General description
Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine is a combination medication used for the curative treatment of malaria.
INN
Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1979
(TRS
641)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Added in 1979
(TRS
641)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax
Added in 2019
(TRS
1021)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
- Oral > Solid: 500 mg + 25 mg tablet
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For chemoprevention
- Oral > Solid: 500 mg + 25 mg tablet
- Oral > Solid: 250 mg + 12.5 mg tablet
Indications