title: Anticestodal agent
text: # Anticestodal agent
  
  An anticestodal agent is a drug used in deworming to combat tapeworm infection. It derives its name from Cestoda.
  
  Examples include:
  
  * albendazole
  * albendazole sulfoxide
  * dichlorophen
  * niclosamide
  * quinacrine
  