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Adazol is an anthelmintic drug that is prescribed to treat many different types of parasitic worms such as: ascariasis, filariasis or ascariasis... Besides, the drug is also used to treat diseases. strongyloidiasis, filariasis, tapeworm disease, cutaneous migratory larvae, and microsporidiosis including Septata gutis infection. Adazol works by killing susceptible parasites in the body.
1. What is Adazol?
Albendazole 400mg is an antiparasitic medicine used to treat parasitic infections caused by tapeworms. The drug works by reducing the energy source of the parasites (organisms that live in other organisms to survive), weakening them and eventually killing them.Adazol can cause common side effects such as headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fever. Consult your doctor if these symptoms persist or become severe. You should take Adazol exactly as advised by your doctor. Take it at the same time every day to maintain a steady level of the drug in your body..
Inform your doctor if you have liver problems, or a history of seizures before taking this medicine. A close review of your current medications is necessary to avoid any unwanted side effects. If you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or are breast-feeding, consult your doctor before taking this medicine.
2. Uses of the drug Adazol
Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: this is a parasitic infection of the brain caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. The parasite can infect different parts of your body causing cysticercosis. Neurocysticercosis is the most severe form of cysticercosis and symptoms can include convulsions (edema), headache, dizziness... Adazol is used in the treatment of neurocysticercosis.
Treatment Hydatid disease also known as cysticercosis, is a parasitic infection caused by the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus. The parasite can affect the brain, liver, lungs, and other organs. This infection is spread by contaminating food and drinking water with animal feces containing tapeworm eggs. Cysts containing tapeworm larvae can grow in the body for years before symptoms appear. When cysts become large, they cause symptoms such as nausea, cough, weakness, stomach pain, chest pain, etc. Adazol is used in the treatment of hydatid disease.
In addition, the drug Adazol is also used in the treatment of large liver flukes, intestinal parasites, treatment of strongyloidiasis or helminths...
3. How to take Adazol
Dosage of Adazol 400mg will be different, depending on what parasitic infection is being treated, here is how to take Adazol:
Hydatid cyst: Adults 60kg: 400 mg x 2 times / day with meals in 28 days. This was followed by a 14-day drug-free period. Repeat 2 more cycles. For inoperable hydatid cysts, up to 5 cycles can be given. Adults <60kg: 15 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 28 days, followed by a 14-day drug-free period. fascioliasis or neurocysticercosis (larval form of T. solium): Adult 60kg: 400mg x 2 times/day for 8-30 days. Treatment may be repeated as needed. Adults < 60kg: 15 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 8 - 30 days. Maximum dose 800 mg/day. Treatment may be repeated as needed. Liver fluke: Adults and Children 2 years old: 200mg x 2 times / day, x 10 days. Larvae migrate through the skin: Adults: 400mg x 1 time / day for 3 days. Children: 5 mg/kg/day for 3 days. Giardiasis: Adults: 400 mg x 1 time / day for 3 days. Microsporidiosis including Septata gutis infection: Adults: 400mg twice daily to 1600mg twice daily. The average dose is 800 mg x 2 times / day. It can take up to 2 months to see results. Intestinal parasites in immigrants: Adults: 400 mg once/day for 5 days. Strongyloidiasis or helminthiasis (tapeworm infection): Adults and Children 2 years: 400mg x 1 time/day for 3 days. It is possible to repeat the course after 3 weeks. Children < 2 years old: 200 mg x 1 time / day, x 3 days. It is possible to repeat the course after 3 weeks. Trichinosis: Adults: 400mg twice daily for 15 days. Trichostrongyliasis: Adults: 400mg, single dose.
4. Adazol drug side effects
In addition to the therapeutic effect, during use, the patient may experience some of the following side effects:
Central nervous system: Headache, convulsions, confusion, increased intracranial pressure, dizziness, Signs that the meninges are ringing. Skin: Reversible hair loss, infections, hypersensitivity including rash and urticaria, allergic reactions. Gastrointestinal: Abdominal pain, nausea Genitourinary: Acute renal failure, dark urine. Liver: Abnormal Liver function tests, hepatitis Blood: Decreased white blood cell count, thrombosis, hemoglobin.
5. Warnings and Precautions for Adazol
When deciding to use Adazol, patients need to be careful in the following issues:
Monitor blood counts and liver function. Patients being treated for dyskinesia should receive appropriate steroid and anticonvulsant therapy as required. It is important to take an iron supplement every day while you are being treated for hookworm infection, which causes anemia. Take the drug within 7 days of the start of a normal menstrual period in women of childbearing age. Adequate non-hormonal contraceptives must be taken during and for 1 month after treatment. Perform liver function tests and complete blood count before and every 2 weeks during treatment for high-dose hydatid disease. In young children, the tablet should be crushed or chewed and swallowed with a glass of water. Knowing the information before taking the drug always brings many benefits to the patient. However, it should be noted that, it is advisable to consult a specialist doctor to have appropriate indications for each object.
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