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Halofantrine (Systemic)

Brand Names : Halfan

Description and Brand Names | Before Using | Proper Use | Precautions | Side Effects

Category
  • Antimalarial
Description

Halofantrine (ha-loe-FAN-trin) belongs to a group of medicines known as antimalarials. It is used to treat malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Hispaniola, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania. Country-specific information on malaria can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or from the CDC's web site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbk .

This medicine may cause serious side effects. Therefore, it usually is used to treat serious malaria infections in areas where it is known that other medicines may not work.

Halofantrine is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:

    Oral
  • Oral suspension (United Kingdom)
  • Tablets (U.S. and United Kingdom)

Brand Names

Some commonly used brand names are:

In the U.S. -

  • Halfan
  • Halfan
  • † Not commercially available in Canada.


       

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