Severe malaria including cerebral malaria and as a second line treatment in chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Contraindicated during pregnancy especially in the first trimester.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Avoid in pregnancy, especially in the first trimester.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Transient and reversible reticulocytopenia, drug fever, drug rash, bradycardia, transient first degree heart block and transient and reversible elevation of serum transaminases.
Drug Category/Class
Artemisinin and Derivatives, Plain
Antimalarials
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents