ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS

Clinical situation                                                                     Drug

→Clinical Cure                                                   Chloroquine

→Prophylaxis & (Permanent)                            Primaquine

     radical cure                                                      Proguanil

                                                                                Pyrimethamine + a sulphonamide

→Chloroquine resistant/                                    Quinine

    Falciparum malaria                                        Combination of Pyrimethamine + a sulphonamide

    (Quinghaosu, Chinese Herb,                          Halofantrine

    Makes Artemisinin Derivatives)                     Mefloquine

                                                                                  Artesunate,

                                                                                  Artemether (Artemisinin der.)

                                                                                                 Doxycycline