If standard therapeutic regimens fail because of immunodeficiency or other issues, combinations of metronidazole and quinacrine can be administered for three weeks. |
The Medical Research Council, which will oversee the trials, said national guidelines for studies of the antimalarial drug quinacrine will probably be agreed next month. |
First, cytogenetic techniques, especially quinacrine staining, were developed, enabling each chromosome to be recognized by its unique banding pattern. |
Similarly, primaquine should not be administered to patients who have received quinacrine recently, as toxicity is increased. |
One involves putting quinacrine in the uterus which causes scarring and infertility. |
They will come to the university's hospital for a two-week stay to get various doses of quinacrine alone or quinacrine plus chlorpromazine. |