Sodium Stibogluconate Health Feed

The traditional treatment is with pentavalent antimonials such as sodium stibogluconate and meglumine antimoniate.
The treatment of choice for visceral leishmaniasis acquired in india is now amphotericin b in its various liposomal preparations.
Miltefosine is the first oral treatment for this disease.

Kala azar is a form of the disease leishmaniasis marked by emaciation, anaemia, fever, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.Kala-azar Drugs available in India

Sodium Stibogluconate (indigenous manufacture, registered for use & sale)

Pentamidine Isethionate: (imported, registered for use)
Amphotericin B: (indigenous manufacture, registered for use and sale)
Liposomal Amphotericin B: (indigenous manufacture & import, registered for use and sale)
Miltefosine (import...more

Multiple medical treatment options are used throughout the world for cutaneous disease. In addition to parenteral and oral medications (see medication), local therapies for some forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis include (1) cryotherapy, (2) infiltration of sodium stibogluconate at 0.3-0.8 ml, (3) local heat therapy at 40-42°c, and (4) various topical paromomycin preparations, typically 15% with 10% urea.
Of primary importance in dealing with leishmaniasis is the treatment of malnutrition, con...more