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'Antimalarial drugs' are designed to prevent or cure malaria. Some antimalarial agents, particularly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus associated arthritis. There are many of these drugs currently on the market. This is a partial list.
;Currently used for treatment

★ mefloquine (Lariam)

★ chloroquine

★ fansidar (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine)

★ amodiaquine

★ quinine/quinidine

★ artemisinin/artemether/artesunate

★ atovaquone

★ lumefantrine
;Currently used for prophylaxis

★ mefloquine

★ chloroquine

★ proguanil

★ pyrimethamine (daraprim)

★ doxycycline

★ hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)

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See also

★ Malaria prophylaxis