Treatment is aimed to cure the patients of their disease, rather than reducing parasite reservoirs. Chloroquine is the standard antimalarial drug for chemoprophylaxis, clinical malaria treatment and radical treatment. While sulfadoxine-pyrimenthamine and quinine are used as alternative antimalarial drugs for radical treatment of falciparum malaria in chloroquine resistant areas. Parenteral quin…
Accurate information about drug use in the community has three main applications. Firstly, audits of prescribing patterns can be conducted, perhaps to assess their appropriateness. Secondly, the data can be used to monitor cost associated with drug therapy. Thirdly, drug usage data can be used to investigate problems related to drug safety. According to WHO (1973), drug utilization was defined …
Malaria is a common disease caused by infection of Plasmodium spp. Based on retrievals is library reference it has been discovered that a number of chemical compounds, isolated from fruit-bearing plants, contain anti-protozoic active substances. These compounds are, among others, found in chemical structures of alkaloide, terpene, quinone, and phenolic. Research on traditional medicinal plants …
Malaria is a common disease caused by infection of Plasmodium spp. Based on retrievals in library reference it has been discovered that a number of chemical compounds, isolated from fruit-bearing plants, contain anti-protozoic active substances. These compounds are, among others, found in chemical structures of alkaloide, terpene, quinone, and phenolic. Research on traditional medicinal plants …
Falciparum malaria in infants and children is still a clinical problem, due to its clinical picture vaires gratly. A descriptive study was conducted for finding out the clinical picture of falciparum malaria in outpatient clinic at Liun Kendage District General Hospital during April 1 - December 31, 1994. The samples were randomly selected. Out of 102 children with falciparum malaria, There wer…