Helminthiases are spreading more and more among people of different ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you can not be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious interruptions in its work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making a person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiases are spreading more and more among people of different ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you can not be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious interruptions in its work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making a person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of vital substances to the body. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and, in particular, trace elements, and without them it will not be possible to maintain health. At the slightest suspicion of helminthiasis, precautions should be taken. Taking pills for worms alone is not enough. It is necessary to eliminate the consequences of the presence of parasites, take care of prevention. However, the first thing you need to do is choose a safe but effective compound that will get rid of helminths with a minimal "drug stroke".
What are the criteria for choosing pills for worms
To prevent chronic poisoning of the body with helminths and to remove all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, specialized medicines are needed. When choosing them, you should consider:
- time to achieve the result - keep in mind that drugs that promise to get rid of the disease in one to three days are usually very toxic, and compare the effect and possible consequences;
- spectrum and extent of the problem: there are medicines for certain types of parasites, as well as drugs with complex action;
- harm to the body - side effects, severity of recovery after exposure to the drug;
- ability to use pills to treat and prevent subsequent infection - it is desirable for the agent to be drunk safely on intermittent courses;
- composition - the ratio of active and auxiliary ingredients, naturalness;
- daily dosing and risk of overdose - what will happen if you exceed the recommended amount;
- Organoleptic characteristics: is the size suitable for you, the shape of the preparation;
- price and result balance.
Based on these and other criteria, the TOP of required and effective worm tablets is compiled. We list the funds included in most of these estimates.
Albendazole-based drug
Chewable tablets with a wide range of effects. Eliminated species are tapeworms, roundworms, trematodes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, ankylostomiasis. The drug is produced in India, is cheap 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 advisable to take it after meals, you can supplement them with other medicinal complexes.
The drug is quite effective due to the increased concentration of the active ingredient - contains 400 mg of albendazole per tablet. To avoid relapse, a repeat course is recommended. Despite the advantages, it is worth approaching the medication carefully, since:
- It is a powerful prescription medicine;
- for liver diseases, during breastfeeding, the drug is contraindicated;
- if the dose is calculated incorrectly (and this is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Popular anthelmintic tablets with proven antihelminthic efficacy. This is a cheap medicine with a wide coverage of parasites, the deformation rate of which reaches 95%. It copes better with roundworms and peg worms. Benefits of pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- can be taken with and after meals;
- different dosing options - 200 and 500 mg piperzin adipenate.
For "Piperazine" has an effect against parasites, doctors recommend doing evening enemas between courses. Children under three to six years old should not be given; the dose should be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Other disadvantages of the drug are strict requirements for personal hygiene between courses of administration, the need to take tablets at least two to three times to achieve the effect.
The drug is based on mebendazole.
It is a universal anthelmintic that disrupts the metabolism of sugar in helminths, which depletes them and removes them from the body. The drug has a good effect against roundworms, trichinella worms, worms and the rarest parasites. Its price is affordable, it is easy to get. The dose and duration of the course is determined by the diagnosis, the pills are taken, as a rule, one three times a day after meals.
Despite the effectiveness of the drug, it is a rather dangerous drug with a long list of contraindications. Ajo:
- not allowed for children under the age of three, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- has a low drug compatibility - between antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and convulsive condition;
- often causes dangerous side effects - changes in blood composition, hair loss with prolonged use, dyspeptic manifestations are observed, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other excipients
A remedy with various indications, most effective for nematodes, worm worms, roundworms and cestodes. The main component is the same as in the previous drug - mebendazole. 10% of it, the rest is occupied by auxiliary ingredients - starch, magnesium stearate. The composition contains lactose and it is better for a person with lactose intolerance to avoid them.
Among the advantages of the drug are ease of administration, good solubility and rarity of allergic reactions. In patients with diabetes, tablets reduce the need for insulin, but when taking the drug, you should very carefully monitor glucose levels and monitor the condition of the liver and kidneys. Drugs strongly affect them. Against others:
- prohibition of use with lipophilic ingredients;
- drowsiness (can not be taken while driving), possible staining of the whites of the eyes in a yellow tinge;
- contraindications - intestinal disease, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Antihelminthic for the age of four, active against extra-intestinal invasion. This is a rare example of a compound that helps with opisthorchiasis (invasion by worms from the bile ducts), as well as schistosomes, swine larvae, trematodes, and cestodes. However, it is not suitable for treating roundworms.
Drugs and similar complexes are extremely toxic; for a one-time admission, patients are even placed in a hospital for one day. Despite its high efficacy, the drug has many side effects, and their frequency is high. One-tenth of people who took the drug once or several times reported headaches, heart rhythm disturbances, dizziness, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Therefore, the drug and analogues should be taken under the strict supervision of a physician, comparing the benefits and consequences. When driving a car, performing dangerous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agent based on plant extracts.
Safe drug, neutral to the liver, but with a good effect against worms, protozoan infections. The tablets contain extracts of St. John's wort, centaur, mint, tansy and other ingredients.
Advantages of the drug:
- complex effect without a strong shock to the liver;
- neutralization of individuals at all stages of development;
- quick effect.
Disadvantages of the drug - a high risk of allergic reactions, prohibition of taking it during pregnancy and lactation. The drug has a fairly high daily intake (six tablets) and is not very convenient to take it. With a large-scale infection, the need for long-term prevention may be ineffective.
Pirantel
Cheap and quite effective medicine, which, due to its low toxicity, is allowed for children. For babies up to three years old, there is a special form - a suspension. In it and the tablet variety, the usual active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
The tablets are fatal to roundworms, give a pronounced effect on trichocephaly and ankylosing spondylitis. For other diseases, the drug is ineffective. Conveniently suitable to take them, but the doctor must choose the dose regimen and period without any doubt. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with Piperazine (they are mutually neutralizing) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, renal failure, etc.
Levamisole-based drug
Another recommended species for fighting nematodes, roundworms, worms, etc. The tablets can be taken from the age of three, they have a convenient reception - once, less often twice. The dose of anthelmintics is chosen according to the weight of the patient. The capsule contains 50 mg of levamisole.
A convenient and effective medicine is quite popular and safe, but is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. Also, you can not drink the drug for patients who have a low level of leukocytes in the blood.
Collection of plants with a high concentration of antihelminthic bioflavonoids.
Its pluses:
- herbal origin - in the composition of aromatic cloves, 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 inappropriate administration, among the disadvantages of the drug, it should be noted that it is not very effective in case of large-scale helminthic invasion.
Anthelmintic complex
A therapeutic complex of six medicines. They consist of natural bitterness (bitter tonic), antiseptics, anti-inflammatory ingredients and anthelmintics. All ingredients are of plant origin and in the complex give a powerful therapeutic and prophylactic effect of the wider spectrum.
The difference between complex anthelmintics and other anthelmintics is the fight against helminthic invasion, elimination of parasites at all stages, plus detoxification and elimination of the consequences of their presence in the body. Preparations contain biosorbents and trace elements that are critical to restoring health and normal functioning of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet of each medicine. Its advantages:
- high efficiency against 150 species of parasites formed and cystic stages - such results are not demonstrated by any of the synthesized chemical preparations;
- gentle action without "medicine stroke" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe with prolonged use;
- restoring the balance of trace elements, broken down by helminths, and eliminating phenolic, formaldehyde and other products of the worms' vital activity;
- action of all directions - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when taking all drugs in the program).
The antiparasitic complex is indicated to get rid of helminthic invasion and anthelmintic prophylaxis. The antiparasitic and health improvement program is recommended to be taken in quarterly courses with a break of one week between each month. The number of courses per year is one or two, for patients at risk - three or four.