Antiparasitic

Question 1

Malaria meds

Answer 1

chloroquine, malarone, primequine, quinine, mefloquine, atovaquone

Question 2

chloroquine

Answer 2

1st line, prophylactic, pruritis major side effect

Question 3

malarone

Answer 3

prophylaxis, can cause NVD, rash. interacts with tetracycline

Question 4

Primequine

Answer 4

primarily post-exposure prophylactic, not for pregnant women or G6PD deficient

Question 5

Quinine

Answer 5

natural drug. narrow therapeutic window! fatal dose 2.8 g. Commonly causes cinchonism. can also treat leg cramps

Question 6

mefloquine

Answer 6

prophylaxis must start 2 weeks before traveling, take once a week while there and 4 weeks after. can cause neuropsychiatric rxn

Question 7

atovaquone

Answer 7

pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Question 8

Miltefozine

Answer 8

lieshmaniasis

Question 9

metronidazole

Answer 9

indicated for amebiasis, giardiasis, rosocea. forms free radicals inside the cell leading to lysis. Causes CNS, NVD, cramps, HA, dysgeusia, black hairy tongue

Question 10

Tinidazole

Answer 10

indicated for trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, amebiasis, giardiasis

Question 11

paromomycin

Answer 11

2nd line for intestinal amebiasis, cryptosporidium, giardiasis