Friday’s update at work
Posted by mei | Posted in Life as a pharmacist, Pharmacy queries, Thoughts | Posted on 06-08-2010
Tagged Under : mebendazole for threadworms round worms tape worms, treating worms
So if you followed my blog, ud know about the lady who bleed all over. She came back yesterday, to say thank you. To remind you, it is the lady that I tried to bandage, and sent her to the nearest surgery as the bleeding went on for hours. So she said the doctors applied steri strips for her to stop the bleeding. It is that simple. I thought about it only after she left, they are also called the butterfly strips. So now I know what to do with deep cuts!
2 queries that I had to look up today
1. Lump/swelling inside the mouth, on the gums. Red, and a lump bulging out. No pain. Didnt know what it was, referred.
2. Query on treatment for worms. At 1st customer said round worms, then later she said its threadworm, she got confused with ringworms. Anyway I looked it up in the bnf, so mebendazole, over the counter, can be used for all sorts of worms. However, it is only licensed as single dose of 100mg, and maximum packet size of 800mg. If it is threadworm, single dosing will be sufficient. However if it is round worm, whipp worm or others, they require several dosing a day for 3 days. So I guess we can only treat thread worm in the pharmacy? I sold 2 packets, ech with 4 tablets, so that makes it 800mg. For a family of 5. SO hopefully I didnt do anything illegal today


