Schistosomicide

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A schistosomicide is a drug used to combat schistosomiasis.^[1]

Examples listed in MeSH include:^[2]

Another example is praziquantel.^[3]

References

↑ Schistosomicides at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
↑ MeSH list of agents 82012556
↑ McMahon JE, Kolstrup N (December 1979). "Praziquantel: a new schistosomicide against Schistosoma haematobium". Br Med J 2 (6202): 1396–8. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.6202.1396. PMC 1597073. PMID 519476. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

Antiparasitics – Anthelmintics (P02) and Endectocides (QP54)

Antiplatyhelmintic agents

Antitrematodals
(schistosomicides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Triclabendazole^#

AI	phosphonic acid Metrifonate

Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel^# Oxamniquine^# phenol Bithionol thiazole Niridazole arylsulfonate Stibophen

Anticestodals
(taeniacides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Albendazole^#

Other/unknown	salicylanilide Niclosamide^# aminoacridine Quinacrine butyrophenone Desaspidin chlorophenol Dichlorophen

Antinematodal agents
(including
macrofilaricides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Mebendazole^# Albendazole^# Thiabendazole Fenbendazole Ciclobendazole Flubendazole

Glutamate-gated chloride channel, GABA receptor	avermectins Abamectin Doramectin Emamectin Ivermectin Selamectin milbemycins Moxidectin Milbemycin oxime

NMDA	tetrahydropyrimidine Pyrantel^# Pyrantel pamoate Oxantel

Other/unknown	piperazine Piperazine Diethylcarbamazine^# thiazole Levamisole^‡ quinolinium Pyrvinium benzylammonium Bephenium naphthalenesulfonate Suramin^# Tribendimidine

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

M: IFT

helm, arth (acar)

helm, arth (lice), zoon

helm, arth

Further reading

Abdul-Ghani R, Loutfy N, el-Sahn A, Hassan A.Current chemotherapy arsenal for schistosomiasis mansoni: alternatives and challenges. Parasitol Res. 2009 Apr;104(5):955-65. Epub 2009 Mar 3. Review.

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