Antimalarial drug
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Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or treat malaria. There are many of these drugs currently on the market. Here is a partial list.
Antimalarial drugs currently used for treatment
- mefloquine (Lariam ®)
- chloroquine
- fansidar (pyrimethamine, sulfadoxine)
- amodiaquine
- quinine/quinidine
- artemisinin/artemether/artesunate
- atovaquone
- lumefatrine
Antimalarial drugs currently used for prophylaxis
- mefloquine
- chloroquine
- proguanil
- pyrimethamine (daraprim)
- doxycycline
- hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)
