Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Hypersensitivity.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Digestion of the dead segments of injured T.Sodium can be hazardous, as the ova released from them may develop into larvae in the intestine, penetrate its wall and cause visceral cysticercosis, thus a thorough purge is essential. The scolex should be searched in the stools to be sure that the worm will not grow again.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
GI upset, pruritus. Malaise and light headedness.
Drug Category/Class
Antinematodal Agents
Anthelmintics
Anticestodal Agents
Phenol Derivatives, Incl. Salicylanilides
Salicylic Acid Derivatives
Anticestodals
Molluscacides
Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
Salicylic acid derivatives
Prescribed
For the treatment of tapeworm and intestinal fluke infections: Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm), Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium lat...
