Mebendazole
Vermox is a brand-name anthelmintic medication containing mebendazole, used to treat various parasitic worm infections including pinworm, roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm infections. It works by preventing worms from absorbing essential nutrients, effectively starving them. This medication is prescribed for both adults and children.
Vermox is an anti-parasitic medication used to treat intestinal worm infections such as pinworm, roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm.
Key facts at a glance
- RxNorm
- 202972
- Generic
- Vermox
- Class
- brand-name
- Brands
- —
- Availability
- rx
- Lactation
- unknown
- Routes
- —
- Forms
- —
- Regions
- US, EU, CN, JP
- Monitoring
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Treats parasitic worm infections including enterobiasis (pinworm), ascariasis (roundworm), trichuriasis (whipworm), and hookworm infections. May be used for mixed infections.
As an anthelmintic, it inhibits the uptake of glucose and other nutrients by parasitic worms, causing them to die over several days.
Tablets may be chewed or swallowed. Full treatment course should be completed. Household contacts may require treatment to prevent spread. Not typically recommended during pregnancy. Side effects may include abdominal pain or diarrhea.
Official drug label
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