Praziquantel (Pyrazinoisoquinolone) in Active Cerebral Cysticercosis
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 22 (1) , 92-96
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198801000-00015
Abstract
A prospective open therapeutic study on volunteers with active neurocysticercosis using pyrazinoisoquinolone (Praziquantel) has shown that it is a safe and effective drug. Objective assessment of the effect of treatment was by high resolution sequential computed tomographic scanning. Sixty-six patients received the drug. Forty-one records were available for complete analysis at the end of 1 year of follow-up. The concomitant use of steroids reduced side effects significantly. A 98% improvement was achieved.Keywords
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