Which is the drug of choice for malaria in a 26-year-old pregnant lady, in the first trimester?
Chloroquine is the drug of choice for prophylaxis and treatment of malaria during all phases of pregnancy. Chloroquine is a rapidly acting blood schizonticide which destroys asexual blood forms of all plasmodium species. For woman with chloroquine-resistant infection, mefloquine is given orally.
Proguanil
Chloroquine
Aemesin
Halofantarine