Handbook of Drugs for Tropical Parasitic Infections
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Handbook of Drugs for Tropical Parasitic Infections

  1. 181 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Handbook of Drugs for Tropical Parasitic Infections

About this book

Parasitic infections such as malaria, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis and onchoceriasis are the scourge of the tropical countries. Many of the drugs used for the treatment of tropical parasitic infections were introduced more than 30 years ago. Most of these drugs are toxic and have complicated dosage regimens, but, because of the low economic incentive, pharmaceutical companies have shown little interest in developing new drugs to control diseases prevalent in developing countries.; However, there has been notable progress in research into parasitic diseases and a number of important drugs have been introduced for some diseases since the 1970s. Moreover, recent data on the pharmacokinetics and field evaluations of these drugs have revealed that their effectiveness can be improved and their safety increased.; This handbook is designed to provide information about the pharmacological properties and therapeutic uses of the major drugs currently employed to combat the human parasitic infections encountered in the tropics. Each of the 38 drugs covered in the book are presented under the following headings: chemical structure, physical properties, pharmacology and mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, clinical trials, pregnancy and lactation, side effects, contraindications and precautions, dosage, preparations, and references.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781040178669
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Infectious Diseases

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgement
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Drug recommendations
  11. Albendazole
  12. Amphotericin B
  13. Antimony compounds
  14. Artemisinin and its derivatives
  15. Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate
  16. Bithionol
  17. Chloroquine
  18. Dehydroemetine
  19. Diethylcarbamazine
  20. Diloxanide
  21. Eflornithine
  22. Halofantrine
  23. Ivermectin
  24. Levamisole
  25. Mebendazole
  26. Mefloquine
  27. Melarsoprol
  28. Metrifonate
  29. Metronidazole
  30. Niclosamide
  31. Nifurtimox
  32. Oxamniquine
  33. Pentamidine
  34. Piperazine
  35. Praziquantel
  36. Primaquine
  37. Proguanil
  38. Pyrantel
  39. Pyrimethamine
  40. Pyrvinium Pamoate (Viprynium Pamoate)
  41. Quinine
  42. Sulphadoxine
  43. Suramin
  44. Tetracyclines
  45. Thiabendazole
  46. Tinidazole
  47. Index

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