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mefloquine

British

/ ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn /

noun

a synthetic drug administered orally to prevent or treat malaria

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Etymology

Origin of mefloquine

C20

Example Sentences

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Nelson said he never experienced any neuropsychiatric symptoms until he began taking mefloquine just before being stationed in Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

In Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America, P. falciparum has developed resistance to the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine, mefloquine, and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Lariam - the brand name for mefloquine - is prescribed to civilians as well as troops.

From BBC • May 23, 2016

Ten to 20 percent of his patients traveling to malaria-prone areas now receive a mefloquine prescription, he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2013

For example, one of the reports written by Denbeaux and his students notes that all detainees at Guantánamo Bay were administered 1,250 milligrams of the antimalarial drug mefloquine upon arrival in Cuba.

From Newsweek

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