A 5-year-old patient has been diagnosed with malaria after returning from a trip. The patient is to receive one dose of mefloquine (Lariam), 25 mg/kg PO. The child weighs 44 lb. How much mefloquine will this child receive? Is this a safe dose?

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A 5-year-old patient has been diagnosed with malaria after returning from a trip. The patient is to receive one dose of mefloquine (Lariam), 25 mg/kg PO. The child weighs 44 lb. How much mefloquine will this child receive? Is this a safe dose?

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Malaria is an infectious disease that is bored with the mosquito bite. Plasmodium mosquito is responsible for malaria. Mefloquine is a drug that is used for the treatment of malaria. Mefloquine is used in malaria prophylaxis.

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