Diethylcarbamazine
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an antihelmintic drug which is prescribed to kill worms and treat the following diseases:a)Bancroft’s filariasisb)Tropical pulmonary eosinophiliac)Loiasis for the treatment, as well as to prevent infection in visitors to endemic areas• Though it is effective in river blindness (Onchocerciasis), DEC is no longer preferred since it can cause a severe reaction called Mazzoti reaction, and ivermectin is a much better choice .
Trade Names :
Diethyl Carbamazine Citrate (50 mg) | Hetrazan (50 mg) | Banocide (50 mg) | Dicar (150 mg) | Esnotone (100 mg) | Banocide Forte (100 mg) | Dicarb (100 mg) | Eofil (150 mg) | Hetrazan (100 mg) | Decet (150 mg)
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