| Category of Drug | Diethylcarbamazine is an Anti-Infectives drug |
| Mechanism of Action | |
| Indications | Diethylcarbamazine is used for 1. Treatment of loiasis 2. Prophylaxis of loiasis in temporary residents in endemic areas 3. Tissue nematode infections 4. Lymphatic filariasis 5. Toxocariasis |
| Well Known Pharmaceutical Brands | |
| Available dosage forms | 1. TABLETS 2. SYRUP |
| Dose | |
| Contraindications | 1. Pregnancy 2. Infants 3. Elderly 4. Debilitated 5. cardiac disease 6. Hypersensitivity 7. Impaired renal function |
| Precautions | 1. Renal impairment 2. Cardiac disorders 3. Other severe acute diseases-delay diethylcarbamazine treatment until after recovery 4. Risk of meningoencephalitis in severe infection. |
| Adverse Effects | 1. Headache 2. Dizziness 3. Drowsiness 4. Nausea and vomiting 5. Immunological reactions 6. Within a few hours of the first dose 7. Subsiding by the fifth day of treatment and including fever 8. Joint pain 9. Nausea and vomiting 10.Urticaria 11. Asthma in asthmatics |
| Pregnancy Category |
