Drug Type: Antiprotozoal, Dewormer, Antimalarial, Antiparasitic

Primaquine

Primaquine is an antimalarial agent and is the essential co-drug with chloroquine in treating against hematozoa (i.e., Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon).
  • 0.75-1 mg/kg PO once. Use with chloroquine (25 mg/kg at 0h, then 15 mg/kg at 12, 24, and 48h); pallative therapy.