mefloquine in English

noun
1
an antimalarial drug consisting of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline.
Quinine formed the basis for synthesising the commonly used antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and mefloquine .

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1. However, there is recent controversy about the frequency of severe neuropsychiatric symptoms after taking prophylactic doses of mefloquine.

2. After having diagnosed malaria tropica the administration of mefloquine (Lariam®) because of local drug resistance ended the fever, and all pathologic EEG-findings disappeared.

3. Medical definition of Artemisinin: an antimalarial drug C15H22O5 that is a peroxide derivative of sesquiterpene, is obtained from the leaves of a Chinese artemisia (Artemisia annua) or is made synthetically, and is typically administered with other antimalarial agents (as mefloquine or amodiaquine).