Medication
Nutrition
How can malaria be prevented treated?
Apply mosquito repellent with DEET (diethyltoluamide) to exposed skin. Drape mosquito netting over beds. Put screens on windows and doors. Treat clothing, mosquito nets, tents, sleeping bags and other fabrics with an insect repellent called permethrin.
What drugs are used to treat or prevent malaria?
When several different drugs are recommended for an area, the following table might help in the decision process.Atovaquone/Proguanil (Malarone)Chloroquine.Doxycycline.Mefloquine.Primaquine.Tafenoquine (ArakodaTM)
What is the main treatment for malaria?
The preferred antimalarial for interim oral treatment is artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem™) because of its fast onset of action. Other oral options include atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone™), quinine, and mefloquine.
What is the best medication to prevent malaria?
Table 4-10. Drugs used in the prophylaxis of malariaDRUGUSAGEAtovaquone-proguanilProphylaxis in all areasChloroquineProphylaxis only in areas with chloroquine-sensitive malariaDoxycyclineProphylaxis in all areas1 more row
What antibiotics treat malaria?
What is doxycycline? Doxycycline is an antibiotic that also can be used to prevent malaria. It is available in the United States by prescription only. It is sold under multiple brand names and it is also sold as a generic medicine.
What are the names of malaria drugs?
chloroquine (Aralen),doxycycline (Vibramycin, Oracea, Adoxa, Atridox),quinine (Qualaquin),mefloquine (Lariam),atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone),artemether/lumefantrine (Coartem), and.primaquine phosphate (Primaquine).
What is the name of malaria injection?
IV artesunate is the first-line drug for treatment of severe malaria in the United States. Artesunate for InjectionTM is approved by the FDA and is commercially available in the United States. FDA-approved artesunate is available for purchase from the major drug distributors: Amerisource Bergen, Cardinal, and McKesson.