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2. Praziquantel - Wikipedia

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   Hydatid disease caused by infection of various organs with larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus; Cysticercosis caused by infection of the brain and/or muscles with the eggs and larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium (though it has been judged less effective than albendazole in treatment of neurocysticercosis) [6]

3. Niclosamide - Wikipedia

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   Niclosamide's metabolic effects are relevant to a wide ranges of organisms, and accordingly it has been applied as a control measure to organisms other than tapeworms. For example, it is an active ingredient in some formulations such as Bayluscide for killing lamprey larvae, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] as a molluscide, [ 13 ] and as a general purpose ...

4. Diphyllobothriasis - Wikipedia

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   Upon diagnosis, treatment is simple and effective. [16] [17] [18] Praziquantel. The standard treatment for diphyllobothriasis (as well as many other tapeworm infections) is a single dose of praziquantel, 5–10 mg/kg orally once for both adults and children. [16] [17] [18] Praziquantel is not FDA-approved for this indication. [16]

5. 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 .

6. 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.

7. Neurocysticercosis - Wikipedia

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   Pigs and humans can act as intermediate hosts for the larval form, but humans are the only definitive hosts for the adult tapeworm. The larvae are cystic, fluid-filled sacs containing a tapeworm head (scolex) with four suckers and a double row of hooks, along with a narrow neck and a body made up of hundreds of segments called proglottids. When ...