Recent news on Proguanil

Experts Outline Recommendations For Treating Malaria In The US  -  May 23, 2007
DentalPlans.com,In areas with chloroquine resistance, a combination of atovaquone and proguanil or quinine plus tetracycline or doxycycline or clindamycin are the best

CDC Urges Prompt Treatment for Travel-Acquired Malaria  -  May 22, 2007
MedPage Today,If the infection was acquired in an area with chloroquine resistance, a combination of atovaquone and proguanil (Malarone) or quinine plus tetracycline,

New Advice on Treating Malaria  -  May 23, 2007
WebMDFor malaria from those areas, Griffith's team recommends Malarone, which combines the drugs atovaquone and proguanil, or taking quinine with one of these

Improving Surveillance for Antimalarial Drug Resistance  -  May 22, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Some antimalarial drugs encountered resistance shortly after introduction (eg, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, atovaquone, and proguanil almost immediately

Malaria—Great Exuma, Bahamas, May-June 2006  -  May 22, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),He was treated on an outpatient basis with chloroquine followed by atovaquone-proguanil and recovered uneventfully. A man aged 66 years from the United

Just one bite  -  Apr 2, 2007
Taipei Times,...prophylactics such as Lariam (mefloquine) and Malarone (atovaquone/proguanil) are between 90 percent and 100 percent effective when used with

Nutrition in pregnancy  -  25 Feb 2007
News Today,...but can be given in pregnancy when needed. Chloroquine can be used for malaria prophylaxis in pregnancy and proguanil is also safe, advises the doctor.

Increasing options available for malaria prophylaxis in children  -  Feb 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)Daily chemoprophylaxis with atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone) can be given to children weighing 5 kilograms (kg) or more.

Gastrointestinal Medications  -  Jan 5, 2007
Psychosomatics (subscription)Medications that were adversely affected when co-administered with omeprazole included clozapine in non-smokers, cilostazol, proguanil, diazepam,

Immunizations For Traveling Abroad  -  Dec 16, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),There is also currently no vaccine for malaria, and daily medication (such as atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine) is needed to protect against

Continuing Medical Education-V Fight Malaria - Anti-malarial drugs  -  Dec 5, 2006
Newindpress (subscription),Older drugs - Quinine, chloroquine, sul phadoxine - pyrimethamine combination, proguanil, dapsone. Newer drugs - Mefloquine, halofantrine,

A military outbreak spurs research  -  Dec 4, 2006
Scientist,...chloroquine in 1949, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in 1983, mefloquine in 1989, doxycycline in 1992, and atovaquone-proguanil in 2000, to name several.

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