Drug Identity
Active Ingredient
Chloroquine
Drug Class
Antimalarials
ATC Code
P01BA01
Status
Essential Medicine
What is Chloroquinephosphate?
Uses
Chloroquine is used to treat or prevent malaria, a disease caused by parasites that enter the body through the bite of a mosquito. Chloro...
How It Works
Administered by IV or IM injection. Stable in NS
How to Take It
1
Adult · PO
300 mg — As recommended.
Maintenance After 6 hrs of initial dose, then OD for 2 days
2
Adult · PO
500 mg — As recommended.
Dose for Chloroquine phosphate: This dose is recommended in malaria and it should be given at the same day of each week.
3
Adult · PO
600 mg — As recommended.
Initial dose.
4
Adult
Scraped Dose
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed. To prevent malaria: Chloroquine is usually taken once pe
5
Child · oral
3 mg/kg — As recommended.
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6
Child · Oral
5 mg/kg — 24 hourly
Maintenance after 6 hours of initial, for 2 days
7
Child · Oral
12 mg/kg — 24 hourly
Initially for Once
Safety Alerts
You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine
You may not be able to use chloroquine if you have ever had vision changes or damage to your retina
High doses or long-term use of chloroquine may cause irreversible damage to your retina (the membrane layer inside your eye that helps produce vision)
This could progress to permanent vision problems
The risk of retinal damage is higher in people with pre-existing eye problems, kidney disease, or people who also take tamoxifen
Important Warnings
Impaired renal or hepatic function, history of epilepsy, psoriasis, porphyria, myastheniagravis, severe gastrointestinal, neurological or blood disor-ders, porphyria
Perform eye test before & during long-term therapy
Side Effects
Abdominal paindiarrhoeaheadachefeverGI distressblood dyscrasiasskin rash (discontinue immediately)blood disordersskin eruptionsskin-pigmentationhair lossblurred visioncorneal opacitiesretinal damage (rare
Drug Interactions
Antacids
kaolin
cimetidine
mefloquine
cyclo-sporin
rabies vaccine
anticoagulants
amiodarone
Pregnancy & Lactation
Pregnancy
use only if potential benefit outweighs risk.
Lactation
Contraindicated or not recommended.
Storage
Store Between 20°C-25°C.
Price Intelligence
Rs 605.44
DRAP approved maximum price · per pack of 1000 · approved 27 Jul, 2026
No retail price observed for this pack. Retailers may not exceed the approved maximum.
Prices across sources
DRAPper pack of 1000Rs 605.44
Should you consider an alternative?
Other options containing Chloroquine, and what they are not.
These contain this ingredient plus others. They are different medicines — do not swap.
Chlorowin
50mg/5ml
Rs 14.77
No DRAP alertsWinthrox Laboratories Pvt. Ltd
Quingen
5ml
Rs 19.83
No DRAP alertsAllmed (Pvt.) Ltd
Avlochlorp
50mg/5ml
Rs 19.83
No DRAP alertsEPHARM LABORATORIES
Mediquine
5ml
Rs 20.25
Mediate Pharmaceutical Pvt Ltd
Chloroquinepearl
50mg/5ml
Rs 29.97
No DRAP alertsPEARL PHARMACEUTICALS
Miniquine
81mg/5ml
Rs 31.63
NABIQASIM INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD.
Nivaquinp
60ml
Rs 34
SANOFI AVENTIS (PAKISTAN) LTD.
Resochin
250mg
Rs 55.9Rs 5.59/unit
Below approved ceilingNo DRAP alertsBAYER PHARMA (PVT) LTD.
Ordered by lowest price per unit where a pack size is known, then by price. Order is never affected by sponsorship. Not medical advice — confirm any change with your pharmacist or doctor.
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