TREMATODES:

 These are the leaf shaped flatworms.

 These are called as flukes.

 They are generally characterized by the

tissues they infect.

Eg: Liver, lung, intestinal or blood
flukes.
DRUGS USED FOR THE
TREATMENT OF TREMATODES:

PRAZIQUANTEL:

 Trematode infections are generally

treated with praziquantel.
 It is a drug of choice to treat

Schistosomiasis & cestode

infections like Cysticercosis.
MECHANISM OF ACTION:
 Permeability of the cell
membrane to calcium ion
is increased.
 This leads to contraction and

so paralysis of the parasite

occurs.