Can fluconazole treat pinworms?
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Fluconazole is an antifungal drug used to treat varying forms to fungal infections. Fluconazole is not an anthelminthic and so cannot be used to treat worm infestations like pinworms infestations. Pinworm is notorious for causing intense anal itching and even vaginal itching in women. The itching is worse at night when these worms crawl from the intestines to the anus or vaginal causing severe allergic skin itching. This can disturb sleep. Pinworms affect both old and young and even children. Pinworm infestations is a global problem.
The most common and effective medications to treat pinworm infection are:
👉mebendazole (Vermox)
👉albendazole (Albenza)
👉pyrantel pamoate (Reese’s Pinworm Medicine)
Fluconazole, though sound like Albendazole or mebendazole is not in the same family of drugs….Albendazole and mebendazole are deworming medicines (antihelminthic) while fluconazole is an antifungal drug…. You see!
#Fluconazole cannot treat #pinworms , get the right medications to deworm yourself.
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