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Medication & Antibiotics To Treat Malaria at Livlong

Get a detailed overview on the types of medications that fights the virus that causes Malaria. Read more about Malaria antibiotics & tablets on Livlong now!

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Medication & Antibiotics To Treat Malaria at Livlong

Get a detailed overview on the types of medications that fights the virus that causes Malaria. Read more about Malaria antibiotics & tablets on Livlong now!

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What Is the Best Medicine for Malaria Treatment?

Besides supportive care, the medical team needs to decide on the appropriate Malaria medication to treat malaria. The choice for the Malaria treatment will depend on several factors which areas listed below:

●     The specific species of parasite that is responsible for malaria.

●     What also needs to be taken into notice is the severity of symptoms and the determination of drug resistance based on the geographic area where the patient resides or has travelled.

●     Physicians will administer the best malaria tablets. The doctors can either opt for the pill form or the intravenous antimalarial depending on the above factors.

The most commonly used Antimalarial drugs are:

●     chloroquine (Aralen),

●     doxycycline (Vibramycin, Oracea, Adoxa, Atridox),

●     quinine (Qualaquin),

●     atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone), Generic Malarone.

●     mefloquine (Lariam), artemether/lumefantrine (Coartem), and

●     primaquine phosphate (Primaquine)

Rather than the malarial drugs, perhaps the best medicine is prevention as no medication is 100% effective. At this, it becomes immensely important to therefore prevent mosquito bites as they are the sole reason that promotes the spreading of malaria through the whole mankind. This step is of paramount importance while battling the spread of malaria. The prevention of malaria includes various steps. These preventive measures should include the following:

●     Sleeping under bed nets: These should cover all of the bed down to the end of the bed. Also, these nets can be used in combination with an insecticide which makes them the most effective way of protecting yourself against mosquitoes.

●     Clothing: Clothing that covers most of the exposed skin is a great option. Also, opt for shoes that are closed. This in turn reduces the risk of mosquito bites and exposure to malaria. Tuck in all clothing, to prevent any sort of exposure when you are in highly susceptible areas. Also, treating clothes with insecticides or mosquito repellent sprays can prevent bites even further.

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Malaria: Treatment and Prevention | Everyday Health

Malaria: Treatment and Prevention | Everyday Health

Both the type of medication to treat malaria and the length of treatment can vary depending on geographic location, severity of the disease, and species of malaria parasite.

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my dreams after 2 doses of malaria meds

So my dreams have been pretty cool/scary/odd. I am naturally a dreamer, so they haven't really bothered me. 

Twice, dogs have bitten me. Once, I was murdered. Another time, a knife was drawn in attempted murder.

At the same time, many old friends (and new friends and not-friends) have come to visit me. And the dreams feel so real. It's been nice. I kind of look forward to sleeping. I just hope it doesn't escalate too much.

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Mefloquine belongs to a class of drugs known to be neurotoxic which is associated with permanent brain injury. It remains licensed for use, but I think the latest warnings by the FDA will spell the demise of mefloquine among most travelers.

Former Army epidemiologist Dr. Remington Nevin on PRI's The World, speaking about the FDA's decision to carry a "black box" warning on the label of mefloquine, an anti-malaria drug that has been used for years by the military and by international travelers.

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Sunday 12th February 2012

A good thing:

Last year Benin announced free treatment for malaria, and has now followed up by cracking down on fake drugs and recruiting an army of outreach health workers.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/feb/10/benin-makes-headway-against-malaria

A bad thing:

Malawi’s maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months. 

Read more: http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94825

A thing to change:

ONE.org: oil company lobbyists are pressuring the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA to secretly kill the best parts of the law that forces oil, gas and mining companies - by law - to reveal what they pay to foreign governments. Tell the Commission not to do this: http://act.one.org/sign/big_oil_dirty_secrets/