Larinate 100 Kit (Artesunate 100mg / Sulphadoxine 500mg / Pyrimethamine 25mg)

Larinate 100 Kit

This kit is a combination of Artesunate, Sulfadoxine, Pyrimethamine tablets. It is a derivative of artemisinin is a water-soluble hemisuccinate. This drug is very effective in the treatment of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum strains when other medicines fail to show positive results.

It appears to be safe to use during pregnancy or breastfeeding. If you have faced a previous severe allergic reaction to this drug then you should avoid the use of this medicine. Appropriate diagnostic tests must be performed before determining the dose regimen.

Use

The most common use of this medication is:

Malaria

Side Effects

This medication causes side effects such as:

Dizziness

Headache

Abdominal Pain

Diarrhoea

Injection Site Pain

Dosage

Missed Dose instructions

Contact your doctor immediately if you miss a scheduled dose of this medicine.
Overdose instructions

Contact your doctor immediately if an overdose with this medicine is suspected.

Work

This medicine acts on the schizonts (ring stage) in the blood and causes the lysis of the parasite. It is a Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitor Antimalarial that works by inhibiting the dihydrofolate reductase enzyme.