Artikind
- Potent and quick acting antimalarial agent.
- Well tolerated, whereas quinine was associated with hypoglycemia
- >90% efficacious at reducing egg production in Schistosoma haematobium infection
- intravenous artesunate is the drug of choice for severe malaria both in children and adults where there is low transmission
- Vivax Malaria
- Falciparum Malaria
- Cerebral Malaria
- Chloroquine Resistant Falciparum Malaria
Artesunate can be given by injection into a vein.This medicine is used to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum strain of the parasite. Artesunate Injection dose may also be used for the treatment of malaria that are resistant to other medicines. Artesunate is an alternative therapy for the treatment of severe malaria, including cerebral malaria
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