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)