General Description: Praziquantel + pyrantel pamoate is an anthelmintic (dewormer) to kill your cat's tapeworms, hookworms and roundworms. Tablets may be given directly by mouth or mixed in the food.
Can praziquantel be used for roundworms?
Praziquantel may also be used in conjunction with Milbemycin in the drug Milbemax®, making is also effective against roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, and young heartworms.
What worms does praziquantel treat?
Praziquantel is used to treat schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever or bilharzia, an infection of the urinary tract or bowels, caused by schistosoma (blood fluke), a flatworm parasite.
What dewormer kills roundworms?
Fenbendazole (brand names Panacur®, Safe-Guard®) is a medication used to treat a variety of parasites (e.g., roundworms, hookworms, lungworm, whipworm, and certain types of tapeworms) in dogs. Its use in cats for the treatment of parasites is 'off label' or 'extra label'.
Is praziquantel a good dewormer?
The Common Tapeworm of dogs & cats (Dipylidium caninum), is the usual target of this medication though praziquantel is also effective against less common types of tapeworms such as Taenia species and the more dangerous Mesocestoides species and Echinococcus species. Praziquantel is also effective against flukes.
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