High-dose praziquantel with cimetidine for refractory neurocysticercosis: a case report with clinical and MRI follow-up.
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Pharmacokinetic study of praziquantel administered alone and in combination with cimetidine in a single-day therapeutic regimen.
A brief therapeutic regimen of praziquantel, reduced to a single day, has been effective for treatment of neurocysticercosis. To study its pharmacokinetic characteristics, levels of praziquantel in plasma were determined for eight healthy volunteers after the administration of three oral doses of 25 mg/kg of body weight given at 2-h intervals, alone and with the simultaneous administration of c...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Western journal of medicine
دوره 170 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999