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    Anthelmintic drugs either kill or expel parasitic worms. They include benzimidazole drugs like mebendazole and albendazole which have broad spectrum activity against many types of worms. Other anthelmintic drugs target specific types of worms, with various drugs used against nematodes, trematodes, cestodes, or both trematodes and cestodes.

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    Anthelmintic drugs either kill or expel parasitic worms. They include benzimidazole drugs like mebendazole and albendazole which have broad spectrum activity against many types of worms. Other anthelmintic drugs target specific types of worms, with various drugs used against nematodes, trematodes, cestodes, or both trematodes and cestodes.

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    Anthelmintic Drugs

    Anthelmintics
    • Anthelmintics are drugs that either kill (vermicide) or
    expel (vermifuge) infesting helminths
    Chemotherapy for helminthic infection

    • Broad spectrum Anthelmintics – Benzimidazole


    group
    – Thiabendazole

    – Mebendazole

    – Albendazole
    – Triclabendazole
    Chemotherapy
    Chemotherapy for
    for helminthic
    helminthic infection
    infection
    (Cont..d)
    • Against Nematodes
    − Pyrantel pamoate

    − Levamisole

    − Piperazine

    − Diethyl carbamazine

    − Ivermectin

    − Thiabendazole

    − Doxycycline
    Chemotherapy for helminthic infection
    (Cont..d)
    • Against Trematodes
    – Metrifonate
    – Oxamniquine
    – Bithionol
    – Triclabendazole

    • Against Cestodes
    – Niclosamide

    • Against Trematodes + Cestodes


    – Praziquantel

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