Tablets are now available in the U.S. by prescription.
For neurocysticercosis, the recommended dose is 400 mg twice daily for 8-30 days. Hydatid cyst disease caused by E. granulosus is considered endemic in the sheep-raising areas of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, but the vast majority of cases occur in new immigrants exposed to the parasite years previously in their countries of origin, or in travelers from the U.S. to endemic areas. Most cysts are found in the liver where, after remaining asymptomatic for many years, they may produce abdominal pain or a mass. It is estimated that between 100 and 200 new cases in the U.S. are diagnosed annually. Neurocysticercosis caused by T. solium is rare in the U.S. except in immigrants from endemic areas.