What Class of Drug is Sulfadoxine?: A Pharmacological Overview
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With an estimated 10 million pregnant individuals exposed to malaria annually, understanding antimalarial drugs is critical [1.10.2]. This raises the question: **what class of drug is sulfadoxine?** It is a long-acting sulfonamide antibiotic, pivotal in malaria therapy [1.2.5, 1.4.3].