Coccidiostat

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Chemical structure of decoquinate, a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine

A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites.^[1]

Examples include:^[2]

References

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^ Coccidiostats at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
^ MeSH list of agents 82003049
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Antiparasitics – antiprotozoal agents – Chromalveolata antiparasitics (P01)

Conoidasida/
(Coccidiostats)

Cryptosporidiosis	thiazolides (nitazoxanide)
Isosporiasis	trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole^#
Toxoplasmosis	pyrimethamine sulfadiazine clindamycin atovaquone

Individual
agents

Hemozoin
inhibitors

Aminoquinolines	(4-): amodiaquine^# chloroquine^# ferroquine^† hydroxychloroquine^# (8-): primaquine^# pamaquine^‡ tafenoquine
4-Methanolquinolines	mefloquine^# quinine^# quinidine
Other	lumefantrine + artemether^# halofantrine

DHFR inhibitors	pyrimethamine cycloguanil biguanides chlorproguanil proguanil^#
Sulfonamides	sulfadoxine sulfalene
Co-formulation	sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP)^#

Sesquiterpene
lactones

Other

Combi-
nations

Fixed-dose (co-formulated) ACTs	artefenomel/ferroquine^† artemether/lumefantrine^# arterolane/piperaquine artesunate/amodiaquine (ASAQ) artesunate/mefloquine (ASMQ) artesunate/pyronaridine ganaplacide/lumefantrine^† piperaquine/dihydroartemisinin
Other combinations (not co-formulated)	artesunate/mefloquine artesunate/SP quinine/clindamycin quinine/doxycycline quinine/tetracycline

clindamycin

Balantidiasis: tetracycline

Blastocystosis: metronidazole

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

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