General description
Mefloquine is an antiparasitic medicine used for the prophylactic and curative treatment of malaria.
INN
Mefloquine
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1987
(TRS
770)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Added in 1987
(TRS
770)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax
Added in 1991
(TRS
825)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
- Oral > Solid: 250 mg tablet (hydrochloride)
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For chemoprevention
- Oral > Solid: 250 mg tablet (hydrochloride)
Indications