Parental piroxicam arthralgia and musculoskeletal conditions of acute malarial [sic] : an open randomised comparison with oral acetylsalicylic acid and paracetamol

ABSTRACT

An open comparative trial of the toleration and safety of piroxicam; paracetamol and acetylsalicylic acid was conducted in 115 out patients with acute plasmodium falciparum malaria. Patients of both sexes received a single dose of sulfadoxine or pyrimethamine as anti-malarial therapy. Study participants were subsquently randomized to receive standard oral doses of paracetamol; acetylsalicylic; or injectable piroxicam; followed by oral doses of piroxicam; for management of fever; arthralgia and headache associated with acute malaria