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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) used | Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) used globally its anti-filaricidal activity<ref>Peixoto CA et al. Anti-inflammatory effects of diethylcarbamazine: A review. European Journal of Pharmacology 734 (2014) 35–41</ref> | ||
==Administration== | ==Administration== | ||
*Mechanism of Action: interferes with cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways, reducing the production of thromboxane, prostacyclin, prostaglandin and leukotrienes | *Mechanism of Action: interferes with cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways, reducing the production of thromboxane, prostacyclin, prostaglandin and leukotrienes | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 3 April 2022
Overview
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) used globally its anti-filaricidal activity[1]
Administration
- Mechanism of Action: interferes with cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways, reducing the production of thromboxane, prostacyclin, prostaglandin and leukotrienes
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Pediatric Dosing
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References
- ↑ Peixoto CA et al. Anti-inflammatory effects of diethylcarbamazine: A review. European Journal of Pharmacology 734 (2014) 35–41