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Suggest Medication For Malaria

I stayed in Angola for 6 years and contracted malaria several times. I still have reminders thereof, as happened last week. I took Artusinate, but still there is something wrong. I am feverish with regular headaches and this morning my stool was red jelly like.
Thu, 4 Sep 2014
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Hello
Let me clear many things about malaria :
4 types :
Plasmodium, vivax
Pla Ovale
Pla malarial
Pla Falciparum ( this is also call as algid malaria or most dangerous in all ).
Chloroquine is still the drug of choice in all forms.
While arteether, artemether, artesunate , these all injections are used for plasmodium FALCIPARUM .
Radical treatment is important for PREVENTION of all forms of malaria .
In ovale , vivax, malarial take as following :
Chloroquine base 600 mg followed by 300 mg after 6-8 hours . On day 2 & 3 300 mg daily ( once in day).
Radical treatment is as primaquine 15 mg / day for 14 days for all three forms.
While for Falciparum 90 mg primaquine in single dose with plenty of fluid or liquid or milk.
Some times there develop nausea and vomiting so you can take ondansetrone before this treatment . Pantaloc-d also helps .
Hope this will help you.
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As long as the malaria is concern, the first line of treatment would be Chloroquine even much better in prophylaxis and it need to be taken 500 mg once in week hope this helps.
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Suggest Medication For Malaria

Hello Let me clear many things about malaria : 4 types : Plasmodium, vivax Pla Ovale Pla malarial Pla Falciparum ( this is also call as algid malaria or most dangerous in all ). Chloroquine is still the drug of choice in all forms. While arteether, artemether, artesunate , these all injections are used for plasmodium FALCIPARUM . Radical treatment is important for PREVENTION of all forms of malaria . In ovale , vivax, malarial take as following : Chloroquine base 600 mg followed by 300 mg after 6-8 hours . On day 2 & 3 300 mg daily ( once in day). Radical treatment is as primaquine 15 mg / day for 14 days for all three forms. While for Falciparum 90 mg primaquine in single dose with plenty of fluid or liquid or milk. Some times there develop nausea and vomiting so you can take ondansetrone before this treatment . Pantaloc-d also helps . Hope this will help you.