Anticestodal agent

An anticestodal agent is a drug used to combat tapeworm infection.^[1] It derives its name from Cestoda.

Examples include:^[2]

References

↑ Anticestodal agents at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
↑ MeSH list of agents 82000923

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Mebendazole^# Albendazole^# Tiabendazole 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^‡Withdrawn from market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

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Anticestodal agent

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