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What do you suggest if my dad is suffering from filariasis, he is 70 year old,can alb 400mg with dec 6 mg/kg be used for.?
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Filariasis: Check out http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/treatment.html & http://www.who.int/topics/filariasis/en/. It appears that Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the drug of choice but no longer approved for use in States b/c filariasis is so rare. Your dad will need to send confirmatory testing to CDC in order to obtain DEC. Be ware that treatment w/DEC will not reduce/improve lymphedema changes.
Answered 5/25/2015
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