DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ELEPHANTIASIS


THESE ARE EASILY AVALIABLE IN MEDICAL HALLS

Antibiotics

In 2003 it was suggested that the common antibiotic doxycycline might be effective in treating lymphatic filariasis.[14] The parasites responsible for elephantiasis have a population of symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia, that live inside the worm. When the symbiotic bacteria are killed by the antibiotic, the worms themselves also die.

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE
Treatments for lymphatic filariasis differ depending on the geographic location of the endemic area.[13] In sub-Saharan Africa, albendazole is being used with ivermectin to treat the disease, whereas elsewhere in the world, albendazole is used with diethylcarbamazine.[13]