Composition
Artesunate (Na), Sulfadoxine (Na), Pyrimethamine (Na)
Used for
Its used for Chloroquine resistant malaria, Severe quinine resistant malaria, Malaria, Parasitic disease, Malaria infections
Side effects
Decreased appetite, Headache, Vomiting, Abdominal pain, Cough.
How to use
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor.
How it works
Artesunate acts by producing free radicals within the malarial parasite, which kills it. Sulfadoxine is an antibiotic. It stops bacteria from producing folic acid, a vitamin required for bacterial replication. Pyrimethamine is a weak base that reaches high concentration within the malarial parasite and causes accumulation of toxic heme pigment, which kills it.
