Precautions and warnings

Patients with poor health.

Contraindications

Avoid use in pregnancy, during breastfeeding, in infants, elderly or very weak patients, and in people with poor kidney or heart function.

Mode of actions

Diethylcarbamazine is a medicine used to treat infections caused by certain worms, such as lymphatic filariasis. It works against both the young (microfilariae) and adult worms of W. bancrofti, B. malayi, B. timori, and Loa loa. However, for O. volvulus, it is only effective against the young worms. Diethylcarbamazine can also be used to treat toxocariasis. Sometimes, more than one course of treatment may be needed.

Dosage & Administration

Adult: PO Filariasis; Loiasis; Toxocariasis Inital: 1 mg/kg/day, may increase to 6 mg/kg/day over 3 days, then maintain for 3 wk. Prophylaxis of loiasis 300 mg/wk.

Pregnancy & Lactation

FDA has not yet classified this medicine into a specified pregnancy category. Although there is no enough evidence that taking this medicine during you are pregnant is harmful.

Discuss with your doctor if you are trying to get pregnant while taking this medicine too.

If you do become pregnant while you are taking this medicine, you should continue to take it and contact with your doctors as quickly as possible. They can assist you to decide whether or not to keep taking this medicine. If you abandon taking this medicine and become sick, this would be more pernicious to your child than staying on the medication.


There is no specific information about whether this medicine is passed on to the baby through breast milk. During this medication, if your baby becomes very sleepy, restless, fatigued, exhibit feeding problems, stop breastfeeding and talk to your doctors very quickly.

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