1. Anti-Infective Drugs
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2. Antifungals Used to treat topical and systemic fungal infections.
Conditions:
Athlete’s foot
Ringworm
Jock itch
Yeast infection (vaginal and topical) and thrush
Toenail fungus

3. Examples of antifungals
Brand
Generic
Commonly used for
Nizoral
Ketoconazole
Dandruff and topical infections
Monistat
Miconazole
Vaginal yeast infection
Diflucan
Fluconazole
Mycostatin
Nystatin
Topical infection and thrush
Lotrimin
Clotrimazole
Athletes foot/jock itch
Lamisil
Terbenifine

4. Anti-Parasitic Agents
Used to treat parasitic infections
A parasite is an organism which needs a host to complete their life cycle.
Anthelminthic agents
Worm infections

5. Types of worms that infect humans
Whipworms
Grow up to a half an inch long and feed off human blood. In rare occasions, these worms can lead to cardiac failure and death

6. Types of worms that infect humans
Round Worms
Pencil thick worms that can be several inches long. Acquired through undercooked contaminated pork meat. Can cause swelling of the eyes and abdominal pain.

7. Types of worms that infect humans
Tapeworms
There are different types. The largest can grow to over 20 meters and spread through infected freshwater fish.

8. Types of worms that infect humans
Ascaris Worm (a type of round worm)
Most common human worm infection. Can grown to length of 31 cm.

9. Types of worms that infect humans
Pinworm
Most common worm infection in children. Grow to about half an inch but lay about 15,000 eggs per DAY. This cause severe itching of the vagina and anus.

10. Examples of drugs to treat worms
Brand
Generic
Vermox
Mebendazole
Albenza
Albendazole

11. Antiviral Agents Used for Herpes Virus Influenza Cold sores
Genital herpes
Herpetic whitlow
Shingles
Influenza
Brand
Generic
Treatment for
Zovirax
Acyclovir
Herpes
Famvir
Famcyclovir
Valtrex
Valacyclovir
Tamiflu
Oseltamivir
Influenza

12. Antiviral Agents for HIV/AIDS
These decrease the disease progress as well as prevent secondary infections and complications.
Examples:
Nelfinavir
Norvir
Truvada