Artemether
Active ingredient description
Artemether is an antimalarial agent used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. It is administered in combination with lumefantrine for improved efficacy. This combination therapy exerts its effects against the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium spp. and may be used to treat infections caused by P. falciparum and unidentified Plasmodium species, including infections acquired in chloroquine-resistant areas.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₁₆H₂₆O₅
Molecular mass: 298.375 g/mol
External identifiers
Medicines
Artemether is an active ingredient of these brands:
United States (US)
- (combination) COARTEM
Australia (AU)
- (combination) RIAMET
Austria (AT)
- (combination) RIAMET
France (FR)
- (combination) RIAMET
Japan (JP)
- (combination) RIAMET
Netherlands (NL)
- (combination) RIAMET
New Zealand (NZ)
- (combination) RIAMET
Nigeria (NG)
- GIMBAMILAR
- LYNSUNATE
- (combination) ACTIMAX
- (combination) AFLOTIN
- (combination) AFRIMAL
- (combination) AGWOIBA
- (combination) AMATEM
- (combination) APTEM
- (combination) AQUAMAL
- (combination) ARLUNART
- (combination) ARTELUM
- (combination) ARTELUM COMBO
- (combination) ARTELUMEX FORTE
- (combination) ARTEMEF
- (combination) ARTENISE
- (combination) ARTETRINE
- (combination) ARTHEGET
- (combination) ARTHELUTER
- (combination) ATMAL PLUS
- (combination) AVROMAL
- (combination) BELLARTEM
- (combination) BENART
- (combination) BESKILLA
- (combination) BREARTEM
- (combination) CARTEF
- (combination) CHIMARTEM
- (combination) CIKATEM
- (combination) CO-ARTHEMED
- (combination) CO-FANART FORTE
- (combination) COATAL
- (combination) COREXAT
- (combination) CRUSHMAL
- (combination) DRUTEMAL PLUS
- (combination) DUOTHER
- (combination) EDUMETHER
- (combination) EMITEM
- (combination) FALCET
- (combination) FALCITHER FORTE
- (combination) FALCIZILCH
- (combination) GRETHER
- (combination) HANMAL
- (combination) HENAFENTRINE
- (combination) HYTEN
- (combination) KART-LU
- (combination) KESARTEM
- (combination) KILLMAL
- (combination) KONATRIN
- (combination) KOYORINE
- (combination) LA-TESEN
- (combination) LA-TESEN COMBI
- (combination) LARITIN
- (combination) LAVINART
- (combination) LOKMAL
- (combination) LOKMAL COMBI
- (combination) LONART
- (combination) LUMAL
- (combination) LUMALAR
- (combination) LUMAPIL
- (combination) LUMAREAL
- (combination) LUMARTEM
- (combination) LUMEF FORTE
- (combination) LUMERAX
- (combination) LUNTRIN
- (combination) LYNSUNATE FORTE
- (combination) MACALUM
- (combination) MALAGARD
- (combination) MALANTER
- (combination) MALVIQ
- (combination) MASOMAL
- (combination) MEDITHER
- (combination) MEFAMETER
- (combination) MEFARTEM
- (combination) MIKATEM
- (combination) NICHETHER
- (combination) RAVIMAL
- (combination) SALUMETHER
- (combination) SARMATA
- (combination) SHAL'ARTEM
- (combination) SOMAL
- (combination) SUMETHER
- (combination) SUPATEM
- (combination) TACEN
- (combination) TAMA-ACT
- (combination) TAMFREE
- (combination) TOPMAL
- (combination) WELFAST
- (combination) ZUMATEM
South Africa (ZA)
- (combination) COARTEM
United Kingdom (UK)
- (combination) RIAMET
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