Helminthiasis is becoming more common among people of different ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene down to the smallest detail, there is no 100% protection against them. Parasitic species that penetrate the body, cause serious disorders, spread through the digestive system, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, and make a person susceptible 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, there is no 100% protection against them. Parasitic species that penetrate the body, cause serious disorders, spread through the digestive system, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, and make a person susceptible to other diseases.
Especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of substances that are important for the body. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and especially trace elements, without which it will be impossible to maintain good health. In the slightest suspicion of helminthiasis, action must be taken. It is not enough to just take pills for worms. It is necessary to eliminate the consequences of the presence of parasites, to pay attention to prevention. However, the first thing to do is to choose a reliable but effective complex that will get rid of helminths with minimal "drug shock".
What are the criteria for choosing a pill for worms?
You need special medications to prevent chronic helminth poisoning and to get rid of all kinds of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ). When choosing them, you should consider the following:
- time to reach a result - keep in mind that drugs that promise to get rid of the disease in one to three days are generally very toxic, and compare the effects and possible consequences;
- the 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;
- ability to use pills to treat and prevent subsequent infection - it is desirable that the agent can be safely taken at intervals;
- composition - the ratio of active and auxiliary components, naturalness;
- daily dose and danger of overdose - what will happen if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic properties: the right size for you, the form of preparation;
- price and result balance.
Based on these and other criteria, a TOP of required and effective tablets for worms is compiled. We list the funds included in most of these ratings.
Albendazole-based drug
Extensive effect chewable tablets. Excluded species 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 - usually between 3 and 30 days. It is recommended to take them after meals, you can add them with other medicinal complexes.
The drug is very effective due to the increased concentration of the active substance - it contains 400 mg of albendazole per tablet. A repeat course is recommended to avoid recurrence. Despite the advantages, it is worth taking medication with caution, because:
- It is a powerful prescription drug;
- For liver diseases, the drug is contraindicated during breastfeeding;
- If the dose is calculated incorrectly (and it is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Popular anthelmintic tablets with proven antihelminthic efficacy. It is an inexpensive drug that covers a wide range of parasites, with a deworming rate of up to 95%. Fights best with roundworms and pinworms. Benefits of pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- can be taken with and after meals;
- Dosage options - 200 and 500 mg piperazine adipenate.
Piperazine has an anti-parasitic effect, and doctors recommend enemas in the evening between courses. It should not be given to children between the ages of three and six; The dosage should be carefully selected after the patient's condition has been analyzed. Other disadvantages of the drug, strict requirements for personal hygiene between courses of application, it is necessary to take the tablet at least two or three times to get the effect.
The drug is based on mebendazole.
It is a universal anthelmintic that disrupts sugar metabolism in helminths, depletes them and removes them from the body. The drug has a good effect against roundworms, trichinella lenteworms, pinworms and more rare parasites. The price is affordable, easy to take. The dose and duration of the course is determined by the diagnosis, the pills are usually taken three times a day after meals.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is a very dangerous tool with a large list of contraindications. O:
- not allowed for children under three years of age, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- 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 excipients
A drug with a variety of indicators most effective for nematodes, pinworms, roundworms and cestodes. The main component is the same as the previous drug - mebendazole. 10% of it, the rest is captured by excipients - starch, magnesium stearate. The composition contains lactose, and it is better for a person with lactose intolerance to avoid them.
The advantages of the drug are ease of application, good digestion and the rarity of allergic reactions. In patients with diabetes, the tablets reduce the need for insulin, but you should monitor your glucose levels very carefully and the condition of the liver and kidneys while taking the drug. The drug affects them strongly. Other disadvantages:
- prohibition of use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (not taken while driving), possible yellowing of the whites of the eyes;
- Contraindications - intestinal disease, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
At the age of four, it is antihelminthic, active against extravascular invasion. This is a rare complex pattern that helps with opisthorchiasis (invasion of worms from the bile ducts) by schistosomes, pork tapeworm larvae, trematodes and cestodes. However, roundworms are not suitable for treatment.
Drugs and similar complexes are extremely toxic; Patients are hospitalized even one day for a one-time admission. Despite its high effectiveness, the drug has many side effects and their frequency is high. One-tenth of those who took the drug one or more times reported headaches, arrhythmias, dizziness, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. Therefore, drugs and analogues should be taken under the strict supervision of a physician, comparing the benefits and results. These drugs are prohibited when driving a car, doing dangerous work.
A bioactive agent based on plant extracts.
A safe drug that is neutral to the liver, but has a 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 on the liver without a strong impact;
- neutralization of individuals at all stages of development;
- fast effect.
Disadvantages of the drug - high risk of allergic reactions, contraindications to its use during pregnancy and lactation. The drug is high enough for daily intake (six tablets) and is not very convenient to take. With a large-scale infection, the need for long-term prophylaxis may be ineffective.
Pirantel
Cheap and effective drug is allowed for children because of its low toxicity. There is a special form for babies up to three years - a suspension. Inside and in tablet form, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamate.
The tablets are lethal to roundworms and have a significant effect on trichocephalus and hookworm. The drug is ineffective for other diseases. They are convenient to take, but the doctor must choose the dosage regimen and duration. Other disadvantages are incompatibility and contraindications with piperazine (neutralized) and laxatives. These include myasthenia gravis, kidney failure, and so on.
Levamisole-based drug
With nematodes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. Another type recommended to combat. The tablets can be taken from the age of three, there is a convenient setting - once, less than twice. The anthelmintic dose is selected according to the patient's weight. The capsule contains 50 mg of levamisole.
A convenient and effective drug is very popular and safe, but is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. Also, you should not take the drug in patients with low leukocyte levels in the blood.
Collection of herbs with high antihelminthic bioflavonoid concentration.
Excess:
- herbal - fragrant cloves, pink, aspen bark;
- almost complete absence of contraindications;
- no side effects.
The capsules are taken daily, before meals, the dose is six times a day. In addition to the troublesome administration, among the disadvantages of the drug is that it is not very effective in large-scale helminthic infestation.
Anthelmintic complexes
Therapeutic complex consisting of six drugs. They contain natural bitterness (bitter tonics), antiseptics, anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic components. All components are of plant origin and have a strong therapeutic and prophylactic effect in the widest range of complexes.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against helminthic infestation, the elimination of parasites at all stages, as well as detoxification and elimination of the consequences of their presence in the body. The drugs contain biosorbents and trace elements that are important for the restoration of health and the normal functioning of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet of each drug. Advantages:
- high efficacy against 150 types of parasites of the emerging and cystic stages - such results are not shown by any of the synthesized chemicals;
- Gentle action without "drug shock" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe with long-term use;
- restoration of the balance of trace elements disturbed by worms and elimination of phenol, formaldehyde poisons and other products of vital activity of worms;
- comprehensive action - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when taking all drugs in the program).
The antiparasitic complex is indicated to get rid of helminthic infestation and anthelmintic prophylaxis. It is recommended that the antiparasitic and health improvement program be conducted in three-month courses with a one-week break between each month. The number of annual courses is one or two, and for at-risk patients is three or four.