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Malarone malaria tablet
Malarone is not suitable if you have severe kidney disease or for pregnant or breast
feeding women.
How to Use Malarone
The adult dose is one adult-strength tablet a day. Child dosage is also once a day,
but the amount depends on the child’s weight. Malarone should be started one or
two days before you travel, taken all the time that you are in a risk area and for
seven days after you return.
Malarone Side Effects
Malarone should only be taken if prescribed by a registered doctor. Malarone should
not be taken by people with severe kidney disease or pregnant or breast feeding
women.
Like all medicines Malarone can have unwanted side effects, although not everyone
will experience them. Possible side effects are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhoea; cough; headache, dizziness, insomnia, abnormal dreams, depression, anorexia,
fever; rash, pruritus; less frequently stomatitis, palpitation, anxiety, blood disorders,
hyponatraemia, and hair loss; also reported, hepatitis, cholestasis, tachycardia,
hallucinations, seizures, vasculitis, mouth ulcers, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Please consult the full list of Malarone side effects on the patient information
leaflet provided with your treatment. Details of this can also be found here.
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