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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.
Is there a cure for cerebral malaria?
yes
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 are two precautions against malaria?
What are twp precautions against malaria
Which tablets are given by a doctor to treat malaria patients?
medicne given by a doctor Chloroquine Mefloquine (Lariam) Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone) Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Fansidar) Quinine Doxycycline
What would it mean if an effective vaccination were developed against the malaria parasite?
it means that u did something wrong and u want to fix it
Definition of narrow spectrum of activity?
antimicrobial drugs that will only work on a narrow range of pathogens, ex: acyclovir only works on viruses, mefloquine only works on protozoa that cause malaria.
Do malaria pills mainly mefloquine affect birth control pills?
Some pills can affect birth control. If your ill this can sometimes effect birth control too. You need to speak to a medical professional to find out for definite but its possible malaria pills may affect your birth control.
Is there any treatment for malaria?
chloroquinesulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Fansidar®)mefloquine (Lariam®)atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone®)quininedoxycyclineartemisin derivatives (not licensed for use in the United States, but often found overseas)
Which drug is best known for its use in preventing malaria?
quinine
Haemorrhage from malaria?
Numerous bilateral retinal hemorrhages is common to patients with cerebral malaria. These, together with high parasitaemia, has high risk of leading to death if not attended to and treated immediately.
Can DDT cause malaria?
No, DDT is used against mosquitoes which are vectors of malaria.
