Correct Dosing Frequency Of Artemether/Lumefantrine
Artemether/lumefantrine is one of the most effective and cheap antimalarial available Nationwide. The dosage is based on weight and or age of the user. However, the frequency is the same. I have come to realize that the frequency is a little bit complicated. Many prescribers give different dosage frequency. This could be attributed to the fact that many of the manufacturer drug information leaflet gives a rather complicated dosage frequency. Read Also : Open drug market and implementation of national drug distribution system From observation, many prescribers advice the drugs to be taken morning and night. Another will say take one now and the second dose in eight hours time. Subsequent dose should be taken at twelve hours time from the second dose and other doses follow the same twelve hours interval. What that means is that if the first dose is 6:00 AM, the next dose will be by 2:00 PM. The third dose will be by 2:00 AM. Others will be by 2:00 PM. The last group will say ta...
