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  2. Antiparasitic - Wikipedia

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    Between 1975 and 1999 only 13 of 1,300 new drugs were antiparasitics, which raised concerns that insufficient incentives existed to drive development of new treatments for diseases that disproportionately target low-income countries.

  3. Anthelmintic - Wikipedia

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    Anthelmintic medication is also used in mass deworming campaigns of school-aged children in many developing countries. [2] [3] Anthelmintics are also used for mass deworming of livestock. The drugs of choice for soil-transmitted helminths are mebendazole and albendazole; [4] for schistosomiasis and tapeworms it is praziquantel. [5]

  4. List of withdrawn drugs - Wikipedia

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    Still used as veterinary drug and as a human antihelminthic in many markets; listed on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. In humans, it was used to treat melanoma before it was withdrawn for agranulocytosis. [29] [30] [31] Levomethadyl acetate: 2003 US Cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. [2] Lorcaserin (Belviq) 2020 US Increased risk of ...

  5. Praziquantel - Wikipedia

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    Side effects in humans may include poor coordination, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, and allergic reactions. [4] While it may be used during pregnancy, it is not recommended for use during breastfeeding. [4] Praziquantel is in the anthelmintic class of medications. [3] It works partly by affecting the function of the worm's sucker. [3]

  6. Over-the-counter drug - Wikipedia

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    The term over-the-counter (OTC) refers to a medication that can be purchased without a medical prescription. [3] In contrast, prescription drugs require a prescription from a doctor or other health care professional and should only be used by the prescribed individual. [4]

  7. Deworming - Wikipedia

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    Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP. Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm.

  8. Mebendazole - Wikipedia

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    Mebendazole (MBZ), sold under the brand name Vermox among others, is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infestations. [5] This includes ascariasis, pinworm infection, hookworm infections, guinea worm infections and hydatid disease, among others. [5] It has been used for treatment of giardiasis but is not a preferred agent.

  9. Levamisole - Wikipedia

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    Levamisole has gained prominence among aquarists as an effective treatment for Camallanus roundworm infestations in freshwater tropical fish. [9] Levamisole has been used to treat small ruminant animals since the late 1960s. [10] Levamisole-resistant parasitic worms are common in sheep farms in New Zealand, [11] Uruguay, [12] Paraguay, [13] and ...