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💊 Albendazole Tablet 400 mg
(Broad-Spectrum Anthelmintic – Deworming Tablet)
🧪 Nature / Drug Class
🔹 Benzimidazole class
🔹 Oral anthelmintic medication
🩺 Purpose / Indications
✅ Used to treat:
- Roundworm (Ascariasis)
- Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis, Necatoriasis)
- Whipworm (Trichuriasis)
- Pinworm (Enterobiasis)
- Strongyloidiasis
- Tapeworms (Taeniasis)
- Hydatid disease
- Neurocysticercosis
⚙️ Advantages
✔️ Broad-spectrum coverage
✔️ Single-dose effective for most intestinal parasites
✔️ Used in mass deworming programs
✔️ Also effective in extraintestinal helminth infections
✔️ Minimal absorption = lower systemic side effects
📦 Common Packaging
📦 Strip of 1 or 10 tablets
💊 Each tablet contains 400 mg albendazole
⚠️ Patient Advice / Precautions
❗ Take with food (fatty meal improves absorption)
❗ May require repeat dose after 2 weeks
❗ Avoid in first trimester of pregnancy
❗ Not routinely recommended in children under 2 years (unless prescribed)
💢 Side effects (usually mild):
- Nausea
- Abdominal pain
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Rare: liver enzyme elevation (long-term use)
📌 Monitoring advised during prolonged therapy (for hydatid/neurocysticercosis)
🧊 Storage
🌡 Store at room temperature (below 30°C)
🚫 Keep away from moisture
🔒 Out of reach of children