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Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host. They may also be called vermifuges (those that stun) or vermicides (those that kill). They are used to treat people or animals who are infected by helminths, a condition called helminthiasis. ==Types== Antiparasitics that specifically target Ascaris worms are called ascaricides. * Benzimidazoles: * * Albendazole – effective against threadworms, roundworms, whipworms, tapeworms, hookworms * * Mebendazole – effective against pinworms, roundworms and hookworms * * Thiabendazole – effective against roundworms, hookworms * * Fenbendazole – effective against gastrointestinal parasites * * Triclabendazole – effective against liver flukes * * Flubendazole – effective against most intestinal parasites * Abamectin – effective against most common intestinal worms, except tapeworms, for which praziquantel is commonly used in conjunction with abamectin * Diethylcarbamazine – effective against ''Wuchereria bancrofti'', ''Brugia malayi'', ''Brugia timori'', tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, loiasis * Ivermectin – effective against most common internal parasites (except tapeworms) * Suramin – It is used for treatment of human sleeping sickness caused by trypanosomes * Pyrantel pamoate – effective against most nematode infections * Levamisole * Salicylanilides: * *Niclosamide – effective against tapeworms * * Oxyclozanide – effective against liver flukes * Praziquantel – effective against cestodes (i.e., tapeworms), some trematodes * Octadepsipeptides (e.g.: Emodepside) – effective against a variety of gastrointestinal helminths * Aminoacetonitrile derivatives (e.g., Monepantel): effective against a variety of gastrointestinal roundworms including those resistant to other anthelmintic classes. * Spiroindoles (e.g., derquantel): effective against a range of gastrointestinal roundworms including those resistant to other anthelmintic classes * Pelletierine sulphate effective against diverse tapeworms, ring worms and nematodes.〔http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=47308〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthelmintic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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