How many squares of COMBANTRIN should I take?

One 100mg square for every 10kg of body weight (equivalent to 10mg pyrantel per 1kg). Take a single dose, after food. As threadworm is highly contagious, it is important to treat ALL the family, including adults.

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How many COMBANTRIN squares to take?

Directions. Combantrin -1 Chocolate Squares may be taken with or without food. All it takes is one chocolate square, once only for each member of your family, regardless of body weight#.

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How many tablets of COMBANTRIN should I take?

Directions. Combantrin -1 Tablets may be taken with or without food. The tablet may be chewed or swallowed whole with fluids. All it takes is one tablet, once only for each member of your family, regardless of body weight.

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Can you take too much COMBANTRIN?

If you take too much (overdose)

If you take too much Combantrin-1 with Mebendazole, you may get stomach pains, diarrhoea, feel sick or vomit.

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Can you still have worms after COMBANTRIN?

COMBANTRIN® is only effective against adult worms, which means any eggs or immature worms inside the body might still linger after the initial treatment. In order to minimise the risk of reinfestation, a follow-up treatment two to four weeks later is strongly recommended if symptoms are still present.

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Do I need to take a regular worming tablet?

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How do you know if your worms are gone?

You'll likely need to give your doctor a stool sample for a few months to make sure all the worms are gone. It's harder to treat an infection caused by tapeworm cysts. In addition to the medicine that kills the tapeworm, you may need medicine to reduce inflammation or other symptoms, like seizures, that you're having.

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How long does it take to fully get rid of worms?

Treatment to get rid of worms

If you have worms, a GP will prescribe medicine to kill them. You take this for 1 to 3 days. The people you live with may also need to be treated.

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How many doses does it take to get rid of worms?

For most people, treatment will involve taking a single dose of a medication called mebendazole to kill the worms. If necessary, another dose can be taken after 2 weeks.

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What happens if you still have worms after taking a worming tablet?

Mebendazole does not kill the worms' eggs, and these can cause reinfection and also infect other people. A doctor or pharmacist may advise you to take mebendazole again after 2 weeks, to stop reinfection. However, if the infection comes back, speak to a doctor for advice.

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Can you take 2 worm tablets?

Children of 2 years and over, and adults: Give one tablet once only. This medicine is not recommended for children aged under 2 years. It should be given to children aged 1-2 years only under medical supervision and if there are no suitable alternatives..

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Is one worming tablet enough?

An infestation of worms should be treated by your vet, but prevention is better and cheaper than cure, and one tablet every three months is usually enough to prevent infection.

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Is one Deworm tablet enough?

1.1. The dose of Mebendazol dewormer is non-toxic, so the dose for both adults and children over 2 years old is the same, each dewormer only needs to take a single 500mg tablet to remove all common worms. .

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How many times can you take worming tablets?

For common roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms: Adults and children 2 years of age and older—100 milligrams (mg) two times a day, morning and evening, for 3 consecutive days. Treatment may need to be repeated in 3 weeks.

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What happens after COMBANTRIN?

Mebendazole is the active ingredient in COMBANTRIN®-1, which works by killing threadworms - in a single dose*. Mebendazole effectively prevents the worm from absorbing the vital glucose it needs to survive. Without being able to absorb glucose, the worm eventually loses its energy and dies.

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How often should adults be wormed?

Worms are a very common source of illness for both adults and children, so experts recommend that deworming should be done two times a year, or every six months, beginning at the age of two years. Deworming is the process of eliminating intestinal parasites, such as worms, using medication.

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What time should I take COMBANTRIN?

Take a single dose, after food. As threadworm is highly contagious, it is important to treat ALL the family, including mum and dad. All human worming products will treat only adult worms present in the intestine at the time of taking the medication.

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Can you still have worms after 2 treatments?

The initial treatment of threadworms is essential, but leaving it there may be leaving the job unfinished! Threadworm eggs, laid around the anus, are untouched by treatments such as COMBANTRIN® or COMBANTRIN®-1 – and these eggs can hatch after the initial treatment, causing the infection to flare up all over again.

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Do more worms come out after deworming?

The Deworming Process after a Few Days

You may be surprised to still see live worms in your dog's feces after deworming them, but this is normal. While this can be an unpleasant image, it's actually a good thing — it means the worms are no longer living inside your dog!

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How long does it take for worms to come out after worming?

Most treatments get to work rapidly, killing intestinal worms starting from around 2 to 6 hours after administering the de-wormer.

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How effective is Combantrin?

COMBANTRIN® is only effective against adult worms, which means any eggs or immature worms inside the body might still linger after the initial treatment. In order to minimise the risk of reinfestation, a follow-up treatment two to four weeks later is strongly recommended if symptoms are still present.

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Are threadworms still alive after treatment?

Medicine kills the threadworms, but it does not kill the eggs. Eggs can live for up to 2 weeks outside the body. There are things you can do to stop becoming infected again.

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Why do threadworms come out at night?

The life cycle of threadworms

Threadworms live for about 5-6 weeks in the gut and then die. Before they die, the female worms lay tiny eggs around the back passage (anus). This tends to occur at night when you are warm and still in bed.

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How do you get rid of worms permanently?

Coconut is the most effective home remedy to treat intestinal worms. Consume a tbsp of crushed coconut in your breakfast. After 3 hours, drink about one glass of lukewarm milk mixed with 2 tbsps of castor oil. Drink this for a week to get rid of all types of intestinal worms.

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What are the symptoms of worms in the body?

Symptoms may include diarrhoea, tiredness and weakness, abdominal pain and weight loss. Some worms cause anaemia.

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