Praziquantel may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Biltricide is a drug made in Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa, United States. You need a doctor's prescription to buy it. But its analogues can be bought online anywhere in the world without going to a specialist.
Praziquantel is a complete analogue of Biltricide. It has the same composition, dosage and methods of use. Also Praziquantel has a lower cost compared to Biltricide.
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Side effects
Your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. irregular or slow heartbeat, or bloody diarrhea, fever,
Warnings
Tell your doctor if you have ever had:
- lumps (nodules) under your skin;
- seizures or epilepsy;
- liver disease; or
- heart problems.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Interactions
Sarilumab: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP3A4 Substrates (High risk with Inducers). Monitor therapy
Fosaprepitant: May increase the serum concentration of CYP3A4 Substrates (High risk with Inhibitors). Monitor therapy
Dabrafenib: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP3A4 Substrates (High risk with Inducers). Management: Seek alternatives to the CYP3A4 substrate when possible. If concomitant therapy cannot be avoided, monitor clinical effects of the substrate closely (particularly therapeutic effects). Consider therapy modification
Food interaction
Take with food.
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice should be avoided throughout treatment. Grapefruit can increase serum levels of this product.
Pregnancy
- If you want to have a family, make sure you discuss this with your doctor well in advance of becoming pregnant.
- However, the retrospective nature of these reports does not permit to reach conclusions regarding the safety of this drug in pregnancy.
Overview
The praziquantel tablet is taken orally after a meal, without swallowing, without chewing (since the taste of the active substance is very bitter), with a small amount of liquid. If the drug is taken once a day, then the best time to take it is in the evening or at night.
The interval between doses should be at least 4 hours, but no more than 6 hours.
Instructions for use Praziquantel
Treatment is prescribed only by a specialist, the course and dosage are individual, carefully read and follow the instructions for use of praziquantel:
- One-day treatment is possible with genitourinary schistosomatosis.
The doctor prescribes a drug in a dose of 0.04 g / kg body weight. - With intestinal schistosomatosis and helminthiasis caused by worms located in the veins of the abdominal cavity, the treatment program for praziquantel can be of two types:
- a dose of 0.04 g / kg of Biltricide is calculated and taken once;
- the drug is taken 2 times a day with a six-hour interval at a dose of 0.02 g / kg body weight.
- Schistosomatoses that parasitize in the liver and veins of the abdominal cavity are treated in a dosage of 0.03 g / kg body weight twice a day with an interval of no more than 6 hours. The course of treatment is 1 day.
- In neglected form, the drug is prescribed in a dose of 60-75 mg / kg per day. This dosage is divided into three doses of the drug at intervals of not more than six hours.
- For the treatment of parasites caused by flukes, the drug is prescribed at a dose of 0.025 g / kg 3 times a day. Duration of treatment - 1 day.
- In the case of paragonimiasis, praziquantel is prescribed at a dose of 0.025 g / kg 3 times a day. Duration of treatment - two days.
- With trematodose, praziquantel is taken in an amount of 75 mg / kg per day, which is also taken 3 times with an interval of not more than 6 hours between each.
- Treatment of parasites of cestodoses - 10-25 mg / kg at a time.
- Cysticercoses will be killed with a dose of 50 mg / kg, which is also divided into three times a day. Drug treatment can last from 1 day to 4.
The doctor prescribes the medicine for patients with schistosomatosis, suffering from liver failure, with caution and the utmost attention to the patient, mainly in a hospital.
Instructions for use for children
Children under 4 years of age are not prescribed praziquantel, because studies on the effect of tablets on the children's body have not been conducted.
For patients older than 4 years of age, the drug is prescribed strictly individually and must be treated by a doctor. The dose and time of treatment depends on the type of helminths.
Praziquantel during pregnancy and lactation
In the first three months of pregnancy, praziquantel is not prescribed, since this period is considered the most dangerous. In the second and third trimester, praziquantel treatment is prescribed only according to absolute indications and under the obligatory supervision of a specialist. When breastfeeding, you do not need to use these pills, the drug may pass into breast milk in a small amount.
If all the same, the medication has taken place, then breast-feeding is prohibited not only on the day of taking the drug, but also for three days after it.
Drug interaction
- Dexamethasone and chloroquine, as well as antiepileptic drugs (carbamazepine, phenoba
rbital and phenytoin) reduce the level of praziquantel concentration in the blood. Taking the drug will be ineffective. - If you take a medicine with erythromycin, ketoconazole, cimetidine and traconazole at the same time, the concentration of praziquantal in the blood can noticeably increase, which leads to side effects.
- Treatment with rifampicin is contraindicated. If treatment with praziquantel is nevertheless necessary, then rifampicin must be discontinued within a month. Also, rifampicin is allowed the day after the end of treatment.
- During Biltricide intake there is no need to eat grapefruit or drink the juice prepared from it, since the concentration of the drug in the blood can be increased.
- Alcohol can cause side effects in the central nervous system, possibly dizziness or loss of attention.
Each patient must be sure to warn their doctor about all drugs taken.
Praziquantel analogs
Analogs of Praziquantel are medicines that have the same active substance in their composition:
Analogs that have a similar effect on the body, but do not contain the same active substance:
