Experiment 470385
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | ABIOSE,A: JONES,BR: COUSENS,SN: MURDOCH,I: CASSELS-BROWN,A: BABALOLA,OE: ALEXNADER,NDE: NUHU,I: EVANS,J: IBRAHIM,UF: MAHMOOD,AO:. (1993). REDUCTION IN INCIDENCE OF OPTIC NERVE DISEASE WITH ANNUAL IVERMECTIN TO CONTROL ONCHOCERCIASIS.. 341(8838) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 3522 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SKIN-SNIP POSITIVE FOR MICROFILARIAE WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. SUBJECTS WERE GIVEN RANGING FROM 3-9 MG PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS. THE INCIDENCE RATE RATIO(INVERMECTIN VS. PLACEBO) WAS .90 FOR SUBJECTS WITH LOADS OF 0-10 MICROFILARIAE PER MG SKIN AND .52 FOR SUJBECTS WITH LOADS OF >10.0. IVERMECTIN HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON OPTIC NERVE DISEASE IN SUBJECTS WITH LOW MICROFILARIAE COUNTS. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |