Pharmacokinetics of mefloquine in uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in Myanmar
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ABSTRACT
With the aim to study the pharmacokinetic basis underlying the therapeutic outcome of mefloquine in malaria patients, a single oral dose of 1000 mg mefloquine hydrochloride (Mepha) was administered to 24 patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria and 10 healthy volunteers and was followed-up till day 42. The drug serum levels at various time intervals were analysed by a Waters HPLC and the pharmacokinetic profile studied. The study shows that although Myanmar malaria patients had a slower rate of absorption (T1/2ab = 6.38 + 0.60 hour; Tmax =1.31 + 0.12 days), the peak serum level reached was much higher (Cmax = 2.24 + 0.05 ug/ml) than those of the westerners.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Malaria, Falciparum
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Myanmar
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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