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Albendazole Health Feed

Asked for male, 24 years old from Chennai
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General Physician•Jaipur
Get tested stool examination 2 or 3 times it will give idea what type of worms and other details although tablet albendazole may be taken after a month better after taking tablet get stool tested. Check drugs available on doctors prescription.
Asked for female, 31 years old from Jorhat
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MD - Paediatrics, Fellowship in Neonatol...read more

Pediatrician•Gandhinagar
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Dear parents, each and every drug has side effects, but the intensity of side effects varies with person to person. Usually albendazole is very safe drug and it is essential to kill worms in your baby's gut and prevent worm infestation (so government applied deworming campaign using albendazole biannually for 1 to 5 year child). It is possible that dizziness and vomiting could be due to albendazole or could be due to other cause, but this drug is generally very safe and no or minimal side effect...more
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Asked for male, 21 years old from Chennai
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Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, MBB...read more

General Physician•Delhi
Get stool test done before taking another dose of albendazole. These medicines kill the worms and they don't come wriggling out of the body unless they are large in number.
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Asked for male, 29 years old from Hyderabad
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DNB (ENT), MBBS

ENT Specialist•Bangalore
As per standard protocols, there needs to at least 5 years of seizure free period before tapering and stopping medications. Newer protocols followed by some doctors believe in stopping medications even if there is 1 year of seizure free interval. It is best that you consult with your neurologist and let him decide on what is best for you.
Asked for female, 35 years old from Visakhapatnam
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BHMS, BSc

Homeopathy Doctor•Raipur
Yes mam but homoeopathic medicines are really effective in these problems as it treat patient as a whole and you have to continue treatment for some time there r really good medicines you can take and give albendazole 10 ml repeat every six months I need your detail case history to guide and advise you properly and give constitutional homoeopathic treatment which will give very good results soon if you wish to consult me online through Lybrate app for proper management or phone call me I will he...more
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