mefloquine
/ˈmɛfləˌkwiːn/
noun
- A medication used to prevent and treat malaria, often taken as a weekly pill.
- Before traveling to the tropics, she got a prescription for mefloquine.
- The doctor recommended mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis during the safari.
- Mefloquine can cause vivid dreams or dizziness in some people.