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Do you take it even if you don't have any symptoms?
by aurareturn 4mo ago
Do you take it even if you don't have any symptoms?
- woadwarrior01 4mo agoYes. 400mg prophylactic dose, once every year.
- nchmy 4mo agoYeah, I live in Central America now. 7 years ago after a month of subtle... Issues... and and a bunch of weight loss, I finally discovered an 8 inch worm in my poop after taking some albendazol. Since then, I take it every few months. There's really no risk as it is barely absorbed into your system - it just stays in the intestines and paralyzes (doesn't kill) the worms, they loosen their grip, so to speak, and fall out. I also give it regularly to my dogs even when they aren't showing symptoms. If you have more... violent... symptoms, it's likely bacteria etc rather than worms. Secnidazol is what you want for that - single dose and youre done. Most doctors prescribe metronidazol because they don't know anything - it is something like 3 pills a day for a week, and bacteria have high resistance to it. More expensive, more hassle, less effective. I also give Secnidazol to my dogs. Albendazol and Secnidazol are essentially free here at any pharmacy.