<p><strong>Adults &amp; children over 2 years</strong>:</p>

<ul>
	<li>400 mg (1 tablet or 10 ml suspension) as a single dose in cases of Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.</li>
	<li>In cases of strongyloidiasis or taeniasis, 400 mg (1 tablet or 10 ml suspension) daily should be given for 3 consecutive days. If the patient is not cured on follow-up after three weeks, a second course of treatment is indicated.&nbsp;</li>
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<p><strong>Children of 1-2 years</strong>: Recommended dose is a single dose of 200 mg (5 ml suspension).<br />
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<strong>Children under 1 year</strong>: Not recommended.<br />
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<strong>In Hydatid disease (Echinococcosis)</strong>:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Albendazole is given by mouth with meals in a dose of 400 mg twice daily for 28 days for patients weighing over 60 kg.</li>
	<li>A dose of 15 mg/kg body weight daily in two divided doses (to a maximum total daily dose of 800 mg) is used for patients weighing less than 60 kg.</li>
	<li>For cystic echinococcosis, the 28 days course may be repeated after 14 days without treatment, to a total of 3 treatment cycles.</li>
	<li>For alveolar echinococcosis, cycles of 28 days of treatment followed by 14 days without treatment, may need to continue for months or years.</li>
	<li>In giardiasis, 400 mg (1 tablet or 10 ml suspension) once daily for five days is used.</li>
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