Zafquin
Risk Factors:
Pregnancy: Contraindicated in pregnancy.Lactation: Contraindicated or not recommended.Contraindications: Haemoglobinuria or haemolysis optic neuritis tinnitus Myasthaenia gravis history of blackwater fever.
Indications:
TabletLEI: Therapy of falciparum malaria.
InjectionECTION: Only when the patient is seriously ill.
Adverse Effects:
Hypersensitivity reactions blood dyscrasias acute renal failure hypoglycaemia bronchospasm dyspnoea cardiovascular effects. Cinchonism manifest by tinnitus
headache nausea abdominal pain flushing rash visual disturbances confusion. Reports of thrombocytopenia Stevens Johnson syndrome.
Don’t Use:
Precautions: Atrial fibrillation conduction defects heart block. Blood glucose monitoring required during treatment. G6PD def5ciency. Risk factors for QT
prolongation. Thrombocytopenia