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mebendazole

Dosage form Rationale for inclusion in the
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines Type of EML

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chewable tablet, 100 mg, 500 mg
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For threadworm, roundworm, whipworm and hookworm.

No systematic reviews but randomized controlled trials exist.
(Cochrane Library: 2002 Issue 1)

Note: the Expert Committee, April 2003, considered the following medicines to have similar clinical effect; albendazole, flubendazole.

Please see references 1 and 2 for use during pregnancy/lactation and in young children.

ATC Code: P02CA01
◽ Core List

Indications (Diseases)

Cestodes (tapeworm) - echinococcosis

IMCI (Integrated management of childhood illness)

Iron deficiency anaemia

Nematodes - ascariasis

Nematodes - capillariasis

Nematodes - enterobiasis

Nematodes - hookworm

Nematodes - trichinellosis

Nematodes - trichuriasis

Postpartum haemorrhage

References

1.	.html Report of the WHO Informal Consultation on the use of praziquantel during pregnancy/lactation and albendazole/mebendazole in children under 24 months, Geneva, 8-9 April, 2002, WHO/CDS/CPE/PVC/2002.4
	http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/documents/en/pvc_20024full.pdf
2.	.html Benzimidazoles: use in children, Essential Medicines, WHO Drug Information, Vol 17, No. 1, 2003
	http://www.who.int/druginformation/vol17num1_2003/vol17-1.pdf

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Dosage form	Rationale for inclusion in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines	Type of EML
.html chewable tablet, 100 mg, 500 mg	.html For threadworm, roundworm, whipworm and hookworm. No systematic reviews but randomized controlled trials exist. (Cochrane Library: 2002 Issue 1) Note: the Expert Committee, April 2003, considered the following medicines to have similar clinical effect; albendazole, flubendazole. Please see references 1 and 2 for use during pregnancy/lactation and in young children. ATC Code: P02CA01 ◽	Core List