Anti-protozoal/ Anti-helmintic Flashcards
MOA: Tubulin binding and cellular disruption
Benzimidazoles
Ex. Albendazole, Mebendazole
MOA: GABA Agonists
Piperazines
MOA: GluCl- potentiators
Ivermectin
MOA: Enhance Ca++ permeability
Praziquantel
DOC: Roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
DOC: Hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator Americanus)
DOC: Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
Mebendazole, Albendazole, Pyrantel
DOC: Threadworm (Strongyloides stercoralis)
Ivermectin
DOC: Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura)
Mebendazole
DOC: Whipworm (Trichinella spiralis)
Albendazole
DOC: Filiariasis
Diethyl carbamazine
Ivermectin
DOC: Tapeworms (Taenias & hymenolepis)
Praziquantel
DOC: Hydatid disease
Albendazole
DOC: Asymptomatic intestinal ameobic infections
Diloxanide furoate
MOA: Inhibits protein synthesis
Paramomycin
DOC: Early stage of west african trypanosomiasis
ALT: Tx for visceral leishmaniasis and pneumocytosis
Pentamine
DOC: African trypanosomiasis
Suramin