Artesunate therapy should be combined with other antimalarials (e.g. mefloquine) if given for less than 5 days.
- Trade Names: Atrenta; Dunate; Falciquin; Mononate; Plasmotrim; Rtsun (Wiscon)
- Indications: Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Class: Antimalarial
- Half-life: 0.5 hours
- Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with:
Efavirenz - Pregnancy: Use carefully in first three trimesters of pregnancy
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
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