NMCPHC Manual - Malaria - Appendix 2 - Medications Flashcards
What are the four classifications malaria medications are divided into?
Blood schizontocides
Tissue schizontocides
Gametocytocidal drugs
Hypnozoitocdial drugs
What classification of malaria medication attack plasmodia in RBCs, preventing or terminating the clinical attack?
Blood schizontocides
What classification of malaria medications attack the exoerythroctic forms in the liver?
Tissue schizontocides
What classification of malaria medication attacks the gametocyte stage in the RBCs?
Gametocytocidal drugs
What classification of malaria medications kill dormant P. vivax or P. ovale hypnozoites in liver cells?
Hyponozoitocidal drugs
What classification of antimalarial medication is primaquine?
Tissue Schizontocide
Gametocide
Hyponzoitocide
What classification of antimalarial medication is chloroquine?
Blood Schizontocide
What classification of antimalarial is the medication Mefloquine?
Blood schizontocide