Description
Pyrantel, an antiworm medication, is used to treat roundworm, hookworm, pinworm, and other worm infections. Simple use: Chew 3 tablets (1 tablet separately) on an empty stomach in the morning. After 1 week, chew the remaining 3 tablets in the morning on an empty stomach..Recommended practice in infections caused by Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm); 1 mg/kg/day as a single dose (as base). Those weighing up to 75 kilos are given 3 tablets, and those weighing over 75 kilos are given 4 tablets. Recommended practice in infections caused by Ascaris lumbricoides (intestinal worm); 11 mgkg/day as a single dose (as base). Those weighing up to 75 kilos are given 3 tablets, and those weighing over 75 kilos are given 4 tablets..Recommended application in infections caused by Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus (hookworm); l as a single dose mglkglday (as base). 3 tablets are given to those who weigh up to 75 kilos, 4 tablets are given to those who weigh more than 75 kilos. In the treatment of severe Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale infections, it is given as a single dose of 1 mg/kg per day for 3 days..In oxyyuriasis (pinworm infection), family treatment is recommended to definitively eliminate the parasite. A second dose should be administered 2-3 weeks after the first dose to prevent autoreinfestation (re-infecting the patient with the disease).
