Saturday, March 21, 2009

ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS

Anti-malarial drugs are medicines that prevent or treat malaria.
Purpose
Anti-malarial drugs treat or prevent malaria, a disease that occurs in tropical, subtropical, and some temperate regions of the world.
The disease is caused by a parasite, Plasmodium, which belongs to a group of one-celled organisms known as protozoa. The only way to get malaria is to be bitten by a certain type of mosquito that has bitten someone who has the disease.
Description
Anti-malarial Drugs are available only with a physician's prescription. They come in tablet, capsule, and injectable forms. Among the commonly used Anti-malarial Drugs are Chloroquine, Mefloquine, Primaquine, Pyrimethamine, and Quinine.

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