Name

Quinacrine

Alternate Names

Acrichine
Acrinamine
Acriquin
Acriquine
Akrichin
Antimalarina
Atabrine
Atabrine HCl
Haffkinine
Haffkynine
Italchine
Mepacrine
Mepacrine Hydrochloride
Quinacrine Hydrochloride
Quinactine

Abbreviations

Atab
QUIN

Category

Ancillary Agent
AIDS drug

Subcategory

None

NSC Number

14229

Primary Site

None

Histology

None

Remarks

Drug of choice for giardiasis. Antiprotozoal agent, antimalarial. Effective in neoplastic effusion.

Coding

This drug should NOT be coded
Glossary