Amdiaquine=AQ, Use and Effect

 

 

Amdiaquine=AQ, Use and Effect

Registered name : Camoquin

Function:

Antimalarial: any drugs or medicine use to prevent or treat malaria.

Usage

It is use in combination with artesunate to treat uncomplicated  malaria parasite mostly plasmodium falciparum.

In case of severe case of plasmodium falciparum, parenteral therapeutic method is adopted in combination of amodiaquine +  artesunate.

Availability

Come  in 200mg amodiaquine hydrochloride tablet with combination of  150mg amodiaquine formulation.

Prescription

Children  and Adult: 10mg/kg once daily for 3 days.

Prescription Table

Age	D1	D2	D3
5 to 11 months	½ tab	½ tab	½ tab
1 to 7 years	1 tab	1 tab	1 tab
8 to 13 years	2 tab	2 tab	2 tab
14 years and above	4 tab	4 tab	4 tab

Precautions

Do not administer to the following patient;

1. A patient with a previous severe adverse reaction when treated with  amodiaquine
2. Hypertesnsive reaction
3. Hepatic disorder
4. Leucopenia
5. Agranulocytosis
6. Never administer to a patient is that currently undergoing treatment with efavirenz

 

Adverse effect

May cause gastrointestinal disturbance

And intense itching sensation

Usage Advice

Pregnancy: no contra indication during 2^nd and 3^rd trimester. But safety in the 1^st trimester is yet establish, at such depend the risk associated with malaria parasite in the 1^st trimester, combination of artesunate and amodiaquine can administer if only is the available treatment option.

Amodiaquine should never be used as a preventive measure for plasmodium falciparum.

Always store at temperature bellow 25ºC.