List of drugs used to treat schistosomiasis
A schistosomicide is a drug used to combat schistosomiasis.[1]
Examples listed in MeSH include:[2]
- amoscanate
- arteether
- artemether
- chloroxylenol
- hycanthone
- lucanthone
- meclonazepam
- niridazole
- oltipraz
- oxamniquine
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.
Further reading
- Abdul-Ghani, R; Loutfy, N; Sahn, A; Hassan, A (Apr 2009). "Current chemotherapy arsenal for schistosomiasis mansoni: alternatives and challenges". Parasitol Res. 104 (5): 955–65. doi:10.1007/s00436-009-1371-7.
See also
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