- chloroquine phosphate
- [USP] the phosphate salt of chloroquine, used for suppression and treatment of malaria, for treatment of extraintestinal amebiasis, and as a lupus erythematosus suppressant; administered orally.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
chloroquine phosphate
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