Albest Tablet is an antiparasitic medicine, used for the treatment of parasitic worm infections. It works by killing the worms that cause infections and stops the infection from spreading.
What is Albest used for?
Albest is an antibiotic medicine that helps treat many parasitic worm infections. It works by killing and stopping the further growth of parasites causing the infection.
What infections does Albest treat?
Albendazole is an antihelminthic drug prescribed for treating a variety of parasitic worm infestations such as ascariasis, filariasis or roundworm disease, giardiasis, trichuriasis, pinworm disease, neurocysticercosis, and hydatid disease.
It is also used to treat strongyloidiasis, trichinosis, trichostrongyliasis, capillariasis, cutaneous larva migrans, and microsporidiosis including Septata intestinalis infection.
How does Albest Tablets work?
Albest is an antiparasitic medication. It works by keeping the worms from absorbing sugar (glucose), thereby depleting their energy level. This causes the worms to die and treats your infection.
Side Effects of Albest Tablets
Some of the common side effects of Albest include:
- Vomiting
- Dizziness
- Increased liver enzymes
- Nausea
- Loss of appetite
How to Use Albest Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. This medication may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
Albest Precautions
- Use this medication for the length of time that it is prescribed.
- Do not discontinue, even when you feel better so the parasites do not become resistant.
- Do not use more than the recommended dose, as this may have harmful effects.
Albest Price
Albest is available at best prices on Drugstore.ng, the largest online pharmacy in Nigeria.
