Which is the drug of choice for malaria in a 26-year-old pregnant lady, in the first trimester?: (A) Proguanil, (B) Chloroquine, (C) Aemesin, (D) Halofantarine
Answer is B. Chloroquine is the drug of choice for prophylaxis and treatment of malaria during all phases of pregnancy. Chloroquine is a rapidly acting blood schizonticide which destroys asexual blood forms of all plasmodium species. For woman with chloroquine-resistant infection, mefloquine is given orally.