Antiparasitics

This category covers medicines that clear parasitic infections, including intestinal worms, protozoal infections and malaria. They are matched to the specific parasite. The medicines here cover very different organisms, from intestinal worms through protozoa to malaria parasites, and the treatment is chosen to match.

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Stromectol

Ivermectin

3 · 6 · 12mg

Ivermectin 3mg, 6mg and 12mg tablets, used for strongyloidiasis, scabies and onchocerciasis. It binds chloride channels found only in invertebrates.

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Plaquenil

Hydroxychloroquine

200 · 400mg

Hydroxychloroquine 200mg and 400mg film-coated tablets, used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. A DMARD.

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Albenza

Albendazole

400mg

Albendazole 400mg tablets, used for helminthiasis, giardiasis and parasitic worm infection. A benzimidazole that degrades microtubules in parasite cells.

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Aralen

Chloroquine

250 · 500mg

Chloroquine 250mg and 500mg tablets, used for malaria. An aminoquinoline that interferes with parasite growth inside the red blood cells.

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Biltricide

Praziquantel

600mg

Praziquantel 600mg tablets, used for schistosomiasis and liver flukes. It makes the parasite's membrane permeable to calcium, causing paralysis.

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Ornidazole Tablets

Ornidazole

500mg

Ornidazole 500mg tablets, used for trichomoniasis, amoebiasis and giardiasis. A nitroimidazole that disrupts DNA synthesis in protozoa.

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About

Key points

Treatment is matched to the parasite, so a worm, a protozoal infection and malaria call for different medicines.
Malaria is an emergency rather than a self-treated illness, and the WHO maintains treatment guidelines for it.
Some intestinal worm treatments are repeated after an interval to catch the next stage of the life cycle.

Classes and ingredients in this category

Anthelmintics such as albendazole, ivermectin and praziquantel treat worm infections.
Antimalarials and antiprotozoals like chloroquine and ornidazole.

Conditions it covers

These medicines are used for helminthiasis, malaria, giardiasis and strongyloidiasis. Which parasite is present is established by testing and exposure history, and that decides both agent and duration.