As you know, all helminths parasitizing in the human body lead to allergization and weakening of the immune system. Giardiasis also refers to diseases caused by human parasites (in this case, protozoa). Many doctors prescribe the drug "Nemozol" for giardiasis.
This medication is an anthelmintic agent that has a wide spectrum of action. The very high effectiveness of this drug is observed in the treatment of almost all helminthiases. The drug "Nemozol" with giardiasis has a strong effect on parasites, since albendazole, its main active substance, being a derivative of benzimidazole carbamate, provides a systemic effect, being converted in the liver to albendazole sulfoxide. This remedy is not as safe as some other drugs - inhibitors of the polymerization of beta-tubulins of the benzimidazole series, but it is much more effective than them.
The classic medication "Nemozol" for giardiasis: daily at 0.4 g for 5 days. At this dosage, 86% of patients are quickly cured of infectious polyparasitic pathologies. Treatment of giardiasis with Nemozol can be prescribed for adults and children. The attending physicians during therapy with this drug recommend a balanced diet and the right lifestyle to fully restore the body.
The drug "Nemozol" is available in the form of tablets, suspensions, chewable and coated tablets. Pharmacological action: anthelmintic agent effective in poly- and monoinvasions. It is especially effective against larvae of cestodes (Taenia solium and Echinococcus granulosus) and nematodes (Strongyloides stercolatis).
This drug is prescribed for neurocysticercosis, enterobiosis, echinococcosis of internal organs, ascariasis, trichocephalosis, strongyloidosis, opisthorchiasis, microsporidiosis, hookworm infection, mixed helminthiases. The drug "Nemozol" with giardiasis and other invasions requires constant monitoring of the blood picture. When leukopenia occurs, discontinuation of therapy is required. Patients of reproductive age, before starting treatment with this drug, must undergo pregnancy tests and examination by a gynecologist, and reliable contraceptives should be used during therapy. Patients who are prescribed high doses of the drug should be carefully monitored. The attending physician at this time should constantly monitor liver function.
So how to take "Nemozole" for giardiasis? It is taken after meals inside, while the tablets are not chewed. The drug is washed down with water. For adults, the daily dose is 0.4 g - it is taken at a time. Children from 6 years old are prescribed a dose of 6 mg per 1 kg of the child’s weight. The use of various laxative drugs is not required. With giardiasis, a standard five-day course of treatment can be reduced to three days.
Contraindications to the use of this medication are pregnancy, hypersensitivity, lactation, age up to 6 years. With special care, the drug "Nemozol" is prescribed for giardiasis in patients suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure, retinal pathologies.
Side effects of taking the drug are nausea and vomiting, increased liver transaminases, colic in the abdomen, meningeal symptoms, dizziness, headaches, leukopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, granulocytopenia, pancytopenia, pruritus, skin rash, hyperthermia, impaired functioning alopecia. In case of an overdose of the drug, symptomatic treatment is carried out, gastric lavage and the intake of activated charcoal.
With the interaction of this drug with dexamethasone and cimetidine, the concentration of albendazole in the blood increases.