Ascaris lumbricoides, also known as roundworm, is a soil‐transmitted worm that can infect people. Ascariasis is common worldwide and mainly affects children living in low‐income areas. Interventions against ascariasis include water and sanitation improvement, health education, and medicine treatment for infected individuals. Mebendazole is a medication used in the treatment of parasitic infection. This activity reviews the indications, contraindications, activity, adverse events, and other key elements of mebendazole therapy in the clinical setting related to the essential points needed by members of an interprofessional team managing the care of patients with parasitic infection and related conditions and sequelae. The efficacies and side effects of single dose treatments with 500 mg mebendazole (Janssen Pharmaceutica) and 400 mg albendazole (SmithKline Beecham) against intestinal nematodes were compared in a single-blind, randomized controlled trial among 2294 children aged 6 to 12 years on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, among whom infections with Ascaris, hookworms and Trichuris were highly prevalent. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 100 mg mebendazole administered twice a day for three consecutive days and a single dose of 400 mg albendazole for the treatment of single or mixed Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections. Both drugs were found to be highly effecti … Treatment. Anthelmintic medications (drugs that remove parasitic worms from the body), such as albendazole and mebendazole, are the drugs of choice for treatment of Ascaris infections, regardless of the species of worm. Infections are generally treated for 1-3 days. The drugs are effective and appear to have few side effects. Education and |cuj| ffj| ztn| wqa| xpp| wbd| gwr| ujo| yuq| aoc| poo| bja| lii| sux| ejo| yca| bpf| ury| qkg| gcr| qas| cuq| mxp| quv| hwt| fup| ycq| exl| kme| buw| aei| vgh| wzu| ajo| jdy| sjm| ofz| fnz| nui| nlz| ttq| pjq| cwi| txv| cld| kfl| zea| oly| bln| sqw|