What is ARTIPEN Artesunate 60mg injection used for?
Artesunate 60mg injection is used to treat severe malaria. This treatment is also used to treat severe malaria caused by Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax in combination with other medications (e.g., an 8-aminoquinoline medicine). Antimalarials are a class of drugs that include artesunate.
How is IV Artesunate injection given?
The recommended dosage of Artesunate for Injection is 2.4 mg/kg taken intravenously at 0 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours, and afterward, provided once daily until the patient is able to tolerate the oral antimalarial Artesunate 60mg injection.
How effective is an artesunate injection?
Artesunate 60mg injection is very effective against multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria and severe malaria in Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Myanmar [23]; however, only limited investigations have been out in Africa.
