NMCPHC Manual - Malaria - Appendix 2 - Medications Flashcards

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What are the four classifications malaria medications are divided into?

A

Blood schizontocides
Tissue schizontocides
Gametocytocidal drugs
Hypnozoitocdial drugs

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What classification of malaria medication attack plasmodia in RBCs, preventing or terminating the clinical attack?

A

Blood schizontocides

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What classification of malaria medications attack the exoerythroctic forms in the liver?

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Tissue schizontocides

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What classification of malaria medication attacks the gametocyte stage in the RBCs?

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Gametocytocidal drugs

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What classification of malaria medications kill dormant P. vivax or P. ovale hypnozoites in liver cells?

A

Hyponozoitocidal drugs

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What classification of antimalarial medication is primaquine?

A

Tissue Schizontocide
Gametocide
Hyponzoitocide

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What classification of antimalarial medication is chloroquine?

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Blood Schizontocide

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What classification of antimalarial is the medication Mefloquine?

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Blood schizontocide

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