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A lower dose should be used in people with liver disease. [2] While it does not appear to be harmful during pregnancy, it has not been studied for this use. [3] It is unclear if it is safe for use during breastfeeding. [2] It is in the antihelmintic family of medications. [4] It works by paralyzing worms. [4] Pyrantel was initially described in ...
Albendazole is a broad-spectrum antihelmintic and antiprotozoal agent of the benzimidazole type. [3] It is used for the treatment of a variety of intestinal parasite infections, including ascariasis, pinworm infection, hookworm infection, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, taeniasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, giardiasis, and gnathostomiasis, among other diseases.
The available data on mebendazole, albendazole, and pyrantel pamoate use in pregnancy is limited and they are all assigned to pregnancy category level C. Treatment of a pinworm infection during pregnancy is only recommended for patients with significant symptoms that may be causing adverse effects to the pregnant woman such as loss of sleep and ...
ATC code P02 Anthelmintics is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
The pregnancy category of a medication is an assessment of the risk of fetal injury due to the pharmaceutical, if it is used as directed by the mother during pregnancy. It does not include any risks conferred by pharmaceutical agents or their metabolites in breast milk. Every drug has specific information listed in its product literature.
It is unclear if it is safe in pregnancy. [5] [2] Mebendazole is a broad-spectrum antihelminthic agent of the benzimidazole type. [5] Mebendazole came into use in 1971, after it was developed by Janssen Pharmaceutica in Belgium. [8] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [9] Mebendazole is available as a generic ...
In the package insert of a German pyrantel drug ("Helmex"), it says dosage is 10mg/kg, with one tablet containing 720mg of pyrantel embonate equivalent to 250mg of pure pyrantel. I will mark the passage with citation needed. --Victor--H 09:28, 19 July 2011 (UTC) Per Reese's insert, dosage is 11mg/ml for pyrantel base.
Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate (INN, trade names Alcopara, Alcopar, Befenium, Debefenium, Francin, Nemex) is an anthelmintic agent formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis.