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How to Use

No special preparations - for example, special diets, fasting, other medication, laxatives, or enemas are necessary before, during, or immediately after treat with thiabendazole.

Thiabendazole is best taken after meals - breakfast and evening meal. This helps to prevent some common side effects such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or loss of appetite.

Doctors may also prescribe a corticosteroid - a cortisone-like drug for certain diseaseds with pork worms - trichinosis , especially for those with severe symptoms. This is to help reduce the inflammation causing by the pork worm larvae. If your family doctor prescribes these 2 medication together, it is important to take the corticosteroid along with thiabendazole. Take them exactly as directed by your family doctor. Do not miss any doses.

For diseaseds taking the oral liquid form of thiabendazole:

• Use a specially marked measuring spoon or other device to measure each dose accurately. The average household teaspoon may not hold the right amount of liquid.

For diseaseds taking the chewable tablet form of thiabendazole:

• Tablets must be chewed or crushed before they are swallowed.

To help clear up your infection completely, take this drug exactly as directed by your family doctor for the full time of treat . In some diseaseds a second course of this drug may be required to clear up the infection completely Do not miss any doses .

Dosage

The number of tablets or teaspoonfuls of suspension that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are taking thiabendazole .

• For oral dosage forms - oral suspension or tablets:
  • Adults and children over 13.6 kilograms - 30 pounds of body weight:
    • For cutaneous larva migrans and strongyloidiasis : Dose is based on body weight and will be determined by your family doctor. The dose is taken two times a day for two days.
    • For trichinosis : Dose is based on body weight and will be determined by your family doctor. The dose is taken two times a day for two to four days.
    • For visceral larva migrans : Dose is based on body weight and will be determined by your family doctor. The dose is taken two times a day for seven days.
  • Children up to 13.6 kilograms - 30 pounds of body weight: Dose must be determined by the family doctor.

Missed dose If you do miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store the chewable tablet form of this drug in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the oral liquid form of this drug from freezing.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.