Mebendazole 100mg/tablet IMPA 6th Ed 39 17 30

Mebendazole is an antihelminthic and antiworm medicine. Mebendazole works by preventing the worms from being able to absorb the sugars from your body, which they need to survive. It should be taken orally

Mebendazole is a (synthetic) broad-spectrum anthelmintic available as chewable tablets, each containing 100 mg of mebendazole. Inactive ingredients are: anhydrous lactose NF, corn starch, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium saccharin, sodium starch glycolate, stearic acid, and FD&C Yellow #6

Mebendazole inhibits the formation of the worms’ microtubules and causes the worms’ glucose depletion.

Mebendazole tablets are indicated for the treatment of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm), Ancylostoma duodenale (common hookworm), Necator americanus (American hookworm) in single or mixed infections.