Classification of AntiHelminth Drugs(Pharmacological Classification Of Antihelminth drugs-Drugs against Helminths)

Classification of ANTIHELMINTH DRUGS – These are the drugs used against helminths i-e nematodes , flukes , etc

Anti-helminth drugs are classified as follows :

THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION

A.Drugs against ROUND WORM [NEMATODES]

1)Drugs against ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES

ALBENDAZOLE , PYRANTEL , PAMOATE
, MEBENDAZOLE , PIPERAZINE

2)Drugs against TRICHURIS TRICHURIA

MEBENDAZOLE , ALBENDAZOLE , OXANTL , PYRANTEL PAMOATE

3)Drugs against NECATAR AMERICANUS,ANCYCLOSTOMA DUODENALE

PYRANTEL PAMOATE , ALBENDAZOLE , MEBENDAZOLE

4)Drugs against  STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS

ALBENDAZOLE , THIABENDAZOLE , IVERMECTIN

5)Drugs against ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS

MEBENDAZOLE , PYRANTEL PAMOATE

6)Drugs against TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS

MEBENDAZOLE FOR EARLY INFECTION
ADD CORTICO STEROIDS FOR SEVERE INFECTIONS

7)Drugs against TRICHOSTRONGYLUS SPECIES

ALBENDAZOLE , MEBENDAZOLE , PYRNTEL PAMOATE

8)Drugs against CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS

ALBANDAZOLE , THIABANDAZOLE , IVERMECTIN

9)Drugs against VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS

ALBANDAZOLE , MEBENDAZOLE

10)Drugs against ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONESIS

THIABANDAZOL , MEBENDAZOLE

11)Drugs against WUSCHERERIA BANCROFTI,BRUGIA MALAYI ,LOA LOA

IVERMECTAN , DIETHYL CARBAMAZINE

12)Drugs against ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS

IVERMECTAN

13)Drugs against DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS

THIABANDAZOLE , METRONIDAZOLE

B.DRUGS AGAINST FLUKES (TREMATODES)

1)Drugs against SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM

THIABANDAZOLE , PRAZIQUANTEL

2)Drugs against SCHISTOSOMA MENSONI

PRAZIQUANTEL , OXAMNIQUINE

3)Drugs against SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM

PRAZIQUANTEL

4)Drugs against CLONORCLUS SINENSIS

PRAZIQUANTEL

5)Drugs against PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI

PRAZIQUANTEL , BITHIONOL

6)Drugs against FASCIOLA HEPATICA

BITHIONOL , TRICLABENDAZOLE

7)Drugs against FASCIOLA BUSKI

PRAZIQUANTEL , NICLOSAMIDE

8)Drugs against HETROPHYTES HETROPHYTES

PRAZIQUANTEL , NICLOSAMIDE

C.Drugs Against CESTODES

1)Drugs Against TAENIA SAGINATA

NICLOSAMITE , PRAZIQUANTEL , MEBENDAZOLE

2)Drugs Against DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

PRAZIQUANTEL , NICLOSAMIDE

3)Drugs Against TAENIA SOLIUM

PRAZIQUANTEL , NICLOSAMIDE

4)Drugs Against CYSTICERCOSIS

ALBENDAZOLE

5)Drugs Against HYMENOLEPSIS NANA

PRAZIQUANTEL

6)Drugs Against ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

ALBENDAZOLE

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTI-HELMINTH DRUGS ACCORDING TO CHEMICAL STRUCTURE

1)BENZIMEDAZOLE DERIVATIVES used against helminths

ALBANDAZOLE , MEBENDAZOLE , THIABENDAZOLE

2)PIIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES used against helminths

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE

3)MACROCYCLIC LACTONE used against helminths

IVERMECTAN

4)ORGANOPHOSPHATE COMPOUNDS used against helminths

METRIFONATE

5) SALICYLAMIDE DERIVATIVES used against helminths

NICLOSAMIDE

6) TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE used against helminths

OXAMNIQUINE

7) ISOQUINOLINE PYRAZINE DERIVATIVES used against helminths

PRAZIQUANTEL