Niclosamide, is a well-known anthelmintic drug available under the brand name Noclocide, and is used to fight tapeworm in humans and animals. Although it is especially effective at eliminating tapeworm, it has been found ineffective in eliminating pinworms or roundworms. It was originally introduced in 1964 in the United States as a pesticide to control [...]
Levamisole, discovered in 1966 at Janssen Pharmaceutica, is a synthetic imidazothiazole derivative. It is known as an ummunomodulator and helps fortify cells in the immune system. It is sold in the United States under the name Novo-Levamisole, but as of August 2005 was taken off the market in Canada. Although its main use is to [...]
Suramin is sold under the brand names Germamin, Bayer 205, Fourneau 309, Moranyl, Naganin, and Naganine. The drug was created in 1916 by Oskar Dressel and Richard Kothe of Bayer, Germany and was originally used to cure African sleeping sickness and river blindness, both types of infections caused by helminths.
Suramin works by blocking various growth [...]
Albendazole is widely used in the United States through brand names like Albenza, Eskazole, and Zentel. Although the FDA has approved it solely for curing hydatid disease and neurocysticercosis, the drug is still used to treat pinworms, roundworms, whipworms, tapeworms, and hookworms. Outside of the United States, specifically in Africa, the drug is used along [...]
