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albendazole
Uses | Albendazole is a derivative of benzimidazole, is a drug with a broad antihelmintic spectrum. It exhibits an antihelmintic effect against sensitive cestodes and nematodes by blocking the process of glucose uptake by the parasites, which is expressed in the depletion of glycogen reserves and subsequent reduction in the level of adenosintriphophate. As a result, the parasite stops moving and dies. It is used upon infection of Acaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Enterobius vermicularis, and Trichuris trichiura. Synonyms of this drug are SKF 62979 and others. |
albendazole
description | Albendazole (ALBENZA) is an orally administered broad-spectrum anthelmintic. Albendazole chewable tablet is included in the World Health Organization (WHO) list of essential medicines as an intestinal anthelminthic and antifilarial medicine. Albendazole tablet was developed by SmithKline Animal Health Laboratories and approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996. Albendazole has capability of completely killing the eggs of whipworm and hookworm as well as partially killing Ascaris’ eggs; it can also get rid of various kinds of nematodes parasitizing inside animal bodies, and has effects on either getting rid of or directly killing tapeworms and cysticerci. It is thus useful in the treatment of hydatid and the nervous system (cysticercosis) caused by infection of pork worm, and also in the treatment of hookworm, roundworm, pinworm, nematode trichinella, tapeworm, whipworm and stercoralis nematode. |
Pharmacology and mechanism of action | Albendazole is a benzimidazole carbamate derivative which is structurally related to mebendazole. It was originally introduced as a veterinary drug in 1975 and later as a human anthelminthic drug. It has a wide spectrum of activity against intestinal nematodes (hook worm, Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichuris trichiura and Capillaria philippinensis), systemic nematodes (Trichinella spiralis and cutaneous larva migrans) and cestodes (Echinococcus granulosis, E. multilocularis and neurocysticercosis) [1]. Albendazole is active against both larval and adult stages of intestinal nematodes and ovicidal against Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura [1]. Its main metabolite, albendazole sulphoxide, may largely be responsible for the pharmacological effects of the drug. The mechanism of action of albendazole is similar to that of other benzimidazoles (see mebendazole). |
Indications | Single or mixed infections caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Ancylostoma duodenale, Trichuris trichiura. Albendazole may be effective against cutaneous larva migrans and Strongyloides stercoralis, but controlled studies are needed to confirm its advantage over thiabendazole. Limited data indicate that albendazole is useful in neurocysticercosis [2,3]. Albendazole seems to be the drug of choice for the treatment of inoperable hydatid cases, but its long term benefit needs further assessment. |
Uses | Albendazole is a drug used to treat infections caused by parasites. It can be given to treat a rare brain infection (neurocysticercosis) or it can be given to treat a parasitic infection that causes important diarrhea (microsporidiosis). |