The treatment of dracontiasis with thiabendazole

400 cases of dracunculosis were treated with Thiabendazole and the results reported. Thiabendazole appears to be highly effective and its pleasant taste and lack of adverse effects account for its acceptability by the patients. The drug is cheap and can be recommended even for poor patients. The adverse reactions are minimal and do not necessitate stoppage of therapy. We conclude the Mintezol is highly efficacious and should prove a useful weapon against Guinea worm disease.