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protazoal pharm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chloroquine | raises PH of vacuoles |
| chloroquine | effective against erythrocytic forms |
| chloroquine | not for prophylactic or radically currative use |
| chloroquine side effects | GI upset, prutitus, mild CNS disturbances |
| Primaquine | effective against exoerythrocytic stage |
| Primaquine | not for casual prophylactic use, is currative when combined with blood schizontricide |
| Primaquine | may promote hemolysis |
| Quinine | active against erythrocytic stage |
| quinine | restiance is uncommon |
| quinine | causes headache, nausea, visual disturbances, dizziness, tinnitus, Gi irritant, produce CNS disturbance, renal damage, and hemolytic anemia |
| mefloquine | used for prophylaxis and treatment of resistant P. falciparum |
| mefloquine side effects | dizzy, GI and visual disturbances |
| Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors | Pyrimethamine and chloroguanide |
| Antibacterial agents used for malaria | sulfonamides and tetracyclines |
| metronidazole | Flagyl |
| metronidazole | inhibits DNA sythesis, tissue amebicide, side effects: GI, mild reversible CNS disturbances |
| Iodoquinol | active against ameaba trophozoites and cysts in lumen |
| lodoquinol | toxic doses-optic atrophy |
| other amebicides | paromomycin, diloxanide furate, emetine, chloroquine |
| leishmaniasis | stibgluconate sodium, pentamidine, amphotericin B, Allopurinol |
| trypanosomiasis | nifurtimo, suramin, eflornithine hydrochloride, melarsoprol, pentamidine |
| Giardiasis | QUINACRINE, metronidazole, furazolidone |