>>13611821I decided to take some pyrantel pamoate because I know it's basically nontoxic and available OTC in Canada. Took two doses, a week apart. It's very difficult to say anything in a sample size of one, but I do feel better---more energy, less foggy.
People should also realize that there are nematodes of all sizes, and there's no reason that it has to be ones you'd see in your poop that are the culprit---those would be more visually grotesque, but a quick scan of the literature on nematodes (worms) says that many of them are microscopic, or at least very very tiny.
So, even if you are not pooping out any visible worms, this doesn't mean that there aren't nematodes in the poop:
"Since the use of herbivore manure as fertilizer is a common practice preceding infection, thorough cleaning and cooking of vegetables is required for prevention of infection.[1][3] Treatment with pyrantel pamoate is recommended.[10] Alternative agents include mebendazole and albendazole.[10] Successful treatment with ivermectin has also been reported.[2] Another way of avoiding these free-swimming stages of infective larvae, is to wear protective footwear when walking in areas of parasite prominence, and maintain general sanitary practices throughout the day."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichostrongylus"Pyrantel is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infections.[2] This includes ascariasis, hookworm infections, enterobiasis (pinworm infection), trichostrongyliasis, and trichinellosis.[2] It is taken by mouth."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyrantelAlso, the bulk of research on these as infectious agents is going to focus on things that are clinically significant. If, for the sake of argument, a common nematode infected people and controlled their behavior (for example, let's say it made them homosexual) then this would not, by modern standards, even be considered a clinically significant symptom.
