<unk>  is used to treat diseases caused by infection with several types of internal/gastrointestinal, and external parasites, including: * Hydatid disease caused by infection of various organs with larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus * Cysticercosis caused by infection of the brain and/or muscles with the eggs and larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium (though it has been judged less effective than albendazole in treatment of neurocysticercosis) * In dogs and cats, whose gastrointestinal tracts are infected with the tapeworms Dipylidium caninum or Taenia taeniaeformis, respectively;<unk>  is also often used in fixed combination with pyrantel embonate against the roundworms (ascarids): Toxocara cati and Toxascaris leonina.<unk>  is also effective against Echinococcus multilocularis. * Schistosomiasis caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma: As of 2005,<unk>  is the primary treatment for human schistosomiasis, for which it is usually effective in a single dose. * Clonorchiasis brought on by the Chinese liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis * Paragonimiasis caused by infection with lung flukes, mostly of the species Paragonimus westermani * Fasciolopsiasis caused by intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski
Praziquantel
Albendazole
Flubendazole
Mebendazole
Tiabendazole
Ivermectin
Avermectin
Triclabendazole