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Could pin-x oral medicine works for the pinworm and tapeworm treatement?no sideeffects?explain me the way i took the medicine
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No: Pin X works pretty well for pinworms, but not so well for tapeworms-dose is too low. The higher the dose the more likely to have side effects.
Answered 12/19/2016
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