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I plan to become pregnant after I return from an area where malaria transmission occurs. How long does it take it take for antimalarial drugs to clear the body?

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I plan to become pregnant after I return from an area where malaria transmission occurs. How long does it take it take for antimalarial drugs to clear the body?

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Because there is no evidence that chloroquine and mefloquine are associated with congenital defects when used for preventing malaria (prophylaxis), CDC does not recommend that women planning pregnancy need to wait a specific period of time after their use before becoming pregnant. However, if women or their health-care providers wish to decrease the amount of antimalarial drug in the body before conception, this table provides information on the half-lives of selected antimalarial drugs. After two, four, and six half-lives, approximately 25%, 6%, and 2% of the drug remain in the body.