>How do you treat confirmed or suspected pinworms? I treat confirmed pinworms. >Do you give just one Vermox tablet or do you routinely treat with a second >dose after two weeks? Vermox 100 mg once and after two weeks another dose. >Do you prescribe for all family members - including parents- whether they >have symptoms or not? I prescribe two doses of Vermox only for children in family. >Do you insist on examining the child or will you prescribe over the phone >if the diagnosis sounds likely? I send parents to labaratory in my office for examination. Lab staff exams perianal rubbing (looks for eggs of pinwarms in the morning). >Call in a script for two pills for the child only? >Call in a script for one pill for the child only? >Don't prescribe anything on the weekend and tell them they need to call >their regular peds on Monday? Send them to their regular ped Denis Vulic,MD