Tag: Anthelmintic Drugs

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Albenza Anthelmintics Description Oral broad-spectrum antihelmintic antiparasitic agent (benzimidazole class)Used for hydatid cyst disease and neurocysticercosis; many off-label usesSimilar to mebendazole and thiabendazole but better tolerated Indications Indicated for the treatment of hydatid cyst disease. Indicated for Neurocysticercosis (Taenia Solium Tapeworm) Hydatid (Echinococcus Tapeworm) Ancylostoma, Ascariasis, Hookworm, Trichostrongylus…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Biltricide Anthelmintics Description Oral anthelmintic agent (trematodicide)Used for schistosomiasis, clonorchiasis, and opisthorchiasis; also effective for certain cestode (tapeworm) infectionsAlternative to albendazole for cysticercosis, but associated with higher incidence of side effects Indications Indicated for treatment for schistosomiasis caused by all species of Schistosoma Indicated for clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Pin Rid, Pin X Anthelmintics Description Oral, anthelmintic agentUsed for roundworm, hookworm, pinwormAvailable OTC Indications Indicated for the treatment of enterobiasis (pinworm infection). For the treatment of ascariasis (roundworm infection).For the treatment of hookworm infection.For the treatment of trichostrongyliasis. Contraindications Hypersensitivity Intestinal obstruction Hepatic disease Adverse Effects Dizziness…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Emverm, Vermox Anthelmintics Description Oral, broad-spectrum, synthetic anthelmintic agentUsed for infections caused by GI nematodes, such as roundworms, whipworms, pinworms, and hookwormsAlong with pyrantel pamoate, drug of choice for these infections Indications Indicated for the treatment of trichuriasis (whipworm infection) or ascariasis (roundworm infection) or mixed infections with…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Stromectol Anthelmintics ivermectin topical (Rx, OTC) Brand and Other Names: Sklice, Soolantra Classes: Acne Agents, Topical;  Scabicidal Agents;  Pediculicides, Topical Description Antiparasitic agent in avermectin class; similar to macrolide antibiotics but lacks antibacterial activityUsed orally for onchocerciasis or strongyloidiasis and topically for Pediculus capitis (head lice) or rosaceaResistance to ivermectin…

Brands Classes DEA Class; Rx Common Brand Names; Hetrazan Anthelmintics Description Microfilaricidal and macrofilaricidal Indications Indicated for Filarial Diseases Loa Loa M. Streptocerca Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia  Larva Migrans, Visceral Contraindications No studies reported Adverse Effects Encepholopathy (rare) Fever GI disturbances Warnings — Pregnancy and Lactation Pregnancy Category: X Lactation: not known if excreted in breast milk…