Ecdysten in the treatment of giardiasis
Osipova, S.O.; Islamova, Z.I.; Syrov, V.N.; Badalova, N.S.; Khushbaktova, Z.A.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 1: 29-33
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 12224262 Document Number: 542571
The drug ecdisten as tablets is the natural compound ecdisteron was extracted from Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Jljin. Ecdisten was tested in the treatment of 32 and 3 patients with persistent and acute giardiasis, respectively. A ten-day course of ecdisten, 5 mg 3 or 4 times a day, resulted in a clinical and parasitological recovery in 22 (68.7%) and 3 patients, respectively. After the reuse of a ecdisten course in 4 patients with persistent giardiasis wherein its initial dose was increased, recovery was achieved in 3 cases, the efficacy of the agent was 78.1%. Ecdisten should be used to treat giardiasis, in its chronic pattern or resistance to conventional giardicial agents.