Description and Brand Names

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Descriptions


Piperazine belongs to the family of medicines called anthelmintics. Anthelmintics are used in the treatment of worm infections.

Piperazine is used to treat:

  • common roundworms (ascariasis) and
  • pinworms (enterobiasis; oxyuriasis).

Piperazine works by paralyzing the worms. They are then passed in the stool.

Piperazine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2019

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