This medication is used to treat intestinal worm infections such as pinworm, roundworm, and hookworm. Pyrantel belongs to a class of drugs known as anthelmintics. It works by making the worms ...

If your child has a pinworm infection, the doctor will recommend an over-the-counter or prescription antiworm medicine. This is given in one dose, then repeated in 2 weeks. The doctor may decide to ...

Medicine is the best way to get rid of pinworms. Most of the time, pinworm infections don't cause serious problems. In rare cases, and especially if you have a lot of them, pinworms can travel ...