Assessments of pharmacokinetic drug interactions and tolerability of albendazole, praziquantel and ivermectin combinations

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-345

  Na Bangchang, K ^a   Kietinun, S ^b   Pawa, K K ^b   Hanpitakpong, W ^a   Na Bangchang, C ^c   Lazdins, J ^d  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Albendazole sulphoxide; Ivermectin; Praziquantel; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OPEN STUDY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCOPE; TASTE DISORDER; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 31744431676     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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