Sarmox 100 mg Tablet

Broad-spectrum anthelmintic (worm medicine) for:

• Threadworm/pinworm (Enterobius)
• Roundworm (Ascaris), whipworm (Trichuris), hookworm
• Mixed worm infections
• Mass deworming programmes (single 500 mg dose)

Adults and children 2 years and over (same dose):

• Threadworm: 100 mg as a single dose; repeat after 2 weeks (re-infection is common) — treat the whole family.
• Roundworm, whipworm, hookworm, mixed: 100 mg twice daily for 3 days, or 500 mg as a single dose.
• Tablets may be chewed, swallowed or crushed; take with or without food. No fasting or laxative needed.

Children 1–2 years: only on medical advice (single 500 mg used in WHO deworming programmes from 1 year).

• Allergy to mebendazole
• Children under 1 year

Usually mild: stomach pain, diarrhoea, wind, nausea.

Rare: rash, hives, dizziness; with high prolonged doses (used for hydatid disease): hair loss, liver problems, low white cells, rarely serious skin reactions.

• For threadworm, wash hands, scrub nails, change and wash underwear and bedding daily for a few days.
• Prolonged high-dose use: monitor blood counts and liver tests.

Avoid in the first trimester. In the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, may be used in deworming programmes when needed. Compatible with breastfeeding.

• Metronidazole (avoid combination — risk of severe skin reactions)
• Cimetidine (raises levels with long courses)
• Carbamazepine, phenytoin (reduce levels with long courses)

Abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea. Supportive care.

Store below 30°C.