Helminthiases are increasingly spreading among people of different ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious disruptions in its work, spread through the gastrointestinal tract, affect the liver, heart muscle, lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making a person vulnerable to other diseases.
Helminthiases are increasingly spreading among people of different ages, and even if you follow the rules of hygiene to the smallest detail, you cannot be 100% protected from them. Parasitic species, penetrating the body, cause serious disruptions in its work, spread through the gastrointestinal tract, affect the liver, heart muscle, lungs. Helminths damage tissues, provoke bleeding, inflammation, reduce immunity, making a person vulnerable to other diseases.
What is especially important in the case of parasites is the loss of substances vital 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 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 will get rid of helminths with a minimal "drug blow".
What are the criteria for choosing pills for worms
To prevent chronic poisoning of the body with helminths and remove all forms of parasites (adults, eggs, etc. ) from the body, specialized drugs are needed. When choosing them, you need to consider:
- 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 that the agent can be safely drunk in courses with interruptions;
- composition - the ratio of active and auxiliary components, naturalness;
- daily dosage and danger of overdose - what happens if you exceed the recommended amount;
- organoleptic characteristics: is the size suitable for you, the form 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 eliminated species are tapeworms, roundworms, trematodes. A single dose of the drug is used to treat ascariasis, ankylostomiasis. The medicine is produced in India, it is inexpensive, you can drink it 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 supplement 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 course is recommended. Despite the advantages, it is worth approaching the medication with caution, since:
- It is a potent prescription drug;
- for liver diseases, 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 antihelminthic efficacy. This is an inexpensive drug with a wide coverage of parasites, whose deworming rate reaches 95%. Copes best with roundworms and pinworms. Benefits of pills:
- short course - single or double dose;
- can be taken with and after meals;
- different dosage options - 200 and 500 mg of piperazine adipenate.
To "Piperazine" has an effect against parasites, doctors recommend to do evening enemas between courses. Children under three to six years old should not be given it; the dosage must be carefully selected after analyzing the patient's condition. Other disadvantages of the drug are strict requirements for personal hygiene between courses of administration, the need to drink 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 sugar metabolism in helminths, which depletes them and removes them from the body. The drug has a good effect against roundworm, trichinella tapeworms, pinworms and more rare parasites. Its price is affordable, it is easy to accept. The dose and duration of the course is determined by the diagnosis, pills are taken, as a rule, one three times a day after eating.
With all the effectiveness of the drug, it is a rather dangerous remedy with a large list of contraindications. It:
- not allowed for children under the age of three, pregnant women, people with intestinal diseases, ulcerative colitis;
- has low compatibility with medications - among antagonists and metronidazole, carbamazepine, prescribed for neuropathic pain and convulsive conditions;
- often causes dangerous side effects - blood composition changes, hair falls out with prolonged use, dyspeptic manifestations are observed, etc.
Preparation with mebendazole and other auxiliary ingredients
A drug with various indications, the most effective for nematodes, pinworms, roundworms and cestodes. 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 condition of the liver and kidneys. The drug strongly affects them. Other cons:
- a ban on use with lipophilic components;
- drowsiness (cannot be taken while driving), possible staining of the whites of the eyes in a yellowish tint;
- contraindications - bowel disease, lactation and others.
Hexachloro-para-xylene
Antihelminthic for the age of four years, 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, pork tapeworm larvae, trematodes and cestodes. However, it is not suitable for treating roundworms.
The drug and similar complexes are extremely toxic; for a one-time admission, patients are even put in a hospital for a day. Despite its high efficiency, the drug has a lot of side effects, and their frequency is high. One tenth of people who took the drug once or several times reported headache, heart rhythm disturbances, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal cramps. Therefore, the drug and analogues must be taken under the strict supervision of a physician, comparing the benefits and consequences. When driving a car, performing hazardous work, these drugs are prohibited.
Bioactive agent based on herbal extracts.
Safe drug, neutral to the liver, but with 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 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 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 be ineffective.
Pirantel
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 the tableted variety, the common active ingredient is pyrantel pamoate.
The tablets are lethal for roundworms, give a pronounced effect in 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 period without fail. Other disadvantages are incompatibility with Piperazine (they are mutually neutralized) and laxatives, as well as contraindications. These are myasthenia gravis, renal failure, etc.
Levamisole based drug
Another species recommended for combating nematodes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. The tablets can be drunk starting from the age of three, they 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 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 leukocyte level in the blood.
Collection of herbs with a high concentration of antihelminthic bioflavonoids.
Its pluses:
- vegetable origin - in the composition of fragrant carnation, tansy, aspen bark;
- almost complete absence of contraindications;
- no side effects.
Capsules are taken daily, before meals, the dose per day is six pieces. In addition to inconvenient administration, among the disadvantages of the drug, it should be noted that it is not very effective in case of large-scale helminthic invasion.
Anthelmintic complex
A 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 broadest spectrum.
The difference between the complex and other anthelmintics is the fight against helminthic invasion, 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 that are critical for the restoration of 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 chemical preparations demonstrates such results;
- mild action without "medication blow" - all preparations of the complex are non-toxic and safe with prolonged use;
- restoration of the balance of trace elements, disturbed by helminths, and the elimination of phenolic, formaldehyde poisons, and other products of the vital activity of the worms;
- omnidirectional action - anthelmintic, antiparasitic, antiseptic, bifidogenic, antifungal (when taking all drugs in the program).
The antiparasitic complex is indicated for getting rid of helminthic invasion and anthelmintic prophylaxis. The antiparasitic and health-improving program is recommended to be taken in three-month 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.