"Vormin" for children: instructions for use

For the treatment of helminth infections, drugs are used that destroy their pathogens. This group of drugs includes "Vormin". It is often discharged when pinworms or other worms are found for both adults and children.

"Vormin" is presented only in tablet form, contains as active substance 100 mg of mebendazole in each tablet. Auxiliary components of the drug include sodium lauryl sulfate and purified talc, as well as gelatin, magnesium stearate, calcium hydrogen phosphate and corn starch.

Thanks to these components, the tablets have a dense structure and a round shape. Vanilla scent and orange color are given to the drug by yellow dye, orange flavoring and vanillin. Tablets are packed in blisters of 2, 3 or 6 pieces and sold from 2 to 24 tablets in one pack.

The active ingredient "Vormina" is able to affect different types of worms, disrupting carbohydrate metabolism, ATP synthesis and other important substances, which leads to their death. The drug helps to destroy pinworms, roundworm, necator, bovine tapeworm, strongyloids, trichinella, echinococcus, hookworm and other worms. At the same time, the medicine is almost not absorbed in the intestines (90% of mebendazole leaves the digestive tract unchanged).

"Vormin" is used for many types of helminth infection, for example, for:

• enterobiasis;
• tenioze;
• hookworm;
• ascariasis;
• capillariasis;
• trichocephalosis;
• trichinosis;
• strongyloidiasis;
• echinococcosis.

It should also be noted that Doctors prescribe such a drug after the examination, when the helminthic invasion is confirmed. Although some mothers do not mind giving such pills to a child for prophylaxis, most physicians do not recommend using Vormin and other anthelmintic drugs without evidence that there really are worms in the body.

In children, "Vormin" is used from 3 years. If you need an antihelminthic drug for a child of the first years of life, resort to analogues, which are permissible to give such babies. As a rule, they are represented by suspensions that are easier to give to children up to three years.

Tablets should not be given to patients with hypersensitivity to their active ingredient or any excipient. "Vormin" is also contraindicated in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. If a child has severe liver disease, this medicine is also not recommended. In diabetes, giving "Vormin" is permissible only under the supervision of a physician, since the tablets affect the use of insulin.

During treatment with “Wormine”, various ailments may appear in the form of dizziness, diarrhea, drowsiness, abdominal pain, and so on. The drug is also able to provoke allergies, for example, angioedema or skin rash. In some children, pills have a bad effect on blood formation (they decrease the number of leukocytes and cause anemia) and damage the kidneys (they can cause glomerulonephritis).

The tablet should either be swallowed, or chewed and washed down with water in a small amount.It is also permissible to grind it into powder and add it to food. At the same time, food should not be fatty, and it is not recommended to give high-fat foods during the day after taking the medicine.

The dosage and regimen of "Vormin" will be determined by the diagnosis. For example, if a child has pinworms, it is enough to take 1 pill of the medicine, and if there is a risk of re-infection, another pill is 2-4 weeks after the first one. With trichinosis, other helminthiasis and a single dose will be higher, and the drug should be given 3-4 times a day.

Too large a dose of "Vormina" leads to nausea, loose stools, abdominal pain, and vomiting. If an overdose of the drug is prolonged, it impairs the function of the liver and worsens the blood test. There is no antidote to mebendazole, therefore, in the event of an acute overdose, they induce vomiting, give a sorbent and prescribe symptomatic treatment.

Giving children along with "Vormin" laxative is not necessary. The drug is not prescribed together with drugs based on carbamazepine, metronidazole, phenytoin and some other active substances. Incompatible with "Vormina" drugs are marked in the paper instructions to the tablets.

For the acquisition of "Vormina" need a prescription, so a medical examination before buying such a medicine is required. The shelf life of the drug is 4 years from the date of manufacture. Until it expires, the tablets should be stored in a dry place where a small child will not find them. Storage temperature - up to +25 degrees.

On the use of "Vormina" when worms respond mostly positively. The main advantages of drugs called affordable price and a good effect, as well as a wide range of anthelmintic action. According to the parents, the drug rarely provokes adverse reactions, but they sometimes do occur (the child complains of nausea, headache, and so on), which is why they leave negative feedback about the drug.

The disadvantages of tablets also include not very pleasant taste and chemical additives in the composition. Another disadvantage of "Vormina" is the lack of a more convenient liquid form for children, and contraindications for early age.

A drug with the same active substance that can replace "Vormin" is "Vermox". He has the same dosage form and dosage, so this medicine is also used from 3 years of age with the same helminth infections. In addition, the doctor may prescribe an anthelmintic agent with a different composition.

• «Dekaris». These tablets contain levamisole, which causes paralysis of ascaris, hookworm and other helminths. At a dosage of 50 mg, the drug can be chewed from the age of three.

• Pyrantel. In the form of a suspension, such a preparation can be used from six months. The drug is used in the treatment of ascariasis, enterobiosis and other helminthic invasions. It can be replaced with a suspensionHelmintox».

• Nemozol. This drug based on albendazole is used in babies of any age. It is prescribed for infection with pinworms, Giardia, ascaris, trichinella and other parasites. The drug is presented in several forms, but for children the sweet suspension is most often chosen.

How to detect helminths and whether to carry out prevention, will tell Dr. Komarovsky in the next video.