What is mebendazole used for? Mebendazole is commonly used to treat infections of the intestines caused by worms, such as roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, or pinworms. Mebendazole may also be ...

The tests of mebendazole are part of a growing effort to take a fresh look at old medicines to see if they can be repurposed for new uses. I first learned about mebendazole several years back when ...

Mebendazole, sold as a generic drug in the United States, has been used since the 1970s to treat roundworm, hookworm, pinworm, whipworm, and other worm-based parasitic infections.

Dr. Symons and colleagues examined mebendazole, a medication that is used to treat parasitic pinworms and that in previous studies had been found to be effective in the treatment of glioma tumors.

"We think that mebendazole could have a role in all stages," Riggins says. "It was particularly effective for pancreatic cancer that was detected early." Riggins and his team administered ...