Table 1.

Selected drugs used against parasites.

Group of Antiparasitic Drugs	Antiparasitic Drugs
Anti-malarials	artemisinin chloroquine, amodiaquine, atovaquone, primaquine, mefloquine, atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline
Anti-babesial agents	atovaquone, azithromycin, clindamycin, quinine
Anti-amoebic agents	iodoquinol, paromomycin sulfate, diloxanide furoate, metronidazole, tinidazole, emetine, chloroquine
Anti-giardial agents	metronidazol, tinidazole, furazolidone, albendazole
Trypanocidal agents	nifurtimox, benznidazole, pentamidine, eflornithine, suramin, melarsoprol
Anti-leishmanial agents	meglumine antimoniate, pentamidine, amphotericin B
Anti-toxoplasma agents	sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine, sulfamethazine, sulfamerazine
Anti-cestodal drugs	praziquantel, niclosamide, albendazole
Anti-nematodal drugs	praziquantel, metrifonate, oxamniquine Albendazole, diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin