Stefan: > - for later stages of the disease (which Zephyr certainly reached) a drug > named Mebendazol will help. > But it doesn't say if the encapsuled trichines can reinfect the host again > within their lifespan. Also it doesn't say if Mebendazol kills the encapsul= > ed form. I read in "Eléments de parasitologie médicale, Y.-J. Golvan, Flammarion 1983" that: -Vermox (TM) is the commercial name of Mebendazol, so Zephyr has got it already; -It may help to get rid of encysted forms but they are not 100% efficient. Best wishes, Jean-Louis Tu [log in to unmask]