It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. ==Mechanism of action== Sulfadoxine competitively inhibits dihydropteroate synthase, interfering with folate synthesis. it acts by increasing oxygen in blood. ...
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(from the article `malaria`) ...still used, especially for severe malaria and in cases in which the parasites are resistant to other, newer drugs. Chief among these newer drugs ...
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<chemical> A long acting sulfonamide that is used, usually in combination with other drugs, for respiratory, urinary tract, and malarial infections. ... Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, anti-infective agents, urinary, antimalarials. ... Chemical name: Benzenesulfonamide, 4-amino-N-(5,6-dimethoxy-4-pyrimidinyl)- ... (12 Dec 1998)...
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(sul″fә-dok´sēn) a long-acting sulfonamide used in combination with pyrimethamine in the prophylaxis and treatment of malaria caused by chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum.
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A sulfa antibiotic, only occasionally used in AIDS
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