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  • noun medicine An aminoquinoline compound, related to chloroquine, used as an antimalarial and anti-inflammatory agent.

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Examples

  • It also recommends the use of other combinations of artemisinin compounds such as amodiaquine and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • The new medication, known as ASAQ, combines two of the most effective drugs known to treat malaria, artesunate and amodiaquine.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • In the short-term, amodiaquine is being reconsidered as a first or second line drug in areas of chloroquine resistance.

    Chapter 2 1998

  • - Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria resistant to chloroquine and other amino-4 quinolines (amodiaquine (R).)

    Chapter 4 1993

  • Two thousand four hundred and fifty-one children aged 3-59 months were randomly allocated to four groups to receive: three days of artesunate plus amodiaquine (AS+AQ) monthly, three days of AS+AQ bimonthly, one dose of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) bi-monthly or placebo.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lesong Conteh et al. 2010

  • The fist line treatment drug in Ghana has been amodiaquine plus artesunate since 2006.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lesong Conteh et al. 2010

  • Two thousand four hundred and fifty-one children aged 3-59 months were randomly allocated to four groups to receive: three treatments with artesunate plus amodiaquine (AS+AQ) monthly, three with AS+AQ bimonthly, one dose of SP given bi-monthly or placebo.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lesong Conteh et al. 2010

  • IPTc with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) plus artesunate (AS), SP plus three daily doses of amodiaquine (AQ) or SP alone is an efficacious and safe intervention for reducing the burden of malaria in children in high transmission areas with short transmission periods

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lesong Conteh et al. 2010

  • Two thousand four hundred and fifty-one children aged 3-59 months were randomly allocated to four groups to receive: three days of artesunate plus amodiaquine (AS+AQ) monthly, three days of AS+AQ bimonthly, one dose of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) bi-monthly or placebo.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lesong Conteh et al. 2010

  • Mr Odijk has already used the new cell to conduct tests on the anti-malarial drug, amodiaquine.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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