Coartem may be used alone or with other medications. Coartem belongs to a class of drugs called Antimalarials.
Ingredient:Artemether 80mg and lumefantrine 480mg
Artemether/lumefantrine, sold under the trade name Coartem among others, is a combination of the two medications artemether and lumefantrine. It is used to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum that is not treatable with chloroquine. It is not typically used to prevent malaria. It is taken by mouth and One Coartem® 80/480mg tablet is bioequivalent to four tablets of Coartem®
Malarone is a fixed-dose combination medication used to treat and prevent malaria, including chloroquine-resistant malaria. It contains atovaquone and proguanil.
Artequine-600/750 is used to treat patients who present an acute uncomplicated malaria infection caused by Plasmodium falciparum (a particular type of malaria parasite) acquired in areas with high transmission of the diseases (e.g., Africa). This drug is also recommended to treat falciparum malaria parasite which are resistant to other anti-malaria drugs, or malaria caused by mixed […]
Lariam contains the active ingredient mefloquine, which is a type of medicine called an antimalarial. It is used in both the prevention and treatment of malaria. Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by various types of parasites known as Plasmodium. Each tablet contains: 250mg of mefloquine (mefloquine hydrochloride), poloxamer, microcrystalline cellulose, lactose, maize starch, […]