TRICLABENDAZOLE oral

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    Prescription under medical supervision

     

    Therapeutic action

    • Anthelminthic

    Indications

    • Fascioliasis (Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica infections)
    • Paragonimiasis 

    Forms and strengths

    • 250 mg tablet

    Dosage and duration

    Fascioliasis

    • Child and adult: 10 mg/kg single dose

     

    Paragonimiasis

    • Child and adult: 10 mg/kg 2 times daily

    Contra-indications, adverse effects, precautions

    • Do not administer to patients with hypersensitivity to triclabendazole or other benzimidazoles (albendazole, flubendazole, mebendazole, tiabendazole).
    • May cause: abdominal pain, mild fever, headache, dizziness.
    • Pregnancy: no contra-indication
    • Breast-feeding: no contra-indication

    Remarks

    • Take tablets after meals.
    • Due to its efficacy, good tolerance, and ease of administration, triclabendazole is the drug of choice for fascioliasis.
    • Bithionol may be used as an alternative to triclabendazole in the treatment of fascioliasis: 30 mg/kg daily for 5 days.
    • Unlike infections with other flukes, fascioliasis does not respond to praziquantel.

    Storage

     
    –  Below 25 °C 
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