### science | medicine:

Antimalarial
* also affect platelets to reduce the risk of blood clots and lower plasma lipid levels.
* are another type of drug commonly used to treat lupus.
* do have side effects in some people, some of the lime.
* help, particularly when joint and skin manifestations are prominent.

Antimalarial drug
* Most antimalarial drugs have a long plasma half-life.
* Some antimalarial drugs are more effective in some parts of the world than others.
* are medicine.
* is medicine
* modulate the expression of monocyte receptors.
* reduce cytoadherence and rosetting of Plasmodium falciparum.

### science | medicine | antimalarial drug:

Chloroquine
* alone is now inadequate for prophylaxis in most areas.
* are antimalarial
  - pharmaceutical drugs
* inhibits heme-dependent protein synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum.
* interferes with pigment synthesis affecting the colour of blonde or red hair.
* is an antimalarial drug
* passes into breast milk.

Antiprotozoal
* are another category in which much work is needed to find new and improved drugs.
* is medicine

### science | medicine:

Antiseptic
* are chemical agents used on the skin or tissue
  - chemicals used on living tissues to inhibit the growth of microorganisms
  - milder than disinfectants
  - too strong to be swallowed or injected into the body
  - useful in further cleaning the wound and preventing infection
* kill various types of bacteria.
* make it less likely a wound gets infected.
* rapidly inactivate any living vaccine bacilli.
  * An 'Antiseptic' substance that is applied to lesions of the skin. Antiseptics make it less likely a wound gets infected. Commonly used antiseptics include alcohol, iodine and mercury compounds.

### science | medicine | antiseptic:

Chloramine
* Some chloramines can cause eye irritation and chlorine odors.
* affect salt water fish just as they effect fresh water fish
  - saltwater fish in the same way they affect freshwater fish
* are a combination of chlorine and a small amount of ammonia
  - ammonia, both of which are toxic to fish
  - good disinfectant
  - slightly weaker, but much longer-lasting disinfectant
  - eye and skin irritants, and they can cloud the water
* are harmful only when they directly enter the bloodstream through the dialysis process
  - interact with the blood stream in large amounts
  - when they go directly into the bloodstream, as happens in kidney dialysis
* are more stable than chlorine
  - hypochlorite, so they remain in the water a little longer
* are only harmful to fish and other aquatic life
* can cloud pool water
  - promote algae growth in open bodies of water
* come in a distant second, followed by chlorine dioxide and ozone.
* is an antiseptic
  - chemical compounds
* pass through the gills of fish and directly into their bloodstreams.
* require a long contact time to be effective sanitizing agents.
* smell bad.

### science | medicine | antiseptic:

Chlorhexidine
* are antiseptics.
* bactericidal antiseptic that disrupts cell membrane functions.
* bis-biguanide formula with cationic properties.
* destroys the bacteria, thereby preventing the gingivitis from occurring.
* have some limitations which make some routine use inadvisable.
  - now available in pads and swab sticks
  - the most effective product to inhibit plaque formation in humans
* rinses twice a day are excellent ways to help the patient control plaque.
* works by killing the bacteria.