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  • noun A prophylactic antimalarial drug effective against sporozoites.

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Examples

  • Atovaquone/proguanil Malarone is usually the best tolerated medication and is what I recommend to athletes to take if indicated.

    Training Center: How will vaccinations affect cycling performance? 2010

  • These include chloroquine, mefloquine (Lariam), atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone), quinine, and doxycycline artemisin derivatives, which are not licensed for use in the United States but are often found overseas.

    Malaria 2008

  • Common antimalarial drugs include atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline and mefloquine.

    4 Ways to Survive Malaria-risk Destinations 2008

  • Drug combinations for multidrug resistant malaria are being developed by the private sector: atovaquone + proguanil (now registered) and artemether + benflumetol (yet to be registered).

    Chapter 2 1998

  • Although some new drugs have appeared in the last 20 years (e.g., mefloquine, halofantrine, artemisinin derivatives, malarone, atovaquone + proguanil, co-artemether), new (especially inexpensive and affordable) drugs and more practical formulations of existing drugs/compounds are badly needed.

    Chapter 2 1998

  • Visitors to high risk areas had to take cholorquine and proguanil, both of which are available over the counter.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • - Travellers must start to take proguanil associated with chloroquine 24 hours before departure, continue throughout their journey and for

    Chapter 4 1993

  • In this case, chloroquine has to be combined with proguanil or replaced by a different drug.

    Chapter 4 1993

  • * Under the terms of the settlement agreements, Glenmark will be able to market and distribute its atovaquone/proguanil 250mg 100mg tablets under a royalty-bearing licence from GSK in the third quarter 2011, or earlier under certain circumstances, it said.

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • * Under the terms of the settlement agreements, Glenmark will be able to market and distribute its atovaquone/proguanil 250mg 100mg tablets under a royalty-bearing licence from GSK in the third quarter 2011, or earlier under certain circumstances, it said.

    TradingMarkets 2010

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