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Brand names: Albendazole
12.1 Mechanism of Action Albendazole is a synthetic, antihelminthic drug of the class benzimidazole [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.4) ] .
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Pease help me!!! I have been rigorously fighting (professionally diagnosed via stool samples and tape test) pinworms for about 8 months, on and off. I feel like they’re killing me. Had pinworms as a child, and 4 or 5 random times every few years since then that has always cleared up quickly with pre
*Warning: pictures and discussions of parasitic worms* While I laud Meghan’s free-spirited approach in walking barefoot in her garden, and allowing Harry and the children to do the same, perhaps she should think twice about this habit. A article in the New England Journal of Medicine - and reported
I work at a hospital pharmacy and I’ve observed an unusual pattern of albendazole requests from a nurse who picks up the medication every two days, apparently for personal use. This have beeng going for more than a year. Albendazole is an antiparasitic with no known recreational properties, but I’m
I was looking at the prices for some medications and was astonished to see how little the cost was at wholesale in developing countries at $.004 to $.04 per dose vs $440 per dose in the US! That is 11,000x or 110,000x as expensive in the US. For those who are bad with numbers that is 1,100,000% to
30/M 190 lbs pennsylvania Is there some possibility that I contracted a parasite from old seafood in the fridge (uncovered/months in the fridge drawer) or maybe from my 2 cats? It's been a few months since I first started feeling symptoms of something but nobody seems to take a parasite seriously. I
My dad, 55m, bladder cancer, has had like over 100 kidney stones, heart attack in the last 6 months, blood clot soon after. He has gout and probably a few other things I cannot think of at this moment. He was exposed to a serious chemical during desert storm too. He did 2 tours. He has bladder cance
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Hello, I live in Cambodia with my wife. Worms and parasites are more quite common, especially in the countryside and farming areas where hygiene is poor. About 3 years ago my wife began to scratch, and got progressively thinner. She took albendazole, which did nothing. I went to a different pharmacy
Hi all. I am currently living in a foreign country, and I have discovered I have a tapeworm. I discovered it by seeing it with my own eyes. After much Googling, I am certain that it is taenia solium, the pork tapeworm. I have been able to get Albendazole and Niclosamide. Since the healthcare isn't v
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