The drug "Sanoxal": reviews of doctors

Sanoxal is an anthelmintic and protozoal drug. The drug is available in the form of chewable tablets, which have a rounded shape, a light orange tint. Sanoxal is packaged in contour cells one, two or three tablets.

The composition of the drug includes the following active substance - albendazole. Additional components are:

• magnesium stearate;
• sodium benzoate;
• lactose;
• sucrose;
• menthol;
• talc;
• water;
• dye.

Indications

According to the instructions for use, the drug is used in the presence of the following diseases and standing:

1. Helminthiasis (parasitic diseases of humans, animals and plants caused by helminths - parasitic worms).
2. Trematodoses (parasitic diseases of the genus of biological helminthiases caused by trematode worms).
3. Opisthorchiasis (helminth disease caused by flat parasitic worms of the flukes class and occurring with the defeat of the hepatopancreatobiliary system).
4. Nematodoses (diseases of humans, animals, and plants caused by roundworms).
5. Hookworm disease (a parasitic disease that progresses due to the penetration of helminths from the group of nematodoses into the body of a healthy person).
6. Ascaridosis (helminthic disease, the etiological agents of which are roundworms - roundworms parasitizing in the human small intestine).
7. Strongyloidosis (invasion of round helminths - intestinal acne, proceeding with allergic and gastrointestinal syndromes).
8. Trichocephalosis (intestinal invasion caused by parasitization of round helminth - whipworm and proceeding with a predominant violation of the digestive tract and nervous system).

What diseases does Sanoxal still cope with?

In addition, the drug effectively helps against the following diseases:

1. Enterobiosis (helminthiasis that affects the human body with pinworms).
2. Echinococcosis (parasitic invasion by the larval stage of the tape helminth of echinococcus, which occurs with damage to internal organs and the formation of echinococcal cysts in them ).
3. Neurocysticercosis (a disease of the nervous system caused by infection with the parasite larvae of pork tapeworm).
4. Microsporidiosis (a group of protozoa related to fungi, all of which are obligate intracellular parasites of eukaryotic organisms).
5. Giardiasis (protozoal invasion caused by intestinal giardia and proceeding with signs of a functional digestive disorder).

Contraindications

The following conditions are restrictions on the use of the drug:

• age up to three years.
• individual intolerance to the substances of the drug.

According to the instructions for use and reviews, "Sanoxal" from worms is used with extreme caution in the following diseases:

1. Cirrhosis of the liver (a pathological disease of the liver, which is considered to be a result of impaired microcirculation in the system of hepatic capillaries and bile duct dysfunction)
2. Liver failure.
3. Suppression of bone marrow hematopoiesis.
4. Cysticercosis involving the retina (helminthiasis from the group of cestodoses, characterized depending on the localization of the parasite by damage to the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, brain and spinal cord, eyes, internal organs, bones).

How to use the drug?

The drug is indicated for oral use. Tablets can be swallowed whole or chewed. According to reviews, how to apply Sanoxal, the parasitologist determines depending on the type of worm infections and the weight of the patient. Recommended dosage regimens:

1. With echinococcosis and neurocysticercosis, patients weighing less than sixty kilograms are prescribed four hundred milligrams twice a day for one month.
2. Patients weighing more than sixty kilograms - in daily dosing, fifteen milligrams per kilogram of weight in two uses, but not more than eight hundred milligrams per day, the course of therapy is twenty-eight days. In total, three courses are carried out at intervals of fourteen days.
3. With trichocephalosis, hookworm infection, enterobiasis and ascariasis in adult patients and children from three years of age, the drug is prescribed once in a dosage of four hundred milligrams. If necessary, a single use is repeated after twenty-one days.
4. With giardiasis, adults and children over three years of age must use four hundred milligrams once a day for three days.
5. With strongyloidosis and cestodosis, the necessary daily dosage for adult patients and children from three years old is four hundred milligrams, the duration of therapy is three days. If necessary, after twenty-one days carry out a second course of treatment.

Adverse reactions

If used improperly, the drug can provoke the following conditions and diseases:

1. Vomiting.
2. Dizziness.
3. Migraine (a neurological disease, the most frequent and characteristic symptom of which is episodic or regular severe and painful headache in one (rarely in both) half of the head).
4. Meningeal symptoms (these are symptoms that are characterized by irritation of the meninges and are the cause of the formation of the symptom complex, referred to in neurological practice as meningel syndrome).
5. Aplastic anemia (a disease of the hematopoietic system that belongs to the category of myelodysplasia and is expressed in a sharp inhibition or cessation of growth and maturation of all three cell lines in the bone marrow, or the so-called panmyelophysis).
6. Agranulocytosis (is a pathological condition in which there is a decrease in the level of leukocytes (less than 1 · 109 / l) due to granulocytes (less than 0.75 · 109 / l) and monocytes).

Additional adverse reactions

The drug can also provoke the following diseases:

1. Pancytopenia (a hematological condition characterized by a decrease in the level of all types of blood cells).
2. Leukopenia (a decrease in white blood cells per unit volume of blood).
3. Thrombocytopenia (a condition characterized by a decrease in platelet count below 150 · 109 / l, which is accompanied by increased bleeding and problems with stopping bleeding).
4. Granulocytopenia (reduced granulocyte count in peripheral blood).
5. Skin rashes.
6. Itching
7. High blood pressure.
8. Hyperthermia (the accumulation of increased heat in the human body with an increase in body temperature, provoked by external factors, which complicates heat transfer to the external environment or increase the flow of heat from the outside).
9. Reversible alopecia (pathological hair loss, leading to their thinning or complete disappearance in certain areas).

If an overdose occurs, gastric lavage, the appointment of enterosorbent and the implementation of symptomatic treatment, which is aimed at eliminating the arising pathologies, are recommended.

Features

With neurocysticercosis, the drug is used in combination with appropriate anticonvulsant and glucocorticosteroid treatment. Steroid hormones are used to stop an instant increase in blood pressure.

During therapy with Sanoxal, it is necessary to monitor the cellular composition of the blood. If leukopenia occurs, the use of the drug is suspended. Treatment is resumed if the decrease in the total concentration of leukocytes and neutrophilic leukocytes is moderate and does not develop.

People with concomitant pathologies of the liver function need constant monitoring. With a significant increase in hepatic transaminases, the drug is canceled. After returning this indicator to the initial figures, therapy can be resumed, but it must be carried out under more careful monitoring of laboratory tests.

If neurocysticercosis is accompanied by damage to the visual organ, the drug is prescribed after examining the inner lining of the eye to assess the rationality and risks of using the medication.

Parasitologists in reviews of “Sanoksal” narrate that during the “interesting position” women are forbidden to use the drug, except in situations of absolute necessity when alternative treatment is impossible. Before starting the use of the drug, women of reproductive age need to conduct a test to make sure that they are not pregnant.

During therapy and for a month after its completion, condoms should be used. During breastfeeding, Sanoxal can be used, but strictly as prescribed by a medical specialist and under his close supervision.

Thanks to the instructions and reviews for Sanoxal for children, it is known that the use of the drug is contraindicated in children under three years of age. When treating children from three to six years old, special care must be taken.

In case of impaired renal function, dosage adjustment is not required. With cirrhosis of the liver and liver failure, the drug should be used with extreme caution.

Analogs

The following drugs are considered generics of "Sanoxal":

1. Albendazole
2. Nemozol.
3. "Fed".

Before replacing the original medicine with an analogue, consult a specialist.

How to store the drug?

Shelf life is thirty-six months. Keep Sanoxal in a dark and dry place at temperatures up to twenty-five degrees. Keep out of the reach of children. A prescription drug is released.

Reviews about "Sanoksal"

Real reviews of the drug confirm its increased anthelmintic efficacy and good tolerance. The additional advantages of this medication also include the dosage form - tablets can not only be swallowed, but also chewed, which is convenient when treating babies. But, as some patients claim, their taste is not very pleasant. The negative sides of the drug include a high cost in comparison with analogues. The price of the drug varies from 190 to 210 rubles.