; each was diagnosed on the basis of clinical, epidemiological, cerebrospinal fluid and tomographic data. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to the albendazole treatment schedule. Group I received 10–15 mg/ kg albendazole daily; group II received 15–25 mg/kg/d; group III received 15–30 mg/kg/d. Each patient also received simultaneously 18 mg/d of dextrochloropheniramine. Clinical improvement was observed in 4 patients in group I (50·0%), 10 patients in group II (83·3%) and 18 patients in group III (94·7%). Three patients in group II, and one in group III, died. Group III patients showed a significant improvement in quality of life compared to the other 2 groups. Side effects were insignificant in all groups. The combination of albendazole and dextrochloropheniramine seems to be a promising treatment for neurocysticercosis, especially at the doses used for group III, i.e. 15 mg/kg/d of albendazole for 21 d followed by 20–30 mg/kg/d for 30 d after a one-week interval, in combination with 18 mg/d of dextrochloropheniramine.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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