What You Ought to Know About Onchocerciasis / River Blindness
Onchocerciasis a parasitic disease is caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus. Onchocerciasis is also known as river blindness and Robles disease.
Brand Names and Generic Names of Drugs for Treatment of Onchocerciasis / River Blindness
Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, prescribed for certain types of bacterial infections such as pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections, Lyme’s disease, infections of the skin, genital, and urinary systems and anthrax.
Brand Names :
Doxytop | Biodoxi | Microdox | Doxt | Martidox - M | Revidox | M - Dox | Vivocycline | Geeox | Minicycline
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Ivermectin
Ivermectin is an anthelminthic drug used to treat certain parasitic infections like Strongyloidiasis and Onchocerciasis.
Brand Names :
Agimect | Agimect (12 mg) | Ascapil | Averm Plus (12mg) | Biover | Ectin | Ectover | Elect DT (12mg) | Elect DT (6mg) | Evertin -6
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