Helminthiasis is spreading more and more among people of different ages and, even if you follow the rules of hygiene in the smallest details, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious interruptions in their work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, the heart muscle and the lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making the person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiasis is spreading more and more among people of different ages and, even if you follow the rules of hygiene in the smallest details, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious interruptions in their work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, the heart muscle and the lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making the person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of substances vital to the body. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and, in particular, of trace elements and without them it will not be possible to maintain health. At 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 to choose a safe but effective complex that eliminates helminths with a minimum of "drug injection".
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 need to consider:
- time to achieve the result - keep in mind that drugs that promise to eliminate 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 infections - it is desirable that the agent can be safely drunk in courses with interruptions;
- composition - the proportion of active and auxiliary components, naturalness;
- daily dosage and danger of overdose - what will happen if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic characteristics: it is the right size for you, the shape of the preparation;
- balance of price and result.
Based on these and other criteria, the TOP of the required and effective worms tablets is compiled. We list the funds included in most of these classifications.
Albendazole-based medicine
Chewable tablets with a wide range of effects. The species eliminated are tapes, round worms and trematodes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, ankylostomiasis. The drug is produced in India, is inexpensive and can be drunk 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 complement them with other medicinal 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 relapse, a repeated stroke is recommended. Despite the advantages, it is worth approaching the medication with caution, because:
- It is a potent medicine;
- for liver disease, during breastfeeding, 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. It is an inexpensive medicine with wide coverage of parasites, whose deworming rate reaches 95%. Handles worms and pinworms better. Benefits of pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- it can be taken with and after meals;
- different dosage options - 200 and 500 mg of piperazine adipenate.
For "Piperazine" has an effect against parasites, doctors recommend doing nighttime enemas between courses. It should not be administered to children under the age of three to six, the dosage should be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Other disadvantages of the drug are strict personal hygiene requirements between courses of administration, the need to drink pills at least two to three times to achieve the effect.
The drug is based on mebendazole.
It is a universal anthelmintic that interrupts 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, pinworms and rarer parasites. Its price is affordable, it is easy to transport. The dose and duration of the course are determined by the diagnosis, the tablets are usually taken three times a day after meals.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is a very dangerous remedy with a long list of contraindications. This:
- not allowed for children under three years old, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- it has low compatibility with drugs - between antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and convulsive conditions;
- often causes dangerous side effects - changes in blood composition, hair loss with prolonged use, dyspeptic manifestations are observed, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other auxiliary ingredients
A drug with several indications, the most effective for nematodes, pinworms, roundworms and cestodes. The main component is the same as the previous medication - mebendazole. They are 10%, the rest is occupied by auxiliary ingredients - starch, magnesium stearate. The composition contains lactose and it is best for a person with lactose intolerance to avoid it.
Among the advantages of the drug are ease of administration, good digestibility and the rarity of allergic reactions. In patients with diabetes, the pills reduce the need for insulin, but when taking the medication, it is necessary to monitor the glucose level very carefully and to monitor the condition of the liver and kidneys. The drug affects them strongly. Other cons:
- ban on the use of lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (cannot be exposed when driving), possible yellow coloration of the whites of the eyes;
- contraindications - intestinal diseases, lactation and others.
Hexachlor-to-xylene
Anthelmintic for the age of four, active against extra-intestinal invasion. It is a rare example of a complex that helps in opistorchiasis (invasion by worms from the bile ducts), in addition to schistosomes, swine 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 admission, patients are even admitted for one day. Despite its high efficiency, the drug has many side effects and its frequency is high. A tenth of people who took the drug once or several times reported headache, heart rhythm disorders, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Therefore, the drug and the analogues should be taken under strict supervision by a doctor, comparing the benefits and consequences. When driving a car, performing dangerous jobs, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agent based on herbal extracts.
Safe, neutral medication for the liver, but with good effect against worms, protozoal infections. The tablets contain extracts of St. John's wort, centaury, mint, tansy and other components.
Advantages of the drug:
- complex effect without a strong blow to the liver;
- neutralization of individuals at all stages of development;
- quick effect.
Disadvantages of the drug - a high risk of allergic reactions, a ban on taking during pregnancy and lactation. The medicine has a very high daily intake (six tablets) and it is not very convenient to take it. With a large-scale infection, the need for long-term prevention may be ineffective.
Pirantel
Cheap and very effective medication that, due to its low toxicity, is allowed for children. For babies up to three years old, there is a special form - the suspension. In it and in the tablet variety, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
The pills are fatal to roundworms and have a pronounced effect on trichocephalosis and ankylostomiasis. For other diseases, the drug is ineffective. It is convenient to take them, but the doctor must select the dosage regimen and the period without fail. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with Piperazine (they are mutually neutralized) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, kidney failure, etc.
Levamisole-based medicine
Another species recommended for fighting nematodes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. The tablets can be taken from the age of three, have a convenient reception - once, less often twice. The dosage of the anthelmintic is selected according to the patient's weight. The capsule contains 50 mg levamisole.
A convenient and effective medication is quite popular and safe, but it is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. In addition, you cannot drink the medicine for patients who have a low level of white blood cells.
Collection of herbs with high concentration of anthelmintic bioflavonoids.
Your 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 dose 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 helminthic invasion.
Anthelmintic complex
A therapeutic complex of six drugs. They consist of natural bitterness (bitter tonics), antiseptics, anti-inflammatories and anthelmintic components. All components are of vegetable origin and in the complex they provide a powerful therapeutic and prophylactic effect of the broadest spectrum.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against helminthic invasion, the elimination of parasites at all stages, in addition to detoxification, and the elimination of the consequences of their presence in the body. The preparations contain biosorbents and microelements essential for the restoration of health and the normal functioning of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet of each medication. Your advantages:
- high efficiency against 150 species of parasites of the formed and cystic phases - such results are not demonstrated by any of the synthesized chemical preparations;
- light action without a "breath of medication" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe with prolonged use;
- restoration of the balance of trace elements, disturbed by helminths, and elimination of formaldehyde phenolic poisons and other products of the worms' vital activity;
- omnidirectional action - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when taking all medications 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 carried out in three-month courses with a one-week break between each month. The number of courses per year is one or two, for patients at risk - three or four.