levamisole

The EU drug experts are particularly worried about the health effects of levamisole, which is usually used to treat worms in cattle, and phenacetin, a painkiller that could cause kidney disease.

UK tops European cocaine league table Alan Travis in Lisbon 2010

Both side effects have been seen in clinical studies of levamisole, which is used in humans to treat cancer and autoimmune disorders.

Reason Magazine 2010

"For some reason, this drug called levamisole keeps popping up," Zhu says.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

Recently, a batch of cocaine containing a hog dewormer known as levamisole made 10 people seriously ill in southwestern B.C.

AltWeeklies.com Site Feed 2009

The medication called levamisole has killed at least three people in the U.S. and Canada and sickened more than 100 others.

LJWorld.com stories: News By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press Writer 2009

The medication called levamisole has killed at least three people in the U.S. and Canada and sickened more than 100 others.

FOXNews.com 2009

The department Thursday issued an alert aimed at drug-treatment facilities and users to warn about risks associated with the animal drug, called levamisole, which can wipe out white blood cells in humans.

The Seattle Times 2009

In the past, drugs used in an attempt to treat chronic HBV infection included corticosteroids, Phyllanthus amarus a plant derivative used in ancient Indian medicine for centuries, and an “immunopotentiator” called levamisole, which was prescribed to stimulate the body’s immune response.

DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001

Federal agents have found that 69 percent of cocaine shipments seized entering the United States contain levamisole, a veterinary drug linked to serious weakening of the immune system in humans.

Archive 2009-12-20 Bill Crider 2009

Individual cases can be treated with levamisole applied into the eye or by using any of the injectable anthelmintics according to the manufacturers instructions.

Chapter 2 1999