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Scan · ivermectin

Why does a travel history matter before Stromectol 3 mg?

Medically reviewed by Dr. Yuki Tanaka, MD - Clinical pharmacology, Toronto

Last reviewed · 3 min read · Updated

Bone review card, cobalt edge, lime chip: travel map chip, Loa caution

Loa loa. People who warrant ivermectin for any reason and have had significant exposure to Loa loa-endemic areas of West or Central Africa need pretreatment assessment for loiasis and careful follow-up. Rarely, patients with onchocerciasis who are also heavily infected with Loa loa have developed serious or fatal encephalopathy after a microfilaricide. A weekend in Niagara is not that map. Panel.

What did the encephalopathy reports look like?

Pain including neck and back pain, red eye, conjunctival hemorrhage, dyspnea, urinary or fecal incontinence, trouble standing or walking, mental-status changes, confusion, lethargy, stupor, seizures, or coma. The file says this syndrome has been seen very rarely after ivermectin.

That list is a reason to assess before the swallow, not a reason to dose from a campaign leftover. This scan will not invent a corner-shop Loa test.

Who owns the Loa pretest in this city?

A tropical-medicine or ID clinic, not a bathroom protocol. Toronto desk reviews stop at: ask before you swallow a campaign leftover.

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What is the other silent-parasite problem on a Toronto chart?

Steroid season in someone with untreated strongyloides risk. Disseminated disease is not a second 3 mg from the nightstand. Tell the prescriber about endemic years before prednisone starts.

Hyperinfection is an ID plan. The labelled single 200 mcg/kg day is written for intestinal, nondisseminated disease. Repeats: repeat scan.

Which travel years actually matter?

Significant exposure to Loa loa-endemic parts of West or Central Africa. Ask a travel clinic for the country list, not a group chat. A long stay can count. A weekend in Niagara does not.

A suitcase is not a species. If there is no documented parasite plan, do not count 3 mg tonight because the stamps look tropical.

Why does the warning say 'for any reason'?

Because the pretest is about Loa burden plus a microfilaricide, not about which nematode you meant to treat. The sentence is written for people who warrant ivermectin at all.

This consult room will still name one infection when you ask about a dose. Strongyloides maths stays on 200 mcg/kg. Do not glue a second table here.

If paste already went down, do geography essays come first?

No. Poison control first. Keep the tube. Geography waits. The conversion is already closed on veterinary paste.

Do not reopen a paste night with a travel anecdote and a kitchen scale.

Sources

  1. DailyMed Precautions: Loa loa-endemic West or Central Africa; pretreatment assessment; rare encephalopathy after microfilaricide
  2. DailyMed Warnings / onchocerciasis Mazzotti context (not reprinted as a second dose table)

Checked against the current label and reviewed by Dr. Yuki Tanaka. See Scan, Tag, Board-check, Post.

Board thread

Answers follow the U.S. Stromectol label.

Imani G., Guildwood I am starting prednisone next week. Take leftover 3 mg first?

Board reply

Do not write your own cover dose. Steroid starts with endemic exposure are an ID problem. Disseminated Strongyloides is not a nightstand integer. Call the team that owns the steroid.

Oksana V., The Junction Why does a travel history matter before Stromectol 3 mg?

Board reply

Significant exposure to Loa loa-endemic West or Central Africa needs a loiasis pretest when someone warrants ivermectin. Heavy Loa plus a microfilaricide has, rarely, ended in encephalopathy. A Niagara weekend is not that exposure.

Reza N., North Toronto I lived in Cameroon for two years. Can I start 200 mcg/kg for Strongyloides tonight?

Board reply

Not as a home start. Tell the clinician about Cameroon before any swallow. If they confirm intestinal strongyloidiasis, the oral target on this board is about 200 mcg/kg. The Loa pretest still belongs on that chart.