Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Here's something that I felt pertained to a previous post.....Frito Recommendations for malaria: quote: WHO currently recommends the following combination therapies (in alphabetical order):1. artemether/lumefantrine2. artesunate plus amodiaquine (In areas where the cure rate of amodiaquine monotherapy is greater than 80%)3. artesunate plus mefloquine (Insufficient safety data to recommend its use in Africa)4. artesunate plus sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (In areas where the cure rate of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine is greater than 80%) sidenote: Atovaquone (the active ingredient in Mepron and Malarone) is not used worldwide as it has no effect against serious Malaria. Atovaquone appears lack timely effectiveness against Babesia as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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