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

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofy055

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 language	English (US)
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy055
State	Published - Apr 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bulk powder
Encephalitis
Oral suspension
Pyrimethamine
Toxoplasma gondii

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Oncology
Infectious Diseases

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