Do you treat subarachnoid neurocysticercosis with albendazole alone, or with the addition of praziquantel?
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Infectious Disease · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
There are no controlled clinical trials for the treatment of subarachnoid neurocysticercosis. That leaves the question of one drug or two and the proper duration open. Since this is a potentially very bad disease, and both albendazole and praziquantel are generally well tolerated, I generally start ...