Mefloquine
Mefloquine (Lariam) is an antimalarial medicine used to prevent and treat malaria. This catalogue contains the one mefloquine product available, the originator brand from Roche.
Key points
- Mefloquine is an antimalarial listed in the Antiparasitics category, alongside other medicines used against parasitic infections.
- The only product is Lariam, a 250 mg tablet from the originator Roche.
What Mefloquine is used for
Mefloquine is used to prevent and treat Malaria, a disease caused by parasites transmitted through mosquito bites. The single product in this catalogue contains mefloquine as the active ingredient.
Further reading
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