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WHY SHOULD ALBENDAZOLE NOT BE GIVEN TO EVERY INDIAN PATIENT?
O P Kapoor
Hon. Visiting Physician, Jaslok Hospital and Bombay Hospital, Mumbai.
Ex. Hon. Prof. of Medicine, Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital, Mumbai 400 008.
Albendazole is a very cheap drug. It has no significant side effects (infancy and pregnancy not known). It has a very broad spectrum anti-anthelmentic action. It is effective against -
In my opinion ideally every Indian patient should be given one dose of this drug.
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