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chewable tablet, 400 mg
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Specific treatment for
echinococcosis and cysticerosis.
(Essential Drugs List No. 6, WHO Technical Report Series 796, 1990) One systematic review on brain cysticerosis - no clear evidence of benefit. Randomized controlled trials exist. (Cochrane Library: 2002 Issue 1) Please see references 1 and 2 for use during pregnancy/lactation and in young children. ATC Code:
P02CA03
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Report of the WHO Informal
Consultation on the use of praziquantel during pregnancy/lactation and
albendazole/mebendazole in children under 24 months, Geneva, 8-9 April, 2002,
WHO/CDS/CPE/PVC/2002.4
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http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/documents/en/pvc_20024full.pdf
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Benzimidazoles: use in children,
Essential Medicines, WHO Drug Information, Vol 17, No. 1, 2003
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http://www.who.int/druginformation/vol17num1_2003/vol17-1.pdf
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Lymphatic Filariasis Control, WHO
Fact Sheet No 76, October 1998
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http://www.who.int/inf-pr-1998/en/pr98-76.html
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Monograph, The International
Pharmacopoeia, Third Edition, Volume 5, 2003, 389 pages, ISBN 92 4 154536
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http://www.who.int/medicines/library/pharmacopoeia/037to146.pdf
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Sources and prices of selected
medicines and diagnostics for people living with HIV/AIDS, June 2003,
WHO/EDM/PAR/2003.7, UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO, MSF, (see chapter 4 for
prices)
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http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/ipc/sources-prices.pdf
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