Successful treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis using pyrimethamine oral solution compounded from inexpensive bulk powder

Hayley A. Hodgson, Taeyong Sim, Hemil Gonzalez, Mariam Aziz, Yoona Rhee, Paul O. Lewis, Neel Jhobalia, Beth Shields, Sheila K. Wang

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Abstract

A price increase of pyrimethamine tablets in the United States has made the life-saving drug difficult to acquire for hospitalized patients who need it most. We report the successful use of a pyrimethamine oral suspension compounded from an economical bulk powder in a patient with acute toxoplasmic encephalitis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalOpen Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bulk powder
  • Encephalitis
  • Oral suspension
  • Pyrimethamine
  • Toxoplasma gondii

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases

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