text: Treatment of loiasis involves chemotherapy or, in some cases, surgical removal of adult worms followed by systemic treatment. The current drug of choice for therapy is diethylcarbamazine (DEC). The recommend dosage of DEC is 8 - 10 mg/kg/d taken three times daily for 12 days. The pediatric dose is the same. DEC is effective against microfilariae and somewhat effective against macrofilariae (adult worms).
  In patients with high microfilaria<unk> d, however, treatment with DEC may be contraindicated, as the rapid microfilaricidal actions of the drug can provoke encephalopathy. In these cases, albendazole administration has proved helpful, and superior to ivermectin, which can also be risky despite is slower-acting microfilaricidal effects.
option_0: Loa loa filariasis medical therapy
option_1: Ascariasis medical therapy
option_2: Whipworm infection medical therapy
option_3: Leishmaniasis medical therapy
option_4: Enterobiasis medical therapy
option_5: African trypanosomiasis medical therapy
option_6: Lymphatic filariasis medical therapy
option_7: Ancylostomiasis medical therapy