General description
Artesunate is an antiparasitic medicine used for the treatment of malaria.
INN
Artesunate
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1999
(TRS
895)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Added in 1999
(TRS
895)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
- Parenteral > General injections > IV: 60 mg in ampoule containing anhydrous artesunic acid with a separate ampoule of 5% sodium bicarbonate solution
- Oral > Solid: 50 mg tablet
- Local > Rectal > Other: 50 mg capsules; 200 mg capsules; 100 mg capsules