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Is it advisable to take primaquine after completion of one course of lariago for malaria?
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What is Lariago?
you treat malaria with Lariago, its a drug how long dose it take what are the side effects
What is lariago what is the frequency you can go for lariago?
Lariago contains 250 mg Chloroquine phosphate and this is the amount required by the body for the treatment of Malaria or Chikungunya. So Lariago should be used 1 daily.
Is lariago ds tablet useful if in preventing malaria?
yeah i accept
How do you know when malaria is cured?
When your fever has responded to antimalarial drugs, you are taken as cured of malaria. Primaquine removes the parasite from your liver, but then the parasite is not generally removed from liver, when you are resident of the endemic area. If you are from malaria free area or have got falciparum infection, then primaquine course will cure you of malaria.
Can you take mefloquine and primaquine at same time?
These drugs don't interact. Mefloquine is to prevent malaria. Primaquine is to prevent relapse after you already have malaria. If you doctor feels you need them both, then you may take them. I am not sure why you would need to both prevent and treat the illness at the same time, though.
What do you treat malaria with?
There are many different treatments available, depending on the type of malaria and the local malaria resistance patterns. Medications like chloroquine, mefloquine, primaquine, quinine, pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, and doxycycline are used. Often people traveling to endemic areas will take preventative doses of these medications.
What Malaria treatments have been proven to be effective in combating the disease?
A lot of medication is used for the treatment for Mararia. These include; Doxylar, Lariam, maraone, Mararone paediatric, Nivaquine, Primaquine, Quinine Slphate, Riament, and Vibraymcin. Since Maralira is a big disease, there are many treatments for it.
Is chloroquine a vaccine for malaria?
There is no vaccine for malaria but chloroquine is a drug of choice for suppression and therapeutic treatment of Plasmodium infection, followed by primaquine for radical care and elimination of gametocytes. Chloroquine-resistant forms of Plasmodium can be treated with mefloquine +/- artesunate, artemisinin, quinine, pyrimethane-sulfadoxine (Fansidar) and doxycycline. All of these antimalarials are only used for chemoprophylaxis and not as a vaccine. All in all, you can prevent infection with Plasmodium by using those antimalarials.
What is the parasite that causes malaria?
THere are 3:Plasmodium vivax/ovale: you get tertian (48 hour cycle) fevers, and this one can stay dormant in your liver so you need to treat it with primaquine to kill it there also on top of chloroquine.Plasmodium falciparum: The most common and the worst one to get. Severe, daily fever cycles. The RBC's c the parasites can occlude capillaries in the brain = cerebral malaria, kidneys, and lungs.Plasmodium malariae: Quartan (72 hour) cyclic fever, headache, anemia, splenomegaly.You ID these on blood smear and the vector is a mosquito.
What is the cure against malaria?
If the patient has P. vivax, P ovale, P. malariae, or has been in an area where there is no chloroquine resistance in P. falciparum, chloroquine is the best drug to use to treat malaria. If the patient is infected with P. vivax or P. ovale, primaquine needs to be given as well. This drug is able to kill the liver stages of the parasites, unlike chloroquine. If primaquine is not used, the chloroquine will cure the acute attack, but the dormant liver stages will be able to cause recurrences in the future. In cases where chloroquine resistant P. falciparum is suspected, either quinine, mefloquine, halofantrine or the artemesinins can be used. Parasites that are resistant to mefloquine are also often resistant to halofantrine. Mefloquine is also not licensed for use as treatment in South Africa. Halofantrine has been associated with cardiac side effects, and should not be used for routine treatment. Quinine was the first drug used to successfully treat malaria, and with increasing chloroquine resistance, it is making something of a "comeback". It is thought to be the best available agent for treating complicated chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria. Unfortunately, resistance to this drug is also being described. A new class of drug is the artemesinin derivatives. This drug has been known for centuries in China and is derived from the wormwood plant. It shows great potential in being able to treat resistant falciparum malaria, and has been used often in SE Asia. Unfortunately, resistance to this agent is also being described. When these drugs are used to treat malaria, they should be combined with a second agent to try and reduce the development of resistance.
What the treatment for malaria?
The treatment for malaria depends with the type of malaria. There are two types of malaria: mild malaria and severe malaria. The severe malaria requires intravenous (IV) drug treatment and fluids in the hospital while mild malaria requires oral medication.
What is the drug for malaria called?
There are many antimalarials: Chloroquine, Primaquine, Quinine, Daraprim, Coartem, or Malarone. Most common and the oldest is Quinine.After being bitten by a mosquito carrying malaria, a person will not notice symptoms for one week to one month. During this time, malaria parasites multiply in a person's liver before invading red blood cells in the bloodstream.Once inside a person's red blood cells, the parasites continue to multiply and spread the infection.Infected red blood cells eventually rupture, causing a person to experience flu-like symptoms that include sweating, high fevers and chills, and nausea.As the disease progresses, a person's spleen and liver enlarge. Malaria may cause anemia or jaundice. In some severe cases, it attacks the brain and create neurological problems.
