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Antimalarial drug
Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or treat malaria. There are many of these drugs on the currently on the market. Here is a partial list.
Antimalarial drugs currently used for treatment
- mefloquine (Larium[?])
- chloroquine[?]
- fansidar[?] (pyrimethamine[?], sulfadoxine[?])
- amodiaquine[?]
- quinine/quinidine[?]
- artemether[?]/artesunate[?]
- malarone[?]
Antimalarial drugs currently used for prophylaxis
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