Benzmidazoles

• Albendazole/mebendazole (for most GI nematodes) and triclabendazole (e.g. some cestodes: paragonimiasis / fascioliasis)

Ivermectin

• Onchocerciasis e.g. in MDA disease control programmes, but bad if Loa Loa (meningoencephalitis)

Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

• Filariasis : lymphatic filariasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, and loiasis)

• Has been used for onchocerciasis, but Ivermectin is preferred: bad if Oncho (Mazotti reaction)

Praziquantel

• for most trematodes and cestodes

• Niclosamide

• Piperazine