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Praziquantel is an anthelmintic or anti-worm medication. It prevents newly hatched insect larvae (worms) from growing or multiplying in your body. Praziquantel is used to treat infections caused by Schistosoma worms, which enter the body through skin that has come into contact with contaminated water. Praziquantel is also used to treat infection with liver flukes, caused by a type of worm found in East Asia. This worm enters the body while eating contaminated fish. Praziquantel should not be used to treat parasitic infections in the eye.

Generic Albenza - is an anthelminthic drug of a wide spectrum of action. It is active against pathogenic protozoa, larvae, eggs and adult forms. It affects the intestinal and tissue forms of parasites. It is used for nematodes: ascariasis, enterobiosis, ankylostomiasis, non-carotidosis, trichinosis, teniosis, opisthorchiasis, clonorchiasis; Strogyloidoses; Neurocysticercosis caused by the larval form of pork tapeworm (Taenia solium); Echinococcosis of the liver, lungs, peritoneum caused by the larval form of the canine tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus); Giardiasis; Toxocaroses; Cutaneous migratory larvae (Cutaneous Larva Migrans).

Generic Tegretol is used for controlling certain types of epileptic seizures. It is also used to treat severe pain of the jaw or cheek caused by a facial nerve problem (trigeminal neuralgia).