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n. - An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine.

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  • He'd been taking Lariam, a drug also known as mefloquine, that the Army gave him to prevent malaria.
  • His father, Mike Kuligowski, attributes his son's sleeplessness and depression to an anti-malarial medication called mefloquine found in his system.
  • His father, Mike Kuligowski, attributes his son's sleeplessness and depression to an anti-malarial medication called mefloquine that was found in his system.
  • Consequently, artemisinins are often administered in combination with a longer-acting antimalarial drug such as mefloquine, lumefantrine, amodiaquine, or piperaquine.
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