What is Mebendazole used for ?

Mebendazole, an antiworm medication, kills parasites. It is used to treat infestations by worms including pinworms, roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, and whipworms. It is a benzimidazole drug developed by Janssen Pharmaceutica and marketed in the USA as a generic drug only, according to the FDA Orange Book. Mebendazole will no longer be available in the U.S. after October 2011. If you are currently taking mebendazole(CAS NO: 31431-39-7), you should talk to your doctor to discuss switching to another treatment. 

Mebendazole is a kind of white to yellowish powder, it is used to treat intestinal worm infections such as pinworm, roundworm, and hookworm. Mebendazole is a white to slightly yellow powder with a molecular weight of 295.29. It is less than 0.05% soluble in water, dilute mineral acid solutions, alcohol, ether and chloroform, but is soluble in formic acid. The CAS Registry Number is 31431-39-7.

Mebendazole belongs to the family of medicines called anthelmintics. Anthelmintics are medicines used in the treatment of worm infections. Mebendazole is used to treat: Common roundworms (ascariasis); Hookworm infections (uncinariasis); Pinworms (enterobiasis; oxyuriasis); Whipworms (trichuriasis); and More than one worm infection at a time.

Mebendazole may also be used for other worm infections as determined by your doctor. It works by keeping the worm from absorbing sugar (glucose). This gradually causes loss of energy and death of the worm. It is available only with your doctor's prescription.

It may also be used for worm infections elsewhere in the body (e.g., trichinosis). In these cases, it is usually taken more often and for a longer time.

Mebendazole comes as a chewable tablet. It usually is taken twice a day, in the morning and evening, for 3 days or as a single (one-time) dose. You may chew the tablets, swallow them whole, or crush and mix them with food. Treatment may have to be repeated in 2-3 weeks. 

Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take mebendazole exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.

It is very important to continue taking Mebendazole exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not skip any doses. Continue to take Mebendazole until the full prescribed amount is finished, even if symptoms disappear. Stopping Mebendazole too early may result in a return of the infection.

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