CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS - ANTIPROTOZOAL AND ANTHELMINTIC DRUGS Flashcards
The drug used for malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment
Chloroquine
The drug used for amoebiasis treatment
Iodoquinol
The drug used for trichomoniasis treatment
Metronidazole
The drug used for toxoplasmosis treatment
Pyrimethamine
The drug used for balantidiasis treatment
Tetracycline
The drug used for leishmaniasis treatment
Sodium stibogluconate
The antimalarial drug belonging to 8-aminoquinoline derivatives
Primaquine
The following antimalarial drugs are 4-quinoline derivatives
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine
- Amodiaquine
The following antimalarial drugs are not 4-quinoline derivatives
Primaquine
The antimalarial drug belonging to pyrimidine derivat
Pyrimethamine
The drug used for trypanosomosis treatment
Melarsoprol
The antimalarial drug having a gametocidal effect
Primaquine
The following antimalarial drugs influence blood schizonts
- Mefloquine
- Chloroquine
- Quinidine
The following antimalarial drugs do not influence blood schizonts
Primaquine
The antimalarial drug influencing tissue schisonts
Primaquine
The group of antibiotics having an antimalarial effect
Tetracyclins
The amebecide drug for the treatment of an asymptomatic intestinal form of amebiasis
Diloxanide
The drugs for the treatment of an intestinal form of amebiasis
Metronidazole and diloxanide
The drug for the treatment of a hepatic form of amebiasis
Metronidazole or emetine
The luminal amebecide drug
Diloxanide
The drug of choice for the treatment of extraluminal amebiasis
Metronidazole
The drug, blocking acetylcholine transmission at the myoneural junction of helminthes
Piperazine
Niclosamide mechanism of action
Inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation in some species of helminthes
Praziquantel mechanism of action
Increasing cell membrane permeability for calcium, resulting in paralysis, dislodgement and death of
helminthes
Piperazine mechanism of action
Blocking acetylcholine transmission at the myoneural junction and paralysis of helminthes
The drug, a salicylamide derivative
Niclosamide
Mebendazole mechanism of action
Inhibiting microtubule synthesis in helminthes and irreversible impairment of glucose uptake
The drug, inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation in some species of helminthes
Niclosamide
The drug for neurocysticercosis treatment
Praziquante
The drug for nematodosis (roundworm invasion) treatment
Pyrantel
The drug for cestodosis (tapeworm invasion) treatment
Praziquantel
The drug for trematodosis (fluke invasion) treatment
Bithionol
The drug, a benzimidazole derivative
Mebendazole
The broad spectrum drug for cestodosis, trematodosis and cycticercosis treatment
Praziquantel
The drug for ascaridosis and enterobiosis treatment
Pyrantel
The drug for strongiloidosis treatment
Ivermectin
The drug for echinococcosis treatment
Mebendazole or Albendazole
