Chemistry:Pyrantel

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Short description: Medication for parasitic worm infections
Pyrantel
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Clinical data
Trade namesPin-X, Combantrin, others[1]
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration
by mouth
ATC code
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Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailabilitypoorly absorbed
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H14N2S
Molar mass206.31 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
Melting point178 to 179 °C (352 to 354 °F)

Pyrantel is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infections.[2] This includes ascariasis, hookworm infections, enterobiasis (pinworm infection), trichostrongyliasis, and trichinellosis.[2] It is taken by mouth.[2]

Side effects include nausea, headache, dizziness, trouble sleeping, and rash.[2] A lower dose should be used in people with liver disease.[2] While it does not appear to be harmful during pregnancy, it has not been studied for this use.[3] It is unclear if it is safe for use during breastfeeding.[2] It is in the antihelmintic family of medications.[4] It works by paralyzing worms.[4]

Pyrantel was initially described in 1965.[5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[6] Pyrantel is available as a generic medication.[4] It may also be used to treat worms in a number of other animals.[5]

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pyrantel pamoate is considered a pregnancy category C drug for use during pregnancy for humans, but is in category A for canines and felines. Pyrantel is considered safe to use in nursing animals.[7]

Mechanism of action

Pyrantel pamoate acts as a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, thereby causing sudden contraction, followed by paralysis, of the helminths. This has the result of causing the worm to "lose its grip" on the intestinal wall and be passed out of the system by natural process. Since Pyrantel is poorly absorbed by the host's intestine, the host is unaffected by the small dosage of medication used. Spastic (tetanic) paralyzing agents, in particular pyrantel pamoate, may induce complete intestinal obstruction in a heavy worm load.[8] This obstruction is usually in the form of a worm impaction and happens when a very small, but heavily parasitized animal is treated and tries to pass a large number of dislodged worms at once. Worms usually pass in normal stool or with diarrhea, straining, and occasional vomiting.

Names

There are a number of brands, including "Reese's Pinworm Medicine", "Pin-X", "Pin-Rid","PYRANTRIN", "COMBANTRIN", "Anthel", "Helmintox", "Helmex", "Strongid" and Drontal Cat.

References

  1. Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2015 Deluxe Lab-Coat Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2015. p. 54. ISBN 9781284057560. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization. 2009. pp. 89, 608. ISBN 9789241547659. 
  3. "Pyrantel Use During Pregnancy". Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/pyrantel.html. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Pyrantel Pamoate". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. https://www.drugs.com/monograph/pyrantel-pamoate.html. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 (in en) Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology. Elsevier Health Sciences. 2008. p. 209. ISBN 978-0702028588. https://books.google.com/books?id=RpsROVqemk8C&pg=PA209. 
  6. World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. 
  7. Plumb's veterinary drug handbook. Stockholm, Wis: PharmaVet. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8138-0518-4. 
  8. "Management of intestinal obstruction caused by ascariasis". Journal of Pediatric Surgery 32 (4): 585–587. April 1997. doi:10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90712-0. PMID 9126759. 

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