Antiparasitic agents - Anthelmentics
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Piperazine citrate – Broad-spectrum effective against nematodes (ascariasis and pinworms); contraindicated in epileptics.
Thiabendazole – Treatment of trichinosis (undercooked pork)
Mebendazole – Anti-nematode.
Albendazole – Anti-nematode.
Pyrantel pamoate – Anti-nematode.
Antihelminthics – Trematodes (flukes)
Praziquantel – DOC; schistosomiasis; wonder drug; DO NOT use when ocular cysticerosis exists.
Antihelminthics – Cestodes (flatworms and tapeworms)
Niclosamide – Causes worms to relax their scolexes, thereby falling off the intestinal wall; does not kill tapeworm.
Paramomycin – Useful against tapeworms.
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