Helminthiases are spreading more and more among people of different ages, and even if you follow the hygiene rules to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, which penetrate the body, cause serious disturbances in their work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, and make a person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiases are spreading more and more among people of different ages, and even if you follow hygiene rules to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, which penetrate the body, cause serious disturbances in their work, spread through the digestive tract, affect the liver, heart muscle and lungs. Helminths damage tissues, cause bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, and make a person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of vital substances for the body. Worms deprive a person of vitamins and, in particular, trace elements, and without them it will not be possible to maintain health. At the slightest suspicion of helminthiasis, action should be taken. Taking pills for worms 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 choose a safe but effective complex that kills helminths with a minimum of "drug hit. "
What are the criteria for choosing worm pills?
To prevent chronic poisoning of the body with helminths and eliminate all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, specialized drugs are needed. When choosing them, you should consider:
- it's 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 of 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 breaks;
- 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 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 demanded and effective tablets for worms is compiled. We list the funds included in most of these ratings.
Albendazole-based drug
Chewable tablets with a wide range of effects. The species eliminated are tape, roundworms, flukes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, hookworm. The drug is produced in India, is inexpensive, and can be drunk from the age of six. The duration of the course is selected 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 higher concentration of the active ingredient - it contains 400 mg of albendazole per tablet. To avoid relapse, a repeated course is recommended. Despite the advantages, it is worth approaching the drug with caution, since:
- It is a powerful prescription drug;
- for liver diseases, during lactation, the drug is contraindicated;
- if the dose is calculated incorrectly (and this is not easy), drug poisoning is possible.
Piperazine
Known anthelmintic tablets with proven anthelmintic efficacy. It is an inexpensive drug with a wide coverage of parasites, whose deworming rate reaches 95%. Best suited to roundworms and pinworms. Benefits of the pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- it can be taken with and after meals;
- different dosage options: 200 and 500 mg of adipenated piperazine.
In order for "piperazine" to have an effect against parasites, doctors recommend doing night enemas between courses. It should not be given to children under three to six years of age; the dose should be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Other disadvantages of the drug are the strict requirements of personal hygiene between courses of administration, the need to drink tablets at least two or three times to achieve the effect.
The drug is based on mebendazole.
It is a universal anthelmintic that disrupts sugar metabolism in helminths, depleting them and eliminating them from the body. The drug has a good effect against roundworms, trichinella tapeworms, pinworms and more rare parasites. Its price is affordable, it is easy to carry. The dosage and duration of the course are determined by the diagnosis, the pills are taken, as a rule, one three times a day after eating.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is quite a dangerous remedy with a large list of contraindications. That:
- not allowed for children under three years of age, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- has a low compatibility with drugs, between antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and seizure conditions;
- often causes dangerous side effects: changes in the composition of the blood, hair loss with prolonged use, dyspeptic manifestations, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other auxiliary ingredients.
A drug with various indications, the most effective for nematodes, pinworms, roundworms and tapeworms. The main component is the same as in 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 the rarity of allergic reactions. In patients with diabetes, tablets reduce the need for insulin, but when taking the drug, you need to very carefully monitor the glucose level and monitor the state of the liver and kidneys. The drug affects them strongly. Other disadvantages:
- prohibition of use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (cannot be taken while driving), possible yellowing of the whites of the eyes;
- contraindications: intestinal disease, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Anthelmintic for the age of four years, active against extraintestinal invasion. This is a rare example of a complex that helps with opisthorchiasis (worm invasion of the bile ducts), as well as with schistosomes, porcine tapeworm larvae, trematodes, and tapeworms. However, it is not suitable for treating roundworms.
The drug and similar complexes are extremely toxic; for a single admission, patients are even admitted to a hospital for a day. Despite its high efficiency, the drug has many side effects and their frequency is high. One-tenth of people who took the drug one or more times reported headaches, heart rhythm disturbances, dizziness, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. Therefore, the drug and analogues should be taken under the strict supervision of a doctor, comparing the benefits and consequences. When driving a car, performing dangerous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agent based on herbal extracts.
Safe drug, neutral for the liver, but with good effect against worms, protozoan infections. The tablets contain extracts of St. John's wort, centaur, peppermint, tansy and other ingredients.
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: high risk of allergic reactions, prohibition to take during pregnancy and lactation. The drug has a fairly 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 prove ineffective.
Pyrantel
Inexpensive and quite effective medicine, which due to its low toxicity is allowed for children. For babies up to three years old, there is a special form - a suspension. In it and in the tablet variety, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
The tablets are fatal to roundworms, they give a pronounced effect on whipworms and hookworms. 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 neutralize each other) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, kidney failure, etc.
Levamisole-based medicine
Another recommended species to combat nematodes, intestinal worms, hookworms, etc. Tablets can be drunk from the age of three, they have a convenient reception: once, less often twice. The dose of the anthelmintic is selected according to the weight of the patient. The capsule contains 50 mg of levamisole.
A convenient and effective drug is quite popular and safe, but it is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers. Also, you can not drink the drug to patients who have a low level of leukocytes in the blood.
Collection of herbs with high concentration of anthelmintic bioflavonoids.
Its advantages:
- plant origin - in the composition of fragrant carnation, 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 case of helminthic invasion on a large scale.
Anthelmintic complex
A therapeutic complex of six drugs. They are made up of natural bitter components (bitter tonics), antiseptics, anti-inflammatories and anthelmintics. All the components are of plant origin and in the complex they give a powerful therapeutic and prophylactic effect of the widest 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 elimination of the consequences of their presence in the body. The preparations contain biosorbents and microelements that are essential for restoring health and normal functioning of internal organs.
The complex is taken twice a day, one tablet of each drug. Its advantages:
- high efficiency against 150 species of parasites of the formed and cystic stages; none of the synthesized chemicals demonstrate such results;
- mild action without "medication hit" - all complex preparations are non-toxic and safe with long use;
- restoration of the balance of trace elements disturbed by helminths and removal of phenolic poisons, formaldehydes and other products of the vital activity of worms;
- omnidirectional action: anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when all the drugs in the program are taken).
The antiparasitic complex is indicated to eliminate helminthic invasion and anthelmintic prophylaxis. It is recommended to take the antiparasitic and health improvement program 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.