Stromectol
3mg · 6mg · 12mg
Formulated to alleviate internal parasitic infections to support physiological clearing and target microfilarial membranes.
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Antiparasitics
Parasites range from intestinal worms to biting mites to single-celled organisms such as the malaria parasite, so medicines in this group are chosen by organism and infection site rather than by one shared mechanism.
Chloroquine Tablets
250mg · 500mg
Developed to mitigate intracellular parasitic multiplication to support hepatic and erythrocytic healing.
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Biltricide
600mg
Developed to mitigate parasitic helminthic infections to support physiological clearance and target trematode membranes.
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Fenbendazole Capsules
222mg · 444mg
Designed to support cellular health to manage helminthic infestations and alleviate parasitic load.
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Primaquine Tablets
7.5mg · 15mg
Designed to support malaria clearance to manage relapsing plasmodium strains and alleviate systemic illness.
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Dicaris Children
50mg
Eliminate parasitic roundworm and hookworm infections from the gastrointestinal tract in children
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Key points
- CDC’s About Parasites page divides human parasites into protozoa, helminths and ectoparasites.
- WHO’s malaria guidelines base treatment choice on confirmed malaria and the parasite species involved, since one antimalarial does not suit every case.
- A few of these medicines, such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also prescribed for conditions that have nothing to do with parasites.
Worm and fluke infections
Dicaris and Dicaris Children both contain levamisole, used for ascariasis and hookworm infection. Fenbendazole Capsules treat helminthiasis more broadly, Albenza contains albendazole for neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease, Biltricide contains praziquantel for schistosomiasis and fluke infections, and Stromectol contains ivermectin for strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis. Each targets a different worm or fluke, so the organism identified determines the choice.
Creams for scabies
Eurax contains crotamiton, used for scabies and for pruritus more generally, and Acticin contains permethrin, used for scabies alone. Both are applied to the skin rather than taken by mouth.
Malaria medicines, and two with a second use
Chloroquine Tablets, Primaquine Tablets and Lariam, which contains mefloquine, form the core malaria group, each used at a different stage or against a different malaria species. Chloroquine also treats rheumatoid arthritis and extraintestinal amoebiasis, and Hsquin, containing hydroxychloroquine, is prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus as well as for malaria prevention, so both ingredients reach well beyond parasitic disease.
Further reading
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