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VERMOX

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Overview

What is VERMOX?

VERMOX™ (mebendazole) is an orally administered, synthetic anthelmintic available as chewable tablets, each containing 100 mg of mebendazole. Inactive ingredients are: colloidal silicon dioxide, corn starch, hydrogenated vegetable oil, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium saccharin, sodium starch glycolate, talc, tetrarome orange, and FD&C yellow No.6.

Chemically, mebendazole is methyl 5-benzoylbenzimidazole-2-carbamate with a molecular formula of CHNO and the following structural formula:

Mebendazole is a white to slightly yellow powder with a molecular weight of 295.29. It is less than 0.05% soluble in water, dilute mineral acid solutions, alcohol, ether and chloroform, but is soluble in formic acid.



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What are the available doses of VERMOX?

Chewable Tablet: 100 mg, round, flat radius-edged white to yellowish chewable tablet that is debossed with "M/100" on one side and "J" on the other side.

What should I talk to my health care provider before I take VERMOX?

How should I use VERMOX?

VERMOX™ is indicated for the treatment of patients two years of age and older with gastrointestinal infections caused by (hookworm), (roundworm), (pinworm), (hookworm), and (whipworm).

The recommended dosage for VERMOX™ is described in Table 1 below. The same dosage schedule applies to adults and pediatric patients two years of age and older. The tablet may be chewed, swallowed, or crushed and mixed with food.

If the patient is not cured three weeks after treatment, a second course of treatment is advised. No special procedures, such as fasting or purging, are required.


What interacts with VERMOX?

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What are the warnings of VERMOX?

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What are the precautions of VERMOX?

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What are the side effects of VERMOX?

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What should I look out for while using VERMOX?

VERMOX™ is contraindicated in persons with a known hypersensitivity to the drug or its excipients.


What might happen if I take too much VERMOX?

In patients treated at dosages substantially higher than recommended or for prolonged periods of time, the following adverse reactions have been reported: alopecia, reversible transaminase elevations, hepatitis, agranulocytosis, neutropenia, and glomerulonephritis.


How should I store and handle VERMOX?

STORE VERMOX™ (mebendazole) is available as 100 mg, round, flat radius-edged white to yellowish chewable tablets that are debossed with "M/100" on one side and "J" on the other side. They are supplied as follows:


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Clinical Information

Chemical Structure

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Clinical Pharmacology

Mebendazole, a benzimidazole, is an anthelmintic drug .

Non-Clinical Toxicology
VERMOX™ is contraindicated in persons with a known hypersensitivity to the drug or its excipients.

Although VERMOX™ is approved for use in children two years of age and older, convulsions have been reported in infants below the age of 1 year during post-marketing experience with mebendazole, including VERMOX™ .

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Reference

This information is obtained from the National Institute of Health's Standard Packaging Label drug database.
"https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/"

While we update our database periodically, we cannot guarantee it is always updated to the latest version.

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