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Artemether
Essential medicine status
Section:
6. Anti-infective medicines 6.5. Antiprotozoal medicines 6.5.3. Antimalarial medicines 6.5.3.1. Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
ATC codes: P01BE02
EMLc
Indication
Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax ICD11 code: 1F81
INN
Artemether
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Additional notes
For use in the management of severe malaria
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IM: 80 mg per mL in 1 mL ampoule (oily injection)
EML status history
First added in 1997 (TRS 882)
Changed in 2002 (TRS 914)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 946)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Artemether
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Artemether was added to the core list of the EMLc for the curative treatment of malaria.