Mefloquine - ME-floe-kwin belongs to a group of medication called antimalarials. It is using to prevent or treat malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Hispaniola, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Oceania. Country-special info on malaria can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC, or from the CDC's web site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel .
This drug may cause some serious side effects. Therefore, it is usually using only to prevent the symptoms of malaria or to treat serious malaria infections in areas where it is known that other medication may not work.
Mefloquine is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
In Canada