The drug "Dekaris": what helps?

"Dekaris" is a medicinal product for oral use, which has a pronounced anthelmintic effect.

The medication is in the form of tablets for oral administration. Tablets are usually white in color with an engraving on one side in Latin letters. Dekaris is produced one at a time in a blister. What does Dekaris help from?

Drug characteristics

"Dekaris" refers to anthelmintic drugs that have an immunomodulatory effect. The structure of the drug includes one active substance - levamisole and a number of additional trace elements. Tablets for adult patients contain one hundred and fifty milligrams of levamisole.

According to the instructions for Dekaris tablets, children need to take a medicine in a dosage of fifty milligrams. Flavoring and coloring have been added to the children's preparation. Therefore, the tablets have a light orange tint and a pleasant apricot aroma. The medication for adult patients is white, there is no smell. Producer - "Gideon Richter", Hungary.

The main active trace element of the drug is levamisole hydrochloride.

Pharmacological actions

What is Dekaris used for? The medicine is a highly effective tool that, after just one dose, eliminates many types of helminths and their larvae. After taking the tablets orally, there is a slow release of the active substance - levamisole.

"Dekaris" enters the body of the worm, blocking metabolic processes and provoking the occurrence of paralysis, and then the death of the pathogen. Immobilized helminths are eliminated from the human body in a natural way with feces within one day.

Indications

According to the instructions for use with Dekaris, the drug is used to treat the following diseases:

1. Ascaridosis (helminthic invasion, the sources of which are roundworms - roundworms, mainly prevailing in the human small intestine).
2. Necatorosis (a disease that is caused by a necator from the family of hookworms, manifested by nausea, vomiting, as well as allergic reactions, hypochromic anemia).
3. Trichocephalosis (a parasitic disease caused by a parasite from the genus of round helminths - whipworm).
4. Enterobiosis (helminthiasis from the group of nematodoses caused by worms from the genus pinworms).
5. Hookworm (a disease caused by parasitic roundworms from the genus Hookworm).
6. Strongyloidosis (a human parasitic disease caused by roundworms, a characteristic feature of which is the ability, on the one hand, to live and reproduce in the host body for decades, is almost asymptomatic, and on the other hand, to cause life-threatening conditions in people with reduced immunity).
7. Trichostrongiasis (a chronic helminthiasis from the group of nematodoses that affects the small intestine).

The drug exhibits increased pharmacological activity in relation to those nematodes that have the ability to linger on the walls of the intestines of a person by penetrating into its mucous cavity with its suction cups or muscles to those pathogens that are difficult to eradicate with other anthelmintic medicines.

Contraindications

"Dekaris" 150 mg can be used only after visiting a medical institution and establishing the causative agent of helminthic invasion. Before starting treatment, the patient must thoroughly read the instructions for use, since the medicine has a number of prohibitions:

1. Age to three years.
2. Individual intolerance to the minerals of the drug.
3. Disorders of the microcirculation of the brain.
4. Severe kidney and liver disease.
5. The first trimester of pregnancy.
6. Lactation (the process of formation, accumulation and periodic withdrawal of milk from a woman during lactation).

How to take the medicine?

Tablets should be taken once after a meal with water. According to the instructions to Dekaris, adults are usually prescribed 150 milligrams for prophylaxis, and for children over three years of age, the dosage is calculated by a medical specialist based on body weight.

With severe helminth infection, the drug can be used again under medical supervision one to two weeks after the previous dose.

According to the instructions for use with Dekaris, adults are prescribed a three-day course for the prevention of toxoplasmosis.

Such therapies are carried out two or three, with a break of one week. The same treatment is prescribed when using the drug as an immunomodulator.

The intervals between courses of treatment "Dekaris" are fourteen days. After this time, the drug is prescribed to the patient once a week, one capsule. The total duration of treatment is determined by a medical specialist, observing the patient and keeping him under the control of immunological studies.

Dekaris for children

The use of the drug for the treatment of helminth infections in children is possible only as directed by the doctor. For children, tablets are produced with a concentration of levamisole of fifty milligrams. The dosage of the drug depends on the body weight of the child:

1. One baby pill is designed for ten kilograms of weight.
2. If a child weighs thirty kilograms, he needs to be given three children tablets at once, or one tablet for adult patients.
3. Babies from 3 to 6 years old - from twenty-five to fifty milligrams.
4. Children from 6 to 10 years old - from fifty to seventy milligrams.
5. Adolescents from 10 to 14 years old - from seventy-five to one hundred milligrams.

But dosing based on the weight of the child is much more accurate: it reduces the likelihood of adverse reactions. Doctors calculate the dosage for the treatment of Dekaris worms for children by weight. The use of the drug in children as an immunomodulating medication is not appropriate.

There are many modern, more powerful, and much more harmless immunomodulators. Be that as it may, only an immunologist can prescribe a child a drug to increase their defenses.

Reviews of the treatment with Decaris in children are usually positive. Judging by the responses, in childhood negative effects appear much less frequently than in adult patients. Many reviews also note the powerful anthelmintic effect of the drug and the convenience of its use.

"Dekaris" - immunomodulator

Although the drug has a regulatory effect on the immune system, it is currently rarely used to enhance protective functions. There are many other immunomodulators that affect the body more gently and effectively.

Previously, when the choice of immunomodulators was not as extensive as it is now, a medication was prescribed in the following conditions:

1. Herpes (a viral disease characterized by a rash of grouped vesicles on the skin and mucous membranes).
   
2. Chronic hepatitis B (one of the common causes of liver inflammation).
3. Rheumatoid arthritis (a disease of connective tissue with a major lesion of small capillaries of unknown etiology).
4. Recurrent stomatitis (inflammation of the oral mucosa, which has a chronic course with periods of remissions and exacerbations).
5. Frequent acute respiratory disease in children.
6. Crohn's disease (a chronic disease of unknown origin, which is characterized by a granulomatous inflammatory process with damage to various parts of the digestive system).
7. Reiter's disease (rheumatic disease, which is characterized by a combined lesion of the urogenital tract, joints and mucous membranes of the eyes).

In addition, Dekaris is used as a drug to maintain protective functions in malignant tumors.

Can I take medicine during pregnancy?

"Dekaris" is not recommended for therapy in women in an "interesting position" in the first trimester. At this time, all organs and systems are laid in the fetus, and the use of any medications can adversely affect this process, moreover, it has not been fully studied how the active microelement of the tablets affects the fetus and pregnancy itself.

Use the medicine in the second and third trimester of pregnancy is possible only after a thorough assessment of the positive aspects for the mother and the likely risk to the health of the unborn child. Therapy in such cases is carried out strictly under the supervision of a doctor.

It is not known whether the active component of the tablets penetrates into milk and how it can affect the baby, therefore it is recommended to stop it if lactation is necessary.

Dekaris: adverse reactions

During therapy with the drug "Dekaris", sometimes the following negative phenomena may occur in people:

1. Diarrhea (a pathological condition in which the patient has frequent bowel movements, while the stool becomes watery).
2. Nausea (painful sensation in the epigastric region, chest, oral cavity and pharynx, often preceded by vomiting).
3. True hypersalivation (salivation is caused by increased saliva production from exposure to one of the etiological factors).
4. Vomiting (sensation of a contraction of the stomach and esophagus without vomiting).
5. Tachycardia (increased heart rate from one hundred beats per minute).
6. Migraine (a neurological disease, the most common and characteristic symptom of which is episodic or regular severe and painful headache in one half of the head).
7. Sleep disturbance (a serious problem that robs many people suffering from such disorders of vitality, reduces their working capacity).
8. In rare situations, cramps.
9. Rashes on the skin.
10. Hyperemia (overflow of blood vessels of the circulatory system of any organ or body area).
11. Itchy skin.
12. Burning.

It is extremely rare for patients to experience increased sensitivity and signs of encephalopathy (damage to brain cells due to the action of damaging factors and leading to impaired function of the brain structures).

Drug poisoning

When using the drug in high dosages or prolonged use of tablets in humans, signs of an overdose appear, which are manifested as follows:

1. Vomiting.
2. Tremor of the extremities (rhythmic movements that occur during involuntary contraction, muscle relaxation).
3. Tachycardia (increased heart rate).
4. Confusion (a broad concept, which often includes many subspecies of clouding of consciousness and is, as it were, a collective name).
5. Drowsiness.
6. Lethargy (a condition characterized by a lack of vigor, mobility).
7. General weakness.

With oral use of excessive dosages of the drug, a person should immediately contact a medical specialist. In this situation, gastric lavage and adsorbents are taken. If the above signs of poisoning occur, a comprehensive treatment is carried out.

Interaction

"Dekaris" can enhance the pharmacological effect of oral medications, so a person needs to adjust the dosage of these medications during anthelmintic therapy.

This medicine is not prescribed to the patient in conjunction with lipophilic preparations (containing chloroform, ether), as this greatly increases the likelihood of severe consequences and toxic effects on the liver.

Features

An anthelmintic drug is not recommended to be used in conjunction with strong drinks or alcohol-based medicines, since in this situation the likelihood of adverse reactions from the liver and kidneys increases. According to the instructions for use, Dekaris is also prescribed for adults to prevent helminthic infestations.

Since "Dekaris" has a certain effect on the nervous system, people with therapy need to avoid driving a car or controlling complex mechanisms.

Patients who have any abnormalities or disorders in the functioning of the kidneys or liver, this medication is prescribed with extreme caution.

Analogs

Dekaris substitutes are considered:

1. "Ascaridyl"
2. Ketrax
3. "Fed".
4. "Pirantel".
5. "Levamisole hydrochloride."
6. Nemozol.
7. "Biltricid."
8. Helminthox.
9. "Piperazine".
10. "Mebendazole".

Before starting treatment with a Dekaris substitute, a person needs to consult a doctor.

Decaris or Pirantel, which is better?

Anthelmintic agents are similar in many ways. Pyrantel acts on the same types of nematodes as Decaris.

Its exposure spectrum is the same as that of Dekaris. Indications for use are identical, but Pirantel does not have immunomodulatory properties. The ban on the use of "Pirantel" is slightly less:

1. Individual increased sensitivity.
2. Myasthenia gravis

The use of "Pyrantel" during the "interesting position" of a woman, as well as during breastfeeding and in childhood, is possible, but with special care and solely as prescribed by the doctor. Adverse reactions in "Pirantel" are the same as in "Dekaris".

Decaris or Pirantel - which is better? If the question arises of choosing one of these two drugs, it is best to opt for Pirantel, especially for children, since its effect on the body is milder.

The effective anthelmintic effect of Pirantel is not accompanied by interference with the functioning of the protective system of the child’s body. The drug is produced in the form of tablets and suspensions, which has a sweet taste, and is accepted with pleasure by children.

Dekaris or Vermox, which is more effective?

Various active trace elements provide different manifestations and pharmacological effects of drugs.

"Dekaris" is effective against intestinal worms. It does not have a detrimental effect on the nematode larvae, according to the instructions for use. The Dekaris analogue - Vermox - has a positive effect against helminths and tapeworms, not only intestinal, but also tissue forms. The main part of the active substance acts on intestinal worms. The smaller one enters the bloodstream, and from it into the various tissues of the body, causing infection with extraintestinal forms of helminths.

"Dekaris" has anthelmintic and immunomodulating properties. The therapeutic effect of Vermox is limited only to helminthiases.

With the development of ascariasis, it is best to give your preference to "Decaris". It neutralizes nematodes and displays them intact. This helps to avoid intoxication as a result of the breakdown of dead individuals in the intestines. When infected with pinworms, Vermox is more effective, which eliminates pathogenic microorganisms and removes them from the body already dead. With prolonged exposure, it is more preferred as a prophylaxis.

The standard treatment regimen for Dekaris is a one-time administration. Treatment with the second drug takes longer - at least three days.

As a result, both Dekaris and Vermox are well tolerated by patients, but do not belong to absolutely safe means. Vermox also has certain contraindications and negative effects that should be considered when using this drug.

What is the difference between Nemozol and Dekaris?

Medicines against simple organisms act at the cellular level. They can neutralize muscle muscles, as well as disrupt the nutrition process and block the propagation of helminths. The main tool here is the active component, which determines the object of liquidation. Some of them are able to cleanse the body from infection with worms, products of their production, while others only eliminate them.

In a situation where a deworming microelement only kills worms, a person can not do without the use of laxatives.

Made "Nemozol" based on the active ingredient - albendazole. It has an extensive spectrum of action, eliminating a huge number of various nematodes. The medicine is prescribed for lesions as a result of ascariasis, as well as neurocysticercosis, trichocephalosis, opisthorchiasis, giardiasis. It is used for mixed helminthiasis and as an additional effect on parasites, if it is decided to carry out the operation.

"Dekaris" and "Nemozol" refer to drugs that eliminate parasites inside the body.

If a person does not know which group of helminths his body is infected with, then the choice of medication should be provided directly to a medical specialist.

If the therapy is nevertheless carried out independently, then an analysis of suitable drugs should be carried out. Therefore, often people are faced with a choice: Nemozol or Dekaris: which is better to choose?

Nemozole kills many types of parasites. When using "Dekaris" effect occurs after a few hours. To all this, the medication has an immunostimulating effect.

The main difference between the drugs is the active substance. In "Decaris" - levamisole, and in "Nemozol" - albendazole.

According to parasitologists, the use of "Dekaris" is necessary to eliminate roundworms. It is prescribed for ascariasis, necatorosis, strongyloidosis. The medicine can be used in complex treatment for the elimination of toxoplasmosis.

Although Nemozol has a large number of adverse reactions, the drug is well tolerated even by children. The positive side of this drug is that it can be used by the whole family and not worry about repeated invasion by parasites. The duration of therapy varies from seven to fourteen days.

The effectiveness of Dekaris treatment is manifested in the elimination of pinworms, as well as flukes and tapeworms. The spectrum of the effect of the drug is somewhat narrower than the area of ​​distribution of the action of Nemozole.

"Dekaris" negatively affects the body, but all side effects disappear at the end of therapy. For children under three years of age, the drug is contraindicated. If a person is addicted to alcohol or drives a car, then you can’t take the medicine either. But the duration of the course at Dekaris is only three to four days.

Storage conditions

The drug is dispensed in pharmacies according to the prescription of the attending physician. These tablets must be kept away from children, avoiding direct sunlight, at a temperature of no more than twenty-five degrees. The shelf life of the drug "Dekaris" is sixty months. At the end of this period, the drug is not recommended for oral administration.

Reviews parasitologists about "Dekaris" are very positive. In addition to it, medical experts in practice also use the following drugs: Nemozol and Pirantel. Despite the positive effect of the drug during the appearance of the described pathologies in the human body, the unfounded use of drugs is strictly contraindicated. Only a doctor should prescribe them after an appropriate diagnosis, which is aimed at identifying the presence of worms in the human body.