mefloquine
noun
mef·lo·quine
ˈmef-lə-ˌkwīn 
: an antimalarial drug C17H16F6N2O similar to quinine that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride
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The rule adopted by the board directs doctors to provide a diagnosis with any prescription for chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, mefloquine, or azithromycin, which doctors argue violates their patients' privacy rights.
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Bethany Blankley, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
Texas adopted a similar rule on Friday that included another malaria drug — mefloquine — as well as the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly known by its brand name, Zithromax Z-Pak.
—Ellen Gabler, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
The Cambodian government has already switched to an ACT that contains mefloquine instead of piperaquine, and Vietnam is doing the same.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 11 Oct. 2017
In the 1970s, scientists at a U.S. Department of Defense research facility developed mefloquine, an antimalarial often called Larium; the Department of Defense then put it through Phase I and II trials, before giving it as a free good to the Swiss pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche.
—Jessica Hatcher, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2014
For example, just recently it was shown that mefloquine has a unique and unusual effect on cells in the dopamine system of the brain, responsible for motivation and pleasure.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2011
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Bethany Blankley, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
Texas adopted a similar rule on Friday that included another malaria drug — mefloquine — as well as the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly known by its brand name, Zithromax Z-Pak.
—Ellen Gabler, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
The Cambodian government has already switched to an ACT that contains mefloquine instead of piperaquine, and Vietnam is doing the same.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 11 Oct. 2017
In the 1970s, scientists at a U.S. Department of Defense research facility developed mefloquine, an antimalarial often called Larium; the Department of Defense then put it through Phase I and II trials, before giving it as a free good to the Swiss pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche.
—Jessica Hatcher, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2014
For example, just recently it was shown that mefloquine has a unique and unusual effect on cells in the dopamine system of the brain, responsible for motivation and pleasure.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2011
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mefloquine
noun
mef·lo·quine
ˈmef-lə-ˌkwīn
: an antimalarial drug related to quinine that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C17H16F6N2O·HCl
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