Drug Summary

  Drug name:  mebendazole
  Chemical name:  Mebendazole
  Formula:  C₁₆H₁₃N₃O_{3  Weight:   295.2927
  CAS no:  31431-39-7
  DrugBank link:  DB00643
  Description:  A benzimidazole that acts by interfering with carbohydrate metabolism and inhibiting polymerization of microtubules. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm), Ancylostoma duodenale (common hookworm), Necator americanus (American hookworm) in single or mixed infections.}