Poisoning by anti-malarial drugs
Poisoning, deliberate or accidental, with drugs used to treat malaria, seems to be uncommon although data is not available from South Sudan. A study in Uganda suggested around 3% of all cases of poisoning admitted to hospital had taken chloroquine: no other anti-malarial drugs were involved [1]....
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Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)
2013-08-01
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| description | Poisoning, deliberate or accidental, with drugs used to treat malaria, seems to be uncommon although data is not available from South Sudan. A study in Uganda suggested around 3% of all cases of poisoning admitted to hospital had taken chloroquine: no other anti-malarial drugs were involved [1].
The commonly used drugs used to treat malaria in South Sudan are artemether with lumefantrine (as “Co-artem” or “Riamet”), artesunate and amodiaquine, quinine and occasionally doxycycline. Chloroquine is infrequently used because of parasite resistance but nevertheless will be included in this review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a85463d61884e7e9f84547fcc065a212023-01-02T21:11:38ZengHealth and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)South Sudan Medical Journal2309-46052309-46132013-08-01635759Poisoning by anti-malarial drugsDavid TibbuttPoisoning, deliberate or accidental, with drugs used to treat malaria, seems to be uncommon although data is not available from South Sudan. A study in Uganda suggested around 3% of all cases of poisoning admitted to hospital had taken chloroquine: no other anti-malarial drugs were involved [1]. The commonly used drugs used to treat malaria in South Sudan are artemether with lumefantrine (as “Co-artem” or “Riamet”), artesunate and amodiaquine, quinine and occasionally doxycycline. Chloroquine is infrequently used because of parasite resistance but nevertheless will be included in this review.http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com/archive/august-2013/poisoning-by-anti-malarial-drugs.html |
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