How to Use antiparasitic in a Sentence

antiparasitic

adjective

• The overuse of antiparasitic drugs in sheep and goats and the trade of these animals have led to widespread drug resistance across the globe.
  — Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug, and a very good one.
  — James Heathers, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2021
• In fact, the drug is FDA-approved as a safe and effective antiparasitic.
  — David R. Henderson and Charles L. Hooper, WSJ, 28 July 2021
• The patient had been sent home soon after the surgery with antiparasitic drugs and had not returned to hospital since, Senanayake said.
  — Rod McGuirk, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Ivermectin is an antiparasitic that can be prescribed to humans to treat things like lice.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• Many have touted false cures such as ivermectin, the antiparasitic drug.
  — Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• The woman had surgery to remove the tapeworm and was treated with the antiparasitic medication albendazole, the case report says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 2 Aug. 2018
• Pritt said the adult form is treated with an antiparasitic medication, but treatment for the larval form can be complex and depends on the location and stage of infection.
  — The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019
• The man was given a three-week course of the antiparasitic drug diethylcarbamazine, which can kill microfilariae and some adult worms.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2022
• He’s argued young healthy people likely don’t need to be vaccinated, and touted antiparasitic drug ivermectin — which isn’t authorized for use against Covid-19 — as a cure for the coronavirus.
  — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• The investigators hope to test a long list of drugs, including the hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir, the antiparasitic drugs nitazoxanide and ivermectin, and colchicine, which is used to treat gout.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 3 Dec. 2020
• But few dubious solutions have had the staying power of ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug used to treat large farmyard animals.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
• August’s nine intentional misuse cases made up the bulk of the 13 calls related to consumption of human and veterinary versions of the antiparasitic drug.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2021
• More recent data, especially over the last month, shows an increasing—and now leading—proportion of global searches for the antiparasitic coming from the U.S.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn’t reduce hospital admissions, in the largest trial yet of the effect of the antiparasitic on the disease driving the pandemic.
  — Sarah Toy, wsj.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• This antiparasitic mange shampoo may also be used with other topical spot-on flea and tick medications.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2022
• Data on antiparasitic effects of cloves and black walnut hull are similarly lacking.
  — Casey Gueren, SELF, 19 Aug. 2021
• Federal health regulators are warning doctors and veterinarians against the unauthorized use of the drug ivermectin to treat Covid-19, as prescriptions of the antiparasitic drug have surged in recent weeks.
  — Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2021
• From there, doctors will likely treat the infection with praziquantel, a very effective antiparasitic drug.
  — Maria Masters, Health.com, 24 May 2018
• The compound is also known to have anti-inflammatory and, yes, some antiparasitic properties.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• Since fall 2021, Daniel Lemoi has been a central figure in the online community dedicated to experimental use of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2023
• Following a judge’s order, a Virginia hospital late Monday allowed a covid-19 patient in its care to receive ivermectin, a drug normally used as an antiparasitic, which health officials say should not be used to treat the coronavirus.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• One of the key features of Veterinary Formula Clinical Care is its antiparasitic properties.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• But another study published online in May found that neither suramin nor another antiparasitic drug chloroquine could stop the virus from entering human cells – through a receptor called ACE2 – or from replicating.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
• That hasn’t gone quite as well: a scientific quest tangled up in hundreds of studies too small to give real answers, then sidetracked by hype over the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine and then the antiparasitic ivermectin.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
• When the 38-year-old patient was stabilized with anti-seizure medication, doctors treated him with two antiparasitic drugs as well as an anti-inflammatory drug, according to the study.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• After removing the tapeworm, she was put on antiparasitic medication and fully recovered, according to Jacquier and Piroth.
  — Lilly Price, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
• Benzimedazole, a chemical compound found in many antifungal and antiparasitic drugs that contains cancer-causing benzene, was released in a gas form, Meena said.
  — Washington Post, 30 June 2020
• Search interest in the antiparasitic treatment is at a 12-month peak in India—the global epicenter of the pandemic—and doctors are increasingly alarmed that information shared online is causing some Covid-19 patients to self-medicate with the drug.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• Two antiparasitic drugs are available to treat infection, benznidazole and nifurtimox, both of which are almost 100% effective if given soon after infection, according to the WHO.
  — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 19 May 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024