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Medicine for Malaria

September 16, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION

is rotam and maladar malaria medicine?

ANSWER

I have never heard of Rotam, but Maladar is the brand name of a combination sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and is used to treat malaria. However, it should be noted that it is not recommended by the World Health Organization as a first-line treatment option, due to concerns about drug resistance, and also lack of efficacy against certain types of malaria.

Instead, first-line recommended treatment is of an artemisinin-based combination therapy, or ACTs, which combine an artemisinin derivative (such as artesunate, artemether or dihyrdoartemisinin) with another anti-malarial drug, such as lumefantrine, piperaquine or mefloquine. Common brand names include Coartem, Lonart and Duo-Cotecxin.

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: artemether, Artemisinin, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Coartem, Duo-Cotecxin, Lonart, lumefantrine, Maladar, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, piperaquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, World Health Organization

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