Praziquantel Drugs are frequently used to kill parasites in the host. In earlier times, turpentine was often used for this, but modern drugs do not poison<unk>  worms directly. Rather, anthelmintic drugs now inhibit an enzyme that is necessary for the worm to make the substance that prevents the worm from being digested. For example, tapeworms are usually treated with a medicine taken by mouth. The most commonly used medicine for tapeworms is praziquantel.
Intestinal parasite infection
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
Pinworm infection
Hookworm infection
Intestinal infectious diseases
Behavior-altering parasite
Protozoan infection
Foreign body in alimentary tract