Eben 200 mg/5 ml (Oral Suspension)

10 ml bottle: ৳ 15.00

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Albendazole
Company Edruc limited
Also available as
Eben ds 400 mg chewable tablet

Title, Categories & Description

  • Eben - Anthelmintic Medicine

Indications

  • Treatment of single and mixed infestations of hookworm, roundworm, threadworm, whipworm, strongyloides, tapeworm, opisthorchi, and hydatid

Pharmacology

  • Exhibits vermicidal, ovicidal, and larvicidal activity
  • Blocks glucose uptake in susceptible helminths
  • Binds and inhibits parasite tubulin polymerization
  • Extensively metabolized, probably in the liver

Dosage & Administration

  • Recommended doses for adults, children over 2 years, children of 1-2 years, and children under 1 year
  • Treatment of hydatid disease (echinococcosis)
  • Additional dose for cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis
  • Treatment for giardiasis

Interaction

  • No reported pharmacodynamic or pharmacokinetic interactions

Contraindications

  • Not indicated for use in neonates
  • Possible reduction in dosage for children weighing less than 10 kg
  • Avoid use in pregnancy and lactation
  • No evidence to alter dose in renal, hepatic, or cardiac failure

Side Effects

  • Gastrointestinal disturbances
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Changes in liver enzymes
  • Reversible alopecia
  • Rash
  • Fever
  • Blood disorders including leucopenia and pancytopenia
  • Allergic shock if cyst leakage
  • Convulsion and meningism in cerebral disease

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • FDA pregnancy category C
  • Avoid use unless benefits outweigh risks to the fetus

Precautions & Warnings

  • Blood counts and liver function tests before treatment and twice during each cycle
  • Breastfeeding caution
  • Constant medical supervision for Echinococcosis treatment

Therapeutic Class

  • Anthelmintic

Storage Conditions

  • Keep in a dry place, away from light and heat
  • Keep out of the reach of children

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