Atabrine
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- noun
- /ˈætəˌbrin/
- Archaic
- By that time, medics were giving atabrine at 0.1 gram daily.
- quinine and Atabrine
Examples
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The board also advised the Veterans Administration on dosage schedules for therapy of returning troops using atabrine and chloroquine.
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The Army could focus on new drugs because field experience has proven the efficacy of atabrine for routine suppression and treatment.
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Sure, you could load up on the atabrine for the malaria, but what about the other bacteria?
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They also wanted to test atabrine in the field to determine its best use.
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When no drugs, including atabrine, could cure vivax malaria, scientists intensified their search for a malaria cure.
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The Army and Navy reported little toxicity and more rapid disappearance of fever and parasitemia than with Atabrine.
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Scientists compared the effectiveness, toxicity, and administrative advantages of weekly or biweekly dosages against the required daily dose of atabrine.
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By the autumn of 1943, scientists had not found a better antimalarial drug, but they had proved that atabrine could prevent and cure falciparum malaria and was vastly superior to quinine.
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Before adjourning, the board suggested prompt publication of information on SN-7618 (chloroquine), which had proven superior to quinine and atabrine, in the Journal of the American Medical Association to acquaint the Veterans Administration with the compound.
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During the war, the use of atabrine helped soldiers recover from malaria.
Synonyms
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A medicine that treats worm infections and was used for malaria
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A medicine for worm infections once used to treat malaria
A drug once used to treat malaria and now used for some worm infections
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Atabrine is a trade name for quinacrine, a medicine once given to soldiers to prevent malaria. A helpful way to remember it is to think of it as 'a tab' given in the field, so Atabrine is a medicine used to treat or prevent malaria and some parasites.