Medicines for the prevention of malaria while traveling - Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone™)

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
• Description:
  Atovaquone-proguanil is a combination of two drugs, atovaquone and proguanil, in a single tablet. It is available in the United States by prescription only. It is sold under the brand name Malarone and it is also soldas a generic medicine in two sizes:
  
  Adult tablet: 250mg atovaquone plus 100mg proguanil
  
  Pediatric tablet: 62.5mg atovaquone plus 25mg proguanil Atovaquone-proguanil can be prescribed for either prevention or treatment of malaria.
  
  This fact sheet provides information about its use for the prevention of malaria infection associated with travel.
  
  CS237187-D
  
  
• Subjects:
  Antimalarials Atovaquone Drug Combinations Drug Therapy, Combination Malaria/prevention & Control Proguanil Travel
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:59f11ec9b92d8ba9000d0b89d8b5d2df34497384583cccf6e5b1ba6fc59985a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27958/cdc_27958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 585.11 KB ]