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Question	Answer
1 Multicellular parasites 2 In beef 3 In Pork 4 Fish	1 Helminths 2 Taenia saginata 3 Taenia solium 4 Diphylobotrium latum
Helminths are divided into	1 Roundworms (Nemathelminths) -Class Nematoda 2 Flatworms (Platyhelminths) -Class Trematoda -Class Cestoda
Used in the treatment for Pinworm, Roundworm infestations	Piperazine
Drug Of Choice against Filariasis, Bancrofti, Onchocerciasis, Laviasis, Ascariasis Few adverse effect associated	Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (DEC)
Treatment for Pinworms and Roundworms causes spastic paralysis in susceptible helminths	Pyrantel Pamoate
Pyrantel Pamoate Side Effects:	GI Distress
Used to treat strongyloidiasis, enterobiasis, ascariasis, uncirasis, trichuriasis. Broad-spectrum Veterinary: control intestinal helminths in livestock	Thiabendazole
Thiabendazole is also used to control intestinal helminths in __	Livestock
Broad-spectrum ( whipworm, pinworm, roundworm, hookworm) Irreversibly blocks glucose uptake in susceptible helminths	Mebendazole (Vermox)
Single-dose treatment for ascariasis, New and Old world hookworm, trichuriasis Treatment in intestinal nematode infection ---- Absorption is enhance by fatty meal Undergo rapid first-pass metabolism to sulfoxide	Albendazole
Albendazole Side Effects	bone depression, elevation of hepatic enzymes, alopecia
Potent taeniacide that causes rapid disintegration of worm segments and scolex Mandatory in the treatment of pork tapeworm infestation	Niclosamide
Niclosamide how to use	A saline purge 1 to 2 hours after ingestion of the taeniacide is recommended to remove the damaged scoles and worm segments.