LARIAM

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Malta, Netherlands, United Kingdom, South Africa

Active ingredients

The drug LARIAM contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Mefloquine
UNII 5Y9L3636O3 - MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Mefloquine acts on and destroys the asexual intraerythocytic forms of the human malaria parasites: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax. P. malariae and P. ovale. It is effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of malaria.

Read about Mefloquine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
LARIAM Tablets Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
P01BC02 Mefloquine P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents → P01 Antiprotozoals → P01B Antimalarials → P01BC Methanolquinolines
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1010091
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 005884
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 65999556
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 147636, 21869
Country: MT Medicines Authority Identifier(s): AA565/24202
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 25410
Country: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 28/20.2.6/0104

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