Similarity And Difference Between Coartem And Lonart
The two most popular antimalarials in Nigeria are Coartem and Lonart. Similarity Between Lonart Vs Coartem They both contain artemether and lumefantrine. They both have different strengths for different age groups. They include 24, 18, 12 and 6 tablet of 20/120mg artemether and lumefantrine and 80/480mg of same active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). These drugs also come in different formulation. Both have tablet for all age group and dispersible tablet for children. Read Also: Why iron and vitamin C interfere with lonart or Coartem Difference Coartem Coartem Coartem is made by Swiss pharmaceutical company known as Novartis international AG. It was internationally licenced and approved in 1999. That was after a series of tests and research in collaboration with chinese scientist. The World health organisation (WHO) added artemether and lumefantrine combination in essential medicine list (EML) in 2004 and EML for children in 2007. Coartem was first pre-qualified by WHO in 2004 and...
