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antimalarial, antimalarial drug
a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
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Flagyl, metronidazole
antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis
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chloroquine
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
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Larium, Mephaquine, mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride
an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people
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primaquine
synthetic antimalarial drug
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Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride
a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
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quinine
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
