Artemether

Brand names: COARTEM (in combination)

Therapeutic Indications

Artemether is indicated for:

Plasmodium falciparum malaria

For this indication, the medical literature mentions below treatments (click for details):

Active ingredient Artemether is contraindicated in the following cases:

No gender/age discrimination

at least one of

CYP3A4 inhibitors

CYP2D6 substrates

Long QT syndrome

Congestive heart failure

Antiarrhythmics, class Ia

Antiarrhythmics, class III

Psycholeptics

Cisapride

Astemizole

Terfenadine

Macrolides

Fluoroquinolones

Imidazole derivatives

Imidazoline derivatives

Imidazole derivatives

Imidazole and triazole derivatives

Triazole derivatives

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