Word: daraprim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chloroquine and 45 mg. of another antimalarial known as primaquine. If they develop malaria despite this, they are likely to be infected by a resistant strain of parasites. If massive doses of chloroquine fail to bring the fever down within a few hours, the medics may switch to pyrimethamine (Daraprim), which is effective in some of the less severe cases. In most instances, however, the medics are forced back to quinine, the oldest antimalarial of all. For pernicious malaria threatening the brain, quinine must be given intravenously in heavy doses, which may in itself cause death...
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