The medicine "Levamisole" is an effective immunomodulating and anthelmintic drug.
The therapeutic effect of the drug "Levamisole"
Instructions for use indicate that, as an anthelmintic agent, the drug is highly effective for ascariasis lesions, the drug is less active for hookworm infection, trichostrongyloidosis and necatorosis. As an immunomodulating agent, the medication is used to enhance and normalize cellular immunity. The preparation is produced in the form of white or orange tablets, which, in addition to the active component, contain sucrose, talc, corn starch, magnesium stearate, lactose monohydrate, povidone.
Indications Levamisole
The instructions for use say that the drug is used as an anthelmintic for strongyloidosis, trichostrongyloidosis, hookworm infection, ascariasis, and necatorosis. In addition, the drug is prescribed for the treatment of aphthous stomatitis, herpes, persistent viral hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis B. The drug is used for malignant neoplasms of the large intestine, mammary glands and bronchi. Effective administration of the drug after radiation chemotherapy and surgical interventions. The drug is used in the intervals of cytostatic therapy of leukemia.
Contraindications of the drug "Levamisole"
Instructions for use indicate that it is forbidden to use the medicine for agranulocytosis, which is caused by its intake, with hypersensitivity. Do not prescribe a remedy for children under the age of three. With caution, you need to take tablets with suppressed hematopoiesis, with damage to the kidneys and liver, cerebrovascular disorders, along with other medicines that affect hematopoiesis.
Means "Levamisole": instructions for use
As an anthelmintic, the medicine is taken once in the evening. If necessary, the therapy is repeated after a week. As an immunomodulating agent, the drug is used at 50 mg three times a day or once, taking 150 mg immediately. So the medication is used for three consecutive days every 2 weeks. Due to the unstudied effect of the drug on the fetus, it is not recommended to take the medicine during pregnancy and during breastfeeding without medical supervision.
Side effects of the drug "Levamisole"
The instructions for use say that the medicine can cause sleep disturbances, stomatitis, skin rash, diarrhea, dermatitis, vomiting, depression, constipation, nausea, nervousness, anorexia. In addition, negative manifestations are possible, such as arthralgia, fever, weakness, myalgia, disturbances in smell or taste. Do not drink alcohol during therapy. With the combined use of the drug with ethanol, disulfiram-like reactions can develop , and with warfarin, bleeding can occur .
The drug "Levamisole": price
The cost of the drug is 50 rubles. There are also varieties of drugs - drugs "Levamisole-plus", "Levamisole-decaris".