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Noun: mefloquine hydrochloride
  1. An antimalarial drug (trade name Lariam and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people
    "Travelers to malaria-endemic regions were advised about the potential side effects of mefloquine hydrochloride";
    - mefloquine, Lariam, Mephaquine

Type of: antimalarial, antimalarial drug

Encyclopedia: Mefloquine hydrochloride