Malaria Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Malaria treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Malaria
Prescription drugs are used to treat malaria. They kill the parasites. The choice of an antimalarial agent depends on:
- Type of parasite
- Severity and stage of infection
The following medications are used alone or in combination:
- Chloroquine -In many parts of the world,
P. falciparum is resistant to this drug. - Mefloquine
- Doxycycline
- Clindamycin
- Malarone
- Quinidine
- Quinine
- Artemisinin
- Combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine ( Fansidar )
- Primaquine (for hepatic phase of
P. vivax andP. ovale )
Many of these medicines are used to treat resistant strains of
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