Antihelmintics

Types of helminths

Fancy word for worms

Platyhelminthes

Most anthelmintics are

Nematodes

Levamisole

Ivermectin

Piperazine

Platyhelminthes lack

Praziquantel

Mebendazole

Drugs used to treat systemic helminthic infections

Filariasis

Types of intestinal nematodes

Drug of choice for schistosoma infections

Drugs effective against roundworms

Possible side effects of Piperazine

Roundworms usually:

Hookworm

Ascaris lumbricoides

Treat Hookworm

Treat Strongyloides

Another name for Threadworm

Example of a Threadworm

Threadworm infection is

Treatment against threadworm

Filarial infection

Lymphatic filiariasis

Treat against filiarial infections

Schistosoma infections

Tapeworm infection

Treat against tapeworm

Pyrantel pamoate

Treat against Taenia solium

Thiabendazole