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24 Cards in this Set
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Chloroquine
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Toxic Heme Metabolism used for:
Malaria |
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Quinine
Quinidine |
Toxic Heme Metabolism used for:
P. falciparum |
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Mefloquine
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Toxic Heme Metabolism used for:
Chloroquine-resistant Malaria |
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Artemisinin
Artesunate Artemether Artemotil Dihydroartemisinin |
Toxic Heme Metabolism used for:
Malaria |
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Primaquine
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Electron transport blocker used for:
P. vivax & P. ovale |
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Atovaquone
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Electron transport blocker used for:
P. falciparum Toxoplasmosis Babesiosis |
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Doxycycline
Tetracycline Clindamycin |
Translation Inhibitor (30S and 50S ribosomal subunits) used for Malaria
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Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
Sulfalene-pyrimethamine |
Folate metabolism blocker used for:
P. falciparum |
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Proguanil
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Folate metabolism stopper used for:
Malaria |
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Metronidazole
Tinidazole |
Free radicals used for:
Anaerobic Bacteria Amebiasis Giardiasis Trichomoniasis |
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Nitazoxanide
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Free radicals used for:
Giardiasis Cryptosporidiosis |
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Pentamidine
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Free radical used for:
African trypanosomiasis Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia |
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Suramin
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Blocks RNA polymerase
early stage African trypanosomiasis |
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Melarsoprol
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Pyruvate kinase blocker used for:
Late-stage African trypanosomiasis |
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Eflornithine
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Ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor used for:
West African Trypanosomiasis and Hair Removal |
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Nifurtimox
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Free radical used for:
New World Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) |
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Sodium Stibogluconate
Meglumine antimonate |
Unknown Mechanism
Leishmaniasis |
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Miltefosine
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Phospholipid Analogue used for:
Visceral leishmaniasis (oral) Cutaneous lymphomas skin metastases from breast cancer (topical) |
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Ivermectin
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GABA hyperpolarizer used for:
Onchocerciasis Lymphatic filariasis Strongyloidiasis Scabies Cutaneous larva migrans |
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Albendazole
Mebendazole Thiabendazole |
Tubulin polymerization inhibitors used for:
Nematode infections Cysticercosis |
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Praziquantel
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Calcium hyperstimulator used for:
Schistosomiasis Tapeworms Liver fluke |
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Diethylcarbamazine
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??? mechanism used for:
Filariasis |
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Pyrantel pamoate
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AcetylCholine hyperstimulator used for:
roundworm hookworm pinworm |
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Piperazine
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GABA agonist used for:
Roundworm infections |
