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How Long Does Intestinal Pinworm Infestation Take To Get Cured?

Hello,
I have a confirmed pinworm infection and bought the over counter medicine to solve it. I was wondering about the realistic time frame of curing the infection as when I tried to google it, all the worst case scenarios came up and sent me into a small panic.
Fri, 1 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.


For pinworm infection Albendazole can be prescribed

Dose repeated after two week.

Mostly it will be effective in many cases

Take care

Kindly mention which medication has been prescribed to you

Hope this will help you.
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How Long Does Intestinal Pinworm Infestation Take To Get Cured?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. For pinworm infection Albendazole can be prescribed Dose repeated after two week. Mostly it will be effective in many cases Take care Kindly mention which medication has been prescribed to you Hope this will help you.