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Niclosamide clinical pharmacology

Niclosamide
YOMESAN® Package Insert
Clinical Pharmacology
Indications
Contraindications
Side Effects
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology

Composition

Each tablet contains 500 mg niclosamide.

Pharmacological Classification

Anthelmintics.

Pharmacological Action

Yomesan expels the cestodes from the intestine. No effect can therefore be expected in cysticercosis and echinococcosis due to cestode larvae (cysticerci) lodging in extra-intestinal tissue.[1]

References

References

Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.

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