The drug 'Pirantel for children'

Why do children often have helminthiases? Yes, because children learn the world, they try everything, not always wash their hands in time, and in most cases helminthiasis is a disease of dirty hands (or unwashed vegetables and fruits). And often enough, if one child with helminths or their eggs is identified in the kindergarten group at bapsoseve, then the whole group is treated from worms, because the main path of infection with helminths is oral-fecal. And for treatment, the medicine "Pirantel for children" is excellent - from anthelminthic drugs it is most often prescribed it. This drug is effective in a single admission for most worms common in children, and is usually well tolerated by them. In case of helminth infection of one member of the family, doctors recommend that the drug be drunk for the whole family. After the course of treatment, everyone should be examined again for the presence of helminth eggs.

In worms, pyrantel causes paralysis of muscles and promotes their removal during defecation. The drug extends to adult helminths sensitive to pyrantel, and to those that have not reached puberty, but their larvae in the stage of migration to the drug are not sensitive.

Pirantel is effective at:

• enerobiosis;

• Ascaridosis;

• non-carcas;

• ankylostomidosis.

The drug has two forms of release - in tablets (packaged in three packs of pirantel 250 mg each, calculated for a single use of the drug by an adult, whose weight is not more than 75 kg). A pirantel for children is available in both tablets and suspensions containing 250 mg in 5 ml. The volume of the suspension is 15 ml. The dosage of the child pyrantel is calculated based on the weight of the child. Doctors recommend to count 10 mg of active substance per 1 kg of weight. In helminthiases in children up to two years only "Pirantel suspension for children" is used. It is pleasant to the taste, and it is easier for a small child to drink a suspension than to chew the tablet. In the case of taking pyrantel in the form of tablets, they must be chewed, then washed with water. In the preliminary use of laxatives is not necessary. Take the drug regardless of meals.

When infected with pinworms (and this species of helminths is more common in children), it is necessary to repeat the course of treatment in three weeks, in order to be sure that the remedy "Pirental Child" helped the child get rid of parasites. With isolated infection with ascarids of one intake, 5 ml of the suspension will suffice. When infecting with hookworm (or nekatorom amerikanusom), the dosage of the drug is increased to 20 mg per day for 1 kg of weight. The medicine in this case is drunk two days in a row, once a day.

It should be remembered that pyrantel for children and adults should not be taken simultaneously with other anthelmintic drugs, in particular with decaris and piperazine. After all, with the simultaneous administration of these medicines, the toxicity of decaris increases, while in piperazine, the mechanism of action is the opposite of the mechanism of action of the pyrantel.

With care appoint pirantel with liver diseases. Very rarely observed side effects of the drug: dizziness, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness or vice versa, insomnia. Therefore, on days when this medicine is taken, adults do not need to drive without special need.

Contraindication to the use of the drug is pregnancy and lactation.

Pirantel for children and adults at a low price of the drug helps quickly and effectively get rid of many types of common helminths. The drug is well tolerated and can be used in the treatment of helminthiases in pediatric practice. Now pirantel is produced by many manufacturers of medicines.