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mefloquine

British  
/ ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn /

noun

  1. a synthetic drug administered orally to prevent or treat malaria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mefloquine

C20


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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

A retired Army officer who headed up the prosecution team said he never saw any documentation in Bales’ medical records that he took mefloquine in Iraq or Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2017

As at August 2015, mefloquine constituted only 1.2% of all anti-malaria tablets held and, in terms of doses for a six-month deployment, only 14% of the stock, the MoD said.

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

When I started telling him about the mefloquine theory, Bumgarner told me Hickman was “a nutbag.”

From Newsweek

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