📋 Indications & Clinical Dosage
*Chronic Strongyloides infection:*
Adult & Children: 15 kg or above body weight: 200 mcg/kg daily for 2 days.
*Onchocerciasis:*
Adult & Children: 15 kg or above body weight:150 mcg/kg for 1 dose, retreatment atintervals of 6 to 12 months, depending on symptoms, must be given until the adult worms die out
*Scabies, in combination with topical drugs, for the treatment of hyperkeratotic scabies that does not respond to topical treatment alone:*
Adult & Children: 15 kg or above body weight: 200 mcg/kg for 1 dose, further doses of 200 mcg/kg may be required.
⚠️ Precautions & Warnings
Pretreatment assessment for low infection is recommended in any patient with significant exposure to endemic areas, cutaneous and/or systemic reactions (Mazzotti reaction) of varying severity including ophthalmological reactions in patients with onchocerciasis. Patients with hyper-reactive onchodermatitis are more likely to experience severe adverse reactions, especially oedema and aggravation of the onchodermatitis. Repeated treatment may be required in immune-compromised patients (e.g. HIV); control of extra intestinal strongyloidiasis may necessitate suppressive (once monthly) therap. Safety and efficacy in children below 15 kg body weight have not been established.
⚠️ Adverse Reactions / Side Effects
Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, headache, hypotension, peripheral and facial oedema, dizziness, transient tachycardia, hyperthermia, insomnia, somnolence, vertigo, pruritus, rash, eosinophilia, leukopenia, increasedALT/AST, limbitis, myalgia, tremor, weakness, blurred vision, mild conjunctivitis, punctate opacity, urticaria, ECG changes (rare)