Drug Summary

  Drug name:  pyrimethamine
  Chemical name:  Pyrimethamine
  Formula:  C₁₂H₁₃ClN₄
  Weight:   248.711
  CAS no:  58-14-0
  DrugBank link:  DB00205
  Description:  One of the folic acid antagonists that is used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of toxoplasmosis and acute malaria; For the prevention of malaria in areas non-resistant to pyrimethamine