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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

mefloquine
chloroquine[?]
proguanil[?]
pyrimethamine[?] (daraprim[?])
doxycycline[?]

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