Helminthiases are increasingly prevalent among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating into the body, cause serious disturbances in its work, spread through the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the liver, heart muscle, and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, make a person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiases are increasingly prevalent among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating into the body, cause serious disturbances in its work, spread through the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the liver, heart muscle, and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, make a person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is very important in the case of parasites is the loss of substances that are important to the body. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and, in particular, trace elements, and without them it is impossible to maintain health. On the slightest suspicion of helminthiasis, action must be taken. Taking pills for worms alone is not enough. It is necessary to eliminate the consequences of the presence of parasites, to take care of prevention. However, the first thing to do is choose a safe, but effective complex that will get rid of helminths with minimal "drug shots".
What are the criteria for choosing a pill for worms
To prevent chronic poisoning of the body with worms and eliminate all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, special medications are needed. When choosing, you need to consider:
- time to achieve results - remember that drugs that promise to get rid of the disease in one to three days are usually very toxic, and compare the effects and possible consequences;
- spectrum and scope of the problem: there are drugs for certain types of parasites, as well as drugs with complex actions;
- harmless to the body - side effects, severity of recovery after exposure to the drug;
- the ability to use the pill for the treatment and prevention of subsequent infections - it is desirable that the agent could be taken safely in the course of the disorder;
- composition - the ratio of active and additional components, naturalness;
- daily dose and danger of overdose - what will happen if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic characteristics: whether the measurement is suitable for you, the form of its preparation;
- price and yield balance.
Based on these and other criteria, the TOP necessary and effective tablets for worms were compiled. We list the funds that are included in most of these assessments.
Albendazole -based drugs
Chewable tablets with various effects. The species eliminated are tapeworms, roundworms, trematodes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, ankylostomiasis. The drug is produced in India, is inexpensive, and can be taken from the age of six. The duration of the course is chosen by the doctor - as a rule, from 3 to 30 days. It is best to take after a meal, you can supplement it with other drug complexes.
The drug is quite effective due to an increase in the concentration of the active substance - it contains 400 mg of albendazole per tablet. To prevent recurrence, repeated courses are recommended. While there are advantages, it is a good idea to approach medication with caution, because:
- This is a powerful prescription drug;
- for liver disease, during lactation, this drug is contraindicated;
- if the dose is calculated incorrectly (and this is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Anthelmintic tablets are known for their proven antihelminthic effectiveness. This is an inexpensive remedy with widespread parasites, whose washing fluid rate reaches 95%. Works best with ringworms and pinworms. Advantages of the pill:
- short course - single or double dose;
- can be taken with and after meals;
- different dose options - 200 and 500 mg of piperazine adipenate.
For "Piperazine" to have an effect on parasites, doctors recommend to do a night enema between courses. Children under the age of three to six years should not be given; the dose must be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Another disadvantage of the drug is the strict requirements for personal hygiene between courses of administration, the need to drink tablets at least two to three times to achieve its effect.
This drug is based on mebendazole.
This is a universal anthelmintic that disrupts sugar metabolism in helminths, which drains it and removes it from the body. The drug has a beneficial effect on ringworms, trichinella tapeworms, cream worms and more rare parasites. Reasonably priced, easy to pick up. The dose and duration of the course are determined by the diagnosis, the pill is taken, as a rule, one to three times a day after meals.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is a relatively dangerous drug with an extensive list of contraindications. Ia:
- not allowed for children under the age of three, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- has low compatibility with drugs - among antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and seizure conditions;
- often causes dangerous side effects - changes in blood composition, hair loss with prolonged use, observed dyspeptic manifestations, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other additives
Drugs with a variety of indications, most effective for nematodes, cream worms, ringworms and cestodes. The main component is the same as the previous drug - mebendazole. 10%, the rest is used by excipients - starch, magnesium stearate. The composition contains lactose, and it is better for people who are lactose intolerant to avoid it.
Among the advantages of such drugs are ease of administration, good digestion, and rare allergic reactions. In diabetic patients, tablets reduce the need for insulin, but while taking the drug, you need to monitor glucose levels carefully and monitor the condition of the liver and kidneys. The drug greatly affects them. Other disadvantages:
- prohibition of use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (should not be taken while driving), possible white staining of the eyes with a yellowish tint;
- contraindications - intestinal diseases, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Antihelminthic for four years of age, actively opposes extraintestinal invasion. This is a complex example of a complex that helps with opisthorchiasis (invasion by worms of the bile ducts), as well as schistosomes, pig tapeworm larvae, trematodes and cestodes. However, it is not suitable for treating ringworm.
Drugs and similar complexes are highly toxic; for a single admission, the patient was even hospitalized for a day. Despite its high efficiency, this drug has many side effects, and its frequency is high. One -tenth of people who took the drug once or several times reported headaches, heart rhythm disturbances, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Therefore, drugs and analogues must be taken under the close supervision of a physician, comparing the benefits and consequences. While driving a car, doing hazardous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agents based on herbal extracts.
Safe drug, neutral on the liver, but with a beneficial effect on worms, protozoal infections. Tablets contain extracts of wort, centaury, mint, tansy and other components of St. John.
Advantages of the drug:
- complex effects without a strong blow to the liver;
- neutralization of individuals at all stages of development;
- quick effect.
Lack of medication - a high risk of allergic reactions, prohibition of intake during pregnancy and lactation. This drug has a fairly high daily intake (six tablets), and is very easy to take. With massive infections, the need for long-term prevention may not be effective.
Pirantel
Cheap and quite effective drugs, due to their low toxicity, are allowed for children. For babies up to three years, there is a special form - suspension. In it and various tablets, the most commonly used active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
These tablets are fatal for ringworm, having a significant effect on trichocephalosis and ankylostomiasis. For other diseases, the drug is ineffective. It is easier to take it, but the doctor must choose the regimen and duration of the dose without fail. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with Piperazine (they are mutually neutralized) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, renal failure, etc.
Levamisole -based medicine
Other species are recommended to combat nematodes, ringworms, tapeworms, etc. Tablets can be taken starting from the age of three, they have a comfortable reception - once, more rarely twice. The anthelmintic dose is selected according to the patient's weight. Capsules contain 50 mg of levamisole.
The simple and effective remedy is quite popular and safe, but is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. You should also not take the drug to patients who have low levels of leukocytes in the blood.
Collection of herbs with high concentrations of antihelminthic bioflavonoids.
The advantages:
- vegetable origin - in the composition of fragrant weaving, tansy, aspen bark;
- almost complete absence of contraindications;
- no side effects.
Capsules are taken daily, before meals, the daily dose is six pieces. In addition to the uncomfortable administration, among the lack of medication, it should be noted that this medication is not very effective in the event of large -scale helminthic invasion.
Anthelmintic Complex
Six -drug therapy complex. They consist of natural bitterness (bitter tonic), antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic components. All components are derived from plants and in the complex give a strong therapeutic and prophylactic effect of a broad spectrum.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against helminthic invasion, the elimination of parasites at all levels, as well as detoxification, and elimination due to its presence in the body. The preparation contains biosorbents and micro -elements that are essential for the restoration of health and normal function of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet per drug. The advantages:
- high efficiency against 150 species of formed stage parasites and cysts - the result is not shown by any synthesized chemical preparations;
- mild action without "drug shots" - all complex preparations are non -toxic and safe with prolonged use;
- restoration of trace element balance, disturbed by helminths, and removal of phenolics, formaldehyde poisons, and other products from the vital activity of worms;
- omnidirectional action - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (while taking all drugs in the program).
Antiparasitic complexes have been shown to eliminate helminthic invasion and anthelmintic prophylaxis. Antiparasitic and health -enhancing programs are recommended to be taken in a three -month course with a week’s break between each month. The number of courses per year is one or two, for at -risk patients - three or four.