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=== Antibiotics === | === Antibiotics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics] === | ||
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heart attack] by an estimated 76 per cent compared to penicillin V. No increased risk was seen with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxithromycin roxithromycin].) | heart attack] by an estimated 76 per cent compared to penicillin V. No increased risk was seen with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxithromycin roxithromycin].) | ||
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=== Anticoagulants [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticoagulant] === | |||
==== ✅ Safe unless otherwise marked ==== | |||
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Anticoagulant medicines and herbs (which reduce the clotting ability of blood) do not harm helminths, but may | |||
prolong bleeding from the tiny feeding sites of hookworms, which, themselves, secrete minute amounts of anticoagulants | |||
to help their digestive process. Anticoagulant drugs include | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin warfarin] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heparin heparin] | |||
Other drugs that have an anticoagulant effect include | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin aspirin] and products containing it, such as | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alka-Seltzer Alka-Seltzer] | |||
** ❔ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepto-Bismol Pepto-Bismol]. | |||
Herbs with an anticoagulant effect include | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba ginkgo biloba] | |||
All of these compounds may prolong bleeding at hookworm feeding sites to some extent, so may potentially contribute to anaemia (anemia) in susceptible | |||
individuals, especially if several of these drugs/supplements are taken at the same time. | |||
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=== Antifungals === | |||