Praziquantel has a particularly dramatic effect on patients with schistosomiasis. Studies of those treated have shown that within six months of receiving a dose of praziquantel, up to 90% of the damage done to internal organs due to schistosomiasis infection can be reversed. History
Praziquantel was developed in the laboratories for parasitological research of Bayer AG and Merck KGaA in Germany (Elberfeld and Darmstadt) in the mid-1970s. Society and culture
Brand names
Biltricide (Bayer) Tablets (for human use)
Cesol (Merck) Tablets
Cestoved (Vedco) both tablets and injectable for veterinary use
Cysticide (Merck) Tablets
Distocide (Shin Poong Pharm. Co., Ltd.) tablet (for human use)
Distoside (Chandra Bhagat Pharma Pvt Ltd) tablet (for human use)
Droncit (Bayer) for veterinary use
Drontal (combination with pyrantel pamoate) (Bayer) for veterinary use
D-Worm (Farnum) for veterinary use; note that D-Worm also makes roundworm medicine containing piperidine which is not effective against tapeworms. Fish Tapes (Thomas Labs) for aquarium use
Interceptor Plus chewable tablets (combination with milbemycin) (Elanco) for veterinary use. Note regular Interceptor only has milbemycin and does not contain praziquantel.
A fundic gland polyp is a type of polyp, found in the fundus of the stomach. Fundic gland polyps are found in 0.8 to 1.9% of patients who undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and are more common in middle-aged women.The risk of malignancy is very low or none, when sporadic.Fundic gland polyposis is a medical syndrome with multiple fundic gland polyps. The condition has been described both in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and attenuated variants (AFAP), and in patients in whom it occurs sporadically. == References ==