Helminthiasis is becoming more common among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious disturbances in its work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, which makes a person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiasis is becoming more common among people of all ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious disturbances in its work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, which makes a person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of vital substances. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and in particular of microelements and without them it will not be possible to maintain health. At the slightest suspicion of helminthiasis, action should be taken. Taking worm pills alone is not enough. It is necessary to eliminate the consequences of the presence of parasites, to take care of prevention. The first thing you need to do is choose a safe but effective complex that will get rid of helminths with minimal "drug shock".
What are the criteria for choosing worm pills
To prevent chronic poisoning of the body with helminths and to eliminate all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, specialized drugs are needed. When choosing them, you need to keep in mind:
- 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 highly toxic and compare the effect and possible consequences;
- spectrum and scope of the problem: there are drugs for certain types of parasites, as well as drugs with complex action;
- harmlessness to the body - side effects, the severity of recovery after exposure to the drug;
- the ability to use pills for the treatment and prevention of subsequent infection - it is desirable for the agent to be safely drunk on intermittent courses;
- composition - the ratio of active and auxiliary components, naturalness;
- daily dose and risk of overdose - what will happen if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic characteristics: whether the size is suitable for you, the form of the preparation;
- balance of price and result.
Based on these and other criteria, a TOP of the sought-after and effective worm tablets is compiled. We list the funds included in most of these ratings.
Albendazole-based medicine
Chewable tablets with a wide range of effects. The eliminated species are tapeworms, roundworms, trematodes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, hookworm. The drug is manufactured 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 recommended to take it after meals, you can supplement them with other healing complexes.
The drug is quite effective due to the 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, it is worth approaching the drug carefully, as:
- This is a powerful prescription drug;
- for liver disease, during lactation, the drug is contraindicated;
- if the dose is calculated incorrectly (and this is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Well-known anthelmintic tablets with proven anthelmintic efficacy. This is a cheap drug with a broad coverage of parasites, whose degree of deworming reaches 95%. It handles roundworms and pinworms best. Benefits of the pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- can be taken with and after meals;
- different dosage options - 200 and 500 mg piperazine adipenate.
To "Piperazine" has an effect against parasites, doctors recommend doing evening enemas between courses. Children under the age of three to six should not give it; the dose should be carefully selected after analysis of the patient's condition. Other disadvantages of the drug are the 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 tapeworms, pinworms and rarer parasites. Its price is affordable, easy to take. The dose and duration of the course are determined by the diagnosis, the pills are taken, as a rule, one to three times a day after meals.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is quite a dangerous drug with a long list of contraindications. That:
- not allowed for children under three years of age, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- has low drug compatibility - among antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and convulsive states;
- often causes dangerous side effects - the composition of the blood changes, hair falls out with prolonged use, there are dyspeptic symptoms, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other auxiliary ingredients
A drug with different indications, most effective for nematodes, pinworms, roundworms and cestodes. The main component is the same as the previous drug - mebendazole. Its 10%, 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 digestibility and rarity of allergic reactions. In patients with diabetes, the tablets reduce the need for insulin, but when you take the medicine, you must monitor your glucose levels very closely and monitor the condition of your liver and kidneys. The drug affects them severely. Other cons:
- ban on use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (cannot be taken while driving), possible yellowing of the eyes in a yellowish tinge;
- contraindications - intestinal diseases, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Anthelmintic for four years of age, active against extraintestinal invasion. This is a rare example of a complex that helps with opisthorchiasis (invasion by worms from the bile ducts), as well as schistosomes, tapeworm larvae, trematodes and cestodes. However, it is not suitable for the treatment of roundworms.
The drug and similar complexes are extremely toxic; for a single dose, patients are even hospitalized for one day. Despite its high effectiveness, the drug has many side effects and their frequency is high. One-tenth of people who have taken the medicine once or several times have reported headaches, heart rhythm disturbances, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Therefore, the drug and analogues should be taken under strict medical supervision, comparing the benefits and consequences. When driving a car and doing dangerous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agent based on herbal extracts.
Safe drug, neutral to the liver, but with good effect against worms, protozoal infections. The tablets contain extracts of St. John's wort, agave, mint, tansy and other components.
Advantages of the drug:
- complex effect without a strong blow to the liver;
- neutralizing individuals at all stages of development;
- fast effect.
Disadvantages of the drug - high risk of allergic reactions, prohibition of intake during pregnancy and lactation. The drug has a fairly high daily intake (six tablets) and is not very convenient to take. In large-scale infection, the need for long-term prevention may be ineffective.
Pyrantel
Cheap and quite effective drug, which due to its low toxicity is allowed for children. For babies up to three years there is a special form - suspension. In it and the tableted variety, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
The tablets are fatal for roundworms, give a pronounced effect in trichocephaly and hookworm. For other diseases, the drug is ineffective. It is convenient to take them, but the doctor must choose the dosage regimen and the period without errors. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with piperazine (they mutually neutralize) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, renal failure and others.
A drug based on levamisole
Another species recommended for the control of nematodes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. The tablets can be taken from the age of three, they have a convenient intake - once, rarely twice. The dosage of the anthelmintic is chosen according to the patient's weight. The capsule contains 50 mg levamisole.
Convenient and effective drug is quite popular and safe, but is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. Also, you can not take the drug in patients who have low levels of white blood cells in the blood.
Collection of herbs with high concentration of anthelmintic bioflavonoids.
Its advantages:
- vegetable origin - in the composition of fragrant cloves, tansy, aspen bark;
- almost complete absence of contraindications;
- no side effects.
The capsules are taken daily before meals, the daily dose is six pieces. In addition to the inconvenient application, among the disadvantages of the drug should be noted that it is not very effective in the case of large-scale helminth infestation.
Anthelmintic complex
Therapeutic complex of six drugs. They consist of natural bitterness (bitter tonics), antiseptics, anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic components. All components are of plant origin and in the complex give a powerful therapeutic and prophylactic effect of the widest range.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against worm infestation, the elimination of parasites at all stages, plus detoxification and elimination of the consequences of their presence in the body. The preparations contain biosorbents and microelements, which are crucial for the restoration of the health and normal functioning of the internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet of each drug. Its advantages:
- high efficiency against 150 species of parasites from the formed and cystic stages - such results are not demonstrated by any of the synthesized chemicals;
- mild action without "drug shock" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe for prolonged use;
- restoring the balance of micronutrients disturbed by helminths and eliminating phenolic, formaldehyde poisons and other products of the vital activity of worms;
- omnidirectional action - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when taking all drugs in the program).
The antiparasitic complex is indicated for getting rid of worm infestation and anthelmintic prophylaxis. The antiparasitic and health-improving program is recommended to be taken in quarterly courses with a break of a week between each month. The number of courses per year is one or two, for patients at risk - three or four.