Neurocysticercosis is a pleomorphic disease that causes serveral neurological syndromes and pathological lesions. Therefore, a unique therapeutic shceme can not be useful in every patient. A proper characterizcion of the disease in terms of viability of cysts, degree of the host’s immune response to the parasites, and location of the lesions is of major importance for a rational therapy. Therapy include a combination of symptomatic drugs, cysticidal drugs, surgical resection of lesions, ana placement of ventricular shunts.