Patent ID: 6051604
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating and reducing a population of one or more intestinal helminths selected from the group consisting of Nematodes selected from the group consisting of: Trichinella spiralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Capillaria philippinensis, Ancylcolostoma duodenale, Necator americanus; trematodes; cestodes and combinations thereof, in a human or lower animal subject having a gastrointestinal disorder caused by helminths, by administering to the subject from about 50 milligrams to about 5000 milligrams of bismuth, per day, for about 1 to 56 days and from about 100 milligrams to about 10,000 milligrams of each of one or more antimicrobials, per day, for about 1 to about 28 days.