XIX - Anti-Malarials Flashcards

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Primary drug for malaria, prevents heme polymerization into hemozoin, SE: retinal damage, hearing loss

A

Chloroquine

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Chloroquine-resistance, severe malaria, DOC for pregnant patients, SE: hypoglycemia, Blackwater fever, cinchonism

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Quinidine

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3
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Eradication of hypnozoites of P. vivax and P. ovale, radical cure for malaria

A

Primaquine

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4
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Malaria chemoprophylaxis (chloroquine-resistant areas)

A

Mefloquine, Malarone

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Malaria chemoprophylaxis (multi-drug-resistant areas)

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Doxycycline

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DOC for malaria in the Philippines (P. falciparum)

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Coartem

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