Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine Phosphate Tablet + Suspension
Product Information: Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine is a drug mixture used to treat malaria.
Dihydroartemisinin (also known as dihydroqinghaosu, artenimol or DHA) is a drug used to treat malaria. Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a drug in itself. It is a semi-synthetic derivative of artemisinin and is widely used as an intermediate in the preparation of other artemisinin-derived antimalarial drugs.
Piperaquine is an antimalarial drug, a bisquinoline first synthesised in the 1960s, and used extensively in China and Indochina as prophylaxis and treatment during the next 20 years. Usage declined in the 1980s as piperaquine-resistant strains of P. falciparum arose and artemisinin-based antimalarials became available.
Piperaquine is characterized by slow absorption and a long biological half-life, making it a good partner drug with artemisinin derivatives which are fast acting but have a short biological half-life.
Product Packaging – The dosages available for this product are:
Dihydroartemisinin and Piperaquine phosphate tablet 40mg/320mg
Dihydroartemisinin and Piperaquine phosphate tablet 20mg/160mg
Dihydroartemisinin and Piperaquine phosphate powder for oral suspension (80+640)mg/80ml
This product is packaged 8 tablets/blister/box, 80ml/bottle/box or according customer’s requirements.