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  2. 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]

  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. Fenbendazole - Wikipedia

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    Fenbendazole is a broad spectrum benzimidazole anthelmintic used against gastrointestinal parasites including: giardia, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, the tapeworm genus Taenia (but not effective against Dipylidium caninum, a common dog tapeworm), pinworms, aelurostrongylus, paragonimiasis, strongyles, and strongyloides that can be administered to sheep, cattle, horses, fish, dogs, cats ...

  5. Antiparasitic - Wikipedia

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    Antiparasitics target the parasitic agents of the infections by destroying them or inhibiting their growth; [4] they are usually effective against a limited number of parasites within a particular class. Antiparasitics are one of the antimicrobial drugs which include antibiotics that target bacteria, and antifungals that target fungi.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Pyrantel - Wikipedia

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    A lower dose should be used in people with liver disease. [2] While it does not appear to be harmful during pregnancy, it has not been studied for this use. [3] It is unclear if it is safe for use during breastfeeding. [2] It is in the antihelmintic family of medications. [4] It works by paralyzing worms. [4] Pyrantel was initially described in ...

  8. Albendazole - Wikipedia

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    Albendazole is a broad-spectrum antihelmintic and antiprotozoal agent of the benzimidazole type. [3] It is used for the treatment of a variety of intestinal parasite infections, including ascariasis, pinworm infection, hookworm infection, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, taeniasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, giardiasis, and gnathostomiasis, among other diseases.

  9. 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.

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