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PT 4 Week 5
antimalarial and anthelmintic drugs
generic | Trade | classification | indication |
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pyrimethamine | Daraprim | Antimalarial agents | Prophylaxis |
quinine | Formula Q | Antimalarial agents | Acute malarial attacks |
chloroquine | Aralen phosphate | Antimalarial agents | Acute malarial attacks, causal prophylaxis |
hydroxychloroquine | Plaquenil | Antimalarial agents | Causal prophylaxis, radical cure |
pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine | Fansidar | Antimalarial agents | Acute attacks for chloroquine-resistant patients, prophylaxis |
metronidazole | Flagyl | Antiprotozoal agents | protozoal infections (amoebic dysentery, giardiasis) |
tetracycline | Achromycin, Sumycin | Antiprotozoal agents (antibiotics) | various bacterial infections, amoebic dysentery |
mebendazole | Vermox | Anthelmintic drugs | pinworms, roundworms, hookworms |
praziquantel | Biltricide | Anthelmintic drugs | Tapeworms |
pyrantel | Antiminth, Pin-Rid, Pin-X | Anthelmintic drugs | roundworms, pinworms |
thiabendazole | Mintezol | Anthelmintic drugs | roundworms |
doxycycline | Vibramycin | Antimalarial agents (antibiotic) | causal prophylaxis |
mefloquine | Lariam | Antimalarial agents | acute malarial attacks, causal prophylaxis |