Anti Malarial Flashcards by wajiha siddiqi

Blood

Chloroquine 
Amodiaquine
Quinine
Pyrimethamine
Lumefantrine
Artemisinin

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Tissue

Primaquine

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Pre erythrocytic

Pyrimethamine
Primaquine
Proguanil

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Gameocidal

Vivax: quinine
Falciparum: primaquine

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Sporontocoides

Primaquine

Choroguanide

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8-aminoquinolone

Primaquine

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Gametocyte for all four plasmodia

Primaquine

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AE of primaquine

Hemolytic anemia for G6PD Deficiency
Abdominak pain with chloroquine
Methhemoglobinemia
CI Pregnancy

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4 aminoquinolone

Chloroquine

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Mainstay of antimalarial therapy

Chloroquine

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Also used for Amoebiasis

Chloroquine

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AE of chloroquine

Rash
Headache
Blurred vision

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Multidrug resistant falciparum

Mefloquine

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AE of Mefloquine

Dizziness
Confusions 
Hallucinations 
Depression
ECG abnormality with quinine

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Interfere with heme polymerization

Quinine and Quinidine

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Cinchonism

Quinine and Quinidine

Vomitting, vertigo, tittinus

Severe multidrug resistant malria

Artemisinin

High doses of artemisinin

Neurotoxicity and QT prolongation

Dihyrdofolate reductase inhibitor (reduces tetrahydrofolate)

Pyrimethamine

Prophylaxis for pregnant women

Sulfadoxine

Pyrimethamine

Prevention in chloroquine resitsbt malaria

Doxycycline
Mefloquine
Malarone (atovaquone+proguanil)