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HYDATID DISEASE: Albendazole is indicated for the treatment of hydatid cysts caused by E. granulosus in adults and children over 6 years of age, where surgical intervention is not feasible because of anatomic site or the presence of multiple cysts. Albendazole shows greatest efficacy in the treatment of liver, lung and peritoneal cysts. Experience with bone cysts or those in the heart or central nervous system is limited, but cases of successful treatment with prolonged course of albendazole have been reported. Albendazole may also be used as an adjunct to surgical excision of hydatid cysts either: 1) prior to surgical intervention, or 2) post-operatively, if pre-operative treatment was too short (less than two separate 28-day cycles) or if viable cysts are found at surgery. LARVAL TAENIASIS (NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS): Albendazole is effective in the treatment of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in courses as short as 7 days. OTHER INDICATIONS: There is also evidence that albendazole is effective against Capillaria philippinensis in courses of 10 days.
