What is "amodiaquine"

n. (context medicine English) An aminoquinoline compound, related to chloroquine, used as an antimalarial and anti-inflammatory agent.

Amodiaquine (trade names Camoquin, Flavoquine), a 4-aminoquinoline compound related to chloroquine, is used as an antimalarial and anti-inflammatory agent.

Amodiaquine has been shown to be more effective than chloroquine in treating chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections and may give more protection than chloroquine when used as weekly prophylaxis. Amodiaquine, like chloroquine, is generally well tolerated. Although licensed, this drug is not marketed in the United States, but is widely available in Africa. Its use, therefore, is probably more practicable in long-term visitors and persons who will reside in Africa.

Amodiaquine is a histamine N-methyltransferase inhibitor.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. The wholesale cost is between 0.05 USD per dose as of 2014.