E-drug: Chloroquine + proguanil as malaria prophylaxis
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Can e-druggers let me have their opinion on the efficacy of
chloroquine and proguanil (Paludrine) as compared to alternatives?
Reports of decreasing efficacy in Africa are worrying me, and I
wonder whether I can still recommend the combination as an
alternative to mefloquine, or whether doxycycline should be the
recommended alternative, as I believe is the US practice, proguanil
not being registered in the USA>
Thanks for your help.
Steve Toovey
Medical Practitioner
Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: toovey@iafrica.com
[Malaria resistance and prophylaxis information is depending on the
country's policy, which is in turn influenced by WHO advice.
There is a WHO discussion list on tropical diseases where they might
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Anybody knows a dedicated site for malaria drug resistance debate?
Wilbert Bannenberg, E-drug moderator june]
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