VERMOX 100MG 6 TABLETS

Description

What is VERMOX and what is it used for?

VERMOX is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment of roundworms and tapeworms.

It is used for pinworm infestation (enterobiasis or oxyuriasis), roundworm infestation (ascariasis), whipworm infestation (trichuriasis), hookworm infestation (ankylostomiasis), tapeworm infestation (taeniasis), dwarf threadworm infestation (strongyloidiasis).

Dosage:

Adults

Pinworm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX (equivalent to 100mg mebendazole daily) for 3 days. Attention should be paid to personal hygiene, sanitation of the environment and treatment of contacts (e.g. family members). It is recommended to repeat the treatment after 2 and 4 weeks.

Flushing worm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX (corresponding to 200mg mebendazole daily) in the morning and evening for 3 days.

Whipworm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX (corresponding to 200mg mebendazole daily) in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 3 to 4 days. If the worming treatment is not successful enough, the treatment is repeated, but the daily amount of medicine is not increased. In case of severe worm infestation, diarrhoea and inflammation of the intestinal mucosa are treated additionally.

Hookworm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX (corresponding to 200mg mebendazole daily) in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 3 days.

Tapeworm infestation: 3 tablets of VERMOX taken morning and evening for 3 days (corresponding to 600mg mebendazole daily) or 2 tablets of VERMOX taken morning and evening for 4 days (corresponding to 400mg mebendazole daily).

Dwarf threadworm infestation: The chemotherapeutic treatment of dwarf threadworm infestation is not without problems. Relapses or even therapeutic failures are to be expected. Among other things, the following dosage is recommended: 3 tablets of VERMOX (corresponding to 600mg mebendazole daily) in the morning and evening for 3 days.

Children and adolescents

Children from 2 years of age
Pinworm, roundworm, whipworm or hookworm infestation
The dosage is the same as for adults.

Tapeworm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 3 days (equivalent to 200mg mebendazole daily).

Dwarf threadworm infestation: 1 tablet of VERMOX (equivalent to 200 mg mebendazole daily) in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 3 days.

Children under 2 years
VERMOX should not be used in children under 1 year of age. Use in children under 2 years of age is not recommended due to insufficient experience (see “Warnings and precautions “).

Repeat treatment:
In the case of pinworm, roundworm, whipworm or hookworm infestation, if a stool examination (at the earliest one week after treatment) should show that the worms have not been completely eliminated, the treatment may be repeated.

Method of administration:

The tablets can be taken during meals – chewed or unchewed – with some water.