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=== | === Antiprotozoals === | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronidazole Metronidazole] (Flagyl). This is one of three derivatives of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroimidazole nitroimidazole] that is used against anaerobic bacterial | ❌[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronidazole Metronidazole] (Flagyl). This is one of three derivatives of ❌[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroimidazole nitroimidazole] that is used against anaerobic bacterial | ||
and parasitic, as well as protozoan, infections. One hookworm host has reported[https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/861694407219849/?comment_id=861879177201372&offset=0&total_comments=3&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] losing her colony to this drug, | and parasitic, as well as protozoan, infections. One hookworm host has reported[https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/861694407219849/?comment_id=861879177201372&offset=0&total_comments=3&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] losing her colony to this drug, | ||
which should never be combined with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebendazole mebendazole] due a risk that, together, they may cause [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447769/ Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis], something about which many doctors and pharmacists may be unaware, especially in the US. | which should never be combined with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebendazole mebendazole] due a risk that, together, they may cause [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447769/ Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis], something about which many doctors and pharmacists may be unaware, especially in the US. | ||