Anticestodal agent
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An anticestodal agent is a drug used to combat tapeworm infection
. It derives its name from Cestoda
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Examples include:
Tapeworm infection
Tapeworm infestation is the infection of the digestive tract by adult parasitic flatworms called cestodes or tapeworms. Live tapeworm larvae are sometimes ingested by consuming undercooked food. Once inside the digestive tract, a larva can grow into a very large adult tapeworm. Additionally,...
. It derives its name from Cestoda
Cestoda
This article describes the flatworm. For the medical condition, see Tapeworm infection.Cestoda is the name given to a class of parasitic flatworms, commonly called tapeworms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes. Its members live in the digestive tract of vertebrates as adults, and often in the bodies...
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Examples include:
- albendazoleAlbendazoleAlbendazole, marketed as Albenza, Eskazole, Zentel and Andazol, is a member of the benzimidazole compounds used as a drug indicated for the treatment of a variety of worm infestations. Although this use is widespread in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved...
- albendazole sulfoxide
- dichlorophenDichlorophenDichlorophen is an anticestodal agent....
- niclosamideNiclosamideNiclosamide is a teniacide in the anthelmintic family especially effective against cestodes that infect humans...
- quinacrineQuinacrineQuinacrine is a drug with a number of different medical applications. It is related to mefloquine.-Uses:Its main effects are as an antiprotozoal, antirheumatic and an intrapleural sclerosing agent....