Dosing
CrCl > 80: 20-25 mg/kg/day (600 mg tablets) Dose and duration depend on infection.
CrCl 80-50:
CrCl 50-10:
CrCl < 10:
Hemodialysis:
Peritoneal dialysis:
Important side effects
Abdominal pain, arrhythmias, heart block, convulsions, dizziness, headache, malaise.
Important drug interactions
Albendazole, carbamazepine, chloroquine, cimetidine, fosphenytoin, phenytoin.
Rants and Screeds
Way expensive.
Pearls
This is not an Aztec god. But it sure sounds like one.
Treatment of choice
Use for
Clonorchis sinensis /opisthorchiasis, Cystercercosis, Diphyllobothrium infections, Echinococcus granulosus infections, Fasciolopsis buski, Heterophyes heterophyes,, Hymenolepis nana infections, Metagonimus yokogawai infection, Nanophyetiasis, Paragonimiasis, Schistosomiasis, Taenia saginata, Taenia solium.
Don't use for
Class
Last update 11/30/19