Single-day praziquantel versus 1-week albendazole for neurocysticercosis

The efficacy of albendazole (15 mg/kg/d for 1 week) was compared with prazi quantel (100 mg/kg in three divided doses at 2-hour intervals) for therapy of parenchymal brain cysticercosis. Ten patients were treated with albendaz ole and 10 patients with praziquantel. Although the total number of cysts w as significantly reduced from 64 to 7 in patients treated with albendazole and from 59 to 24 in those treated with praziquantel, the number of patient s improving with albendazole was not significantly different from those tre ated with praziquantel.