[The efficacy of the 1-day treatment of enterobiasis with medamine].

Abstract

The Soviet anthelminthic agent medamine has been synthesized at the Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, USSR Ministry of Public Health and the Institute of Plant Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR and is produced at the Tashkent Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant. It is used for one-day treatment of enterobiasis which is to be repeated in 2-3 weeks. A daily drug dose is 10 mg per kg body weight, given 3 times a day after meals. The efficacy of therapy was 92 +/- 4% and 100 +/- 2% after the first and second course of treatment, respectively.

• Authors: M G Makarova, V P Sergiev, V G Supriaga, N I Polevoĭ
• Journal: Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni (Med Parazitol (Mosk)) 1991 Jan-Feb Issue 1 Pg. 58-9 ISSN: 0025-8326 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Effektivnost' odnodnevnogo lecheniia énterobioza medaminom.
• PMID: 2067481 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antinematodal Agents
• Benzimidazoles
• Carbamates
• carbendazim

Topics

• Antinematodal Agents (administration & dosage)
• Benzimidazoles (administration & dosage)
• Carbamates
• Child
• Child Day Care Centers
• Child, Preschool
• Drug Evaluation
• Humans
• Moscow
• Oxyuriasis (drug therapy)
• Time Factors