General description
Primaquine is an antiparasitic medicine used for the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium ovale.
INN
Primaquine
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax
Added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium ovale
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
- Oral > Solid: 7.5 mg tablet (as phosphate); 15 mg tablet (as phosphate)