-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Therapy of neurocysticercosis with cysticidal drugs is frequently complicated by the exacerbation of symptoms that follows the inflammation triggered by the acute destruction of cysticerci. Treatment of such adverse reactions with dexamethasone is highly effective. However, it has been shown that dexamethasone lowers the plasma levels of praziquantel, thus reducing its cysticidal efficacy. We measured plasma levels of albendazole, another strong cysticidal drug, when dexamethasone was given simultaneously. We found that dexamethasone increased the plasma levels of albendazole by about 50% (P less than 0.002); hence, it seems that cysticercosis and the ensuing inflammation can be treated simultaneously with albendazole and dexamethasone without diminishing the efficacy of the cysticidal drug.
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
January 1984,
Journal of psychiatric research,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
September 1987,
Archives of general psychiatry,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
March 1990,
Biological psychiatry,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
March 1992,
Biopharmaceutics & drug disposition,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
June 1990,
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
January 1992,
Archives of disease in childhood,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
October 2023,
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
January 2009,
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
December 1984,
Psychiatry research,
H Jung, and
M Hurtado, and
M T Medina, and
M Sanchez, and
J Sotelo
March 2024,
Journal of clinical medicine,
