Helminthiases are increasingly spreading among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasites, entering the body causing serious disruption in work, spreading through the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Worms damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, lower immunity, making people more susceptible to other diseases.
Helminthiases are increasingly spreading among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasites, entering the body causing serious disruption in work, spreading through the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Worms damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making people more susceptible to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of vital substances for the body. Worms lose vitamins and especially trace elements, without which it is impossible to maintain health. When the slightest suspicion of helminthic infection, it is necessary to take remedial measures. Taking a dewormer alone is not enough. It is necessary to eliminate the consequences of the presence of parasites, to take preventive care. However, the first thing to do is to choose a safe, but effective complex for getting rid of helminths with a minimal "hit".
What is the selection criteria for dewormers?
In order for the body to be chronically infected with helminths and remove all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, specialized drugs are required. When choosing them, you need to consider:
- time to results - keep in mind that drugs that promise to cure illness in one to three days are often highly toxic, and compare effects and possible consequences;
- spectrum and scope of the problem: there are drugs for several types of parasites, as well as those with a complex effect;
- harmless to the body - side effects, severe rebound after exposure to the drug;
- the possibility of using the drug to treat and prevent further infection - it is desirable that the agent can be safely taken in courses with interruptions;
- composition - the ratio of active and auxiliary ingredients, naturalness;
- daily dosage and risk of overdose - what happens if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic characteristics: is the right size for you, the form of the preparation;
- balance between price and result.
Based on these and other criteria, the TOP of the required and effective deworming pills is compiled. We list the sums included in most of these ratings.
Drugs based on albendazole
Chewable tablets with a wide range of effects. Excluded species are tapeworms, roundworms, flukes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, strongyloidiasis. The drug is made in India, cheap, can be taken from the age of 6. The duration of the course is chosen by the doctor - as a rule, from 3 to 30 days. Should be taken after meals, can be supplemented with other drug complexes.
The drug is quite effective due to an increased concentration of the active ingredient - it contains 400 mg of albendazole per tablet. To avoid recurrence, a repeat course is recommended. Despite the advantages, you should approach the drug with caution, because:
- It is a strong prescription drug;
- for liver diseases, during lactation, the drug is contraindicated;
- if the dosage is calculated incorrectly (and this is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Dewormers are well known for their proven anthelmintic efficacy. This is an inexpensive drug, with wide parasite coverage, the deworming rate reaches 95%. Deals best with roundworms and pinworms. Benefits of the drug:
- short course - single dose or double dose;
- can be taken during and after meals;
- Various dosage options - 200 and 500 mg of piperazine adipenate.
In order for "Piperazine" to work against parasites, doctors recommend douching in the evening between courses. Children under three to six years of age should not take this medicine; Dosage must be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Another disadvantage of the drug is that it requires strict personal hygiene between courses of medication, it must be taken at least 2-3 times to be effective.
Drugs based on mebendazole.
It is a popular anthelmintic that disrupts sugar metabolism in helminths, depleting them and eliminating them from the body. The drug works well for roundworms, trichinella tapeworms, pinworms and rarer parasites. Its price is affordable, it is easy to have. The dose and duration of the course are determined by the diagnosis, the drug is taken, as a rule, one three times a day after eating.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is a rather dangerous remedy with a large list of contraindications. It:
- not for children under three years old, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- low compatibility with drugs - among the antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and convulsive conditions;
- often cause dangerous side effects - changes in blood composition, hair loss with prolonged use, manifestations of dyspepsia are observed, etc. v.
Prepared with mebendazole and other auxiliary ingredients
Is a drug with many indications, most effective against roundworms, pinworms, roundworms and helminths. The main ingredient is the same as in the previous drug - mebendazole. 10% of it, the rest is occupied by auxiliary components - starch, magnesium stearate. The ingredients contain lactose, and it's best for people who are lactose intolerant to avoid them.
Among the advantages of the drug are ease of use, good digestibility and rare allergic reactions. In diabetics, tablets reduce the need for insulin, but when taking the drug, you need to very carefully monitor the level of glucose and monitor the condition of the liver and kidneys. Drugs affect them strongly. Other disadvantages:
- ban on use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (impossible to do while driving), the whites of the eyes may turn yellowish;
- contraindications - intestinal diseases, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Antihelminthic drug for 4 years, active against gastrointestinal invasion. This is a rare example of a complex that helps to treat small liver flukes (due to worms entering from the biliary tract), as well as flukes, tapeworm larvae, tapeworms and cestodes. However, it is not suitable for treating ringworm.
Drugs and similar complexes are extremely toxic; only need to be hospitalized once, the patient even has to stay in the hospital for a day. Although highly effective, the drug has many side effects and frequency of occurrence. One in ten people who took the drug once or more often reported headaches, heart arrhythmias, dizziness, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. Therefore, the drug and analogues must be taken under the close supervision of a doctor, comparing benefits and consequences. When driving a car, doing hazardous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive substance based on herbal extracts.
The drug is safe, neutral to the liver, but has a good effect on worms and flukes. The tablets contain extracts of St. John's wort, centaury, mint, tansy and other ingredients.
Advantages of the drug:
- complex effects without a hard hit to the liver;
- neutralization of individuals at all stages of development;
- quick effect.
Disadvantages of the drug - the high risk of allergic reactions, prohibition of use during pregnancy and lactation. The drug has a rather high daily dose (six tablets), and is not convenient to take. With a large-scale infection, long-term prevention may not be effective.
Pirantel
The drug is inexpensive and quite effective, due to its low toxicity, is allowed for use in children. For infants up to three years old, there is a special form - suspension. In which and in tablet form, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
Tablets are fatal to roundworms, have a pronounced effect in gnathostomiasis and strongyloidiasis. For other diseases, the drug is not effective. It is convenient to take them, but the doctor must choose the dosage regimen and the duration without fail. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with Piperazine (they are mutually neutralized) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. That is myasthenia gravis, kidney failure, etc. v.
Levamisole-based drugs
Another species recommended against nematodes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. v. Tablets can be taken starting from the age of three, they have a convenient way of taking them - once, less often twice. The dosage of anthelmintics is selected according to the patient's weight. Capsules contain 50 mg of levamisole.
A convenient and effective drug that is quite popular, safe but contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. In addition, you cannot give the medicine to a patient with a low white blood cell count.
Collection of herbs with high content of antihelminthic bioflavonoids.
Its pluses:
- of vegetable origin - in the composition of the bark of the carnation fragrant, tansy, aspen;
- almost no contraindications;
- no side effects.
Capsules are taken daily, before meals, the dosage per day is six pieces. In addition to the inconvenient administration, among the disadvantages of the drug, it should be noted that it is not very effective in the case of large-scale helminth infections.
Deworming complex
A therapeutic complex of six drugs. These include natural bitterness (bitter tonic), antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and deworming ingredients. All ingredients are of plant origin and in this complex provide a powerful therapeutic and prophylactic effect with the widest spectrum.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against the invasion of helminths, the elimination of parasites at all stages, plus detoxification and elimination of the consequences of the presencetheir presence in the body. Preparations containing biosorbents and trace elements are important for the restoration of health and normal functioning of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one pill each. Its advantages:
- highly effective against 150 species of parasites at the forming and cyst stage - these results are not proven by any synthetic chemical preparations;
- mild action without "blowing" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe for prolonged use;
- restore the balance of trace elements, disturbed by helminths, and remove toxic phenolics, formaldehyde, and other products of worms' vital activity;
- multi-pronged action - deworming, antiparasitic, antiseptic, biologic, antifungal (when taking all drugs in the program).
Antiparasitic complex is indicated for the elimination of helminthic invasion and for the prophylaxis of deworming. The anti-parasite and health improvement program is recommended to be carried out in three-month courses with a one-week break between months. The number of courses presented per year is one or two, for patients at risk - three or four.