What is Synriam tablet used for?
SYNRIAM TABLET belongs to the class of medications called ‘anti-malarial primarily used to treat malaria. SYNRIAM TABLET gives a degree of protection (prophylaxis) against malaria when people travel to areas where malarial cases exist. It is effective against Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae.
How do you take Synriam?
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Synriam 150/750mg Tablet is to be taken with food.
What is Arterolane maleate?
Arterolane maleate (150mg) and piperaquine phosphate (750mg) combination is a novel antimalarial combination that is not based on artemisinin. This combination provides rapid clearance of parasitemia and malaria-related symptoms, coupled with prevention of recrudescence.
What is piperaquine phosphate?
Piperaquine is an antiparasitic drug used in combination with dihydroartemisinin to treat malaria. Piperaquine was developed under the Chinese National Malaria Elimination Programme in the 1960s and was adopted throughout China as a replacement for the structurally similar antimalarial drug chloroquine.
What is artemisinin and Dihydroartemisinin?
Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a drug in itself. It is a semi-synthetic derivative of artemisinin and is widely used as an intermediate in the preparation of other artemisinin-derived antimalarial drugs.
What is Artequick?
Artequick® is a fixed-dosed combination of artemisinin (80 mg), piperaquine (400 mg) and primaquine (4 mg) per tablet (Artepharm, China). Primaquine is included in the formulation with the intent of eliminating the gametocytes of P. falciparum.
Is Piperaquine same as chloroquine?
Piperaquine (a slowly eliminated bisquinoline) combined with dihydroartemisinin is well tolerated and highly effective against chloroquine resistant vivax malaria and has replaced chloroquine as first-line treatment in Indonesia [4].
What is the name of antimalarial drug?
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). Other common antimalarial drugs include: Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone) Quinine sulfate (Qualaquin) with doxycycline (Oracea, Vibramycin, others) Primaquine phosphate.
