Drug Summary

  Drug name:  chloroquine
  Chemical name:  Chloroquine diphosphate
  Formula:  C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃
  Weight:   319.872
  CAS no:  54-05-7
  DrugBank link:  DB00608
  Description:  The prototypical antimalarial agent with a mechanism that is not well understood. It has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and in the systemic therapy of amebic liver abscesses. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the suppressive treatment and for acute attacks of malaria due to P. vivax, P.malariae, P. ovale, and susceptible strains of P. falciparum, Second-line agent in treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis