The name of your medicine is ‘Paludrine/Avloclor Anti-malarial Travel Pack’. It is referred to as ‘Anti-malarial Travel Pack’ in the rest of this leaflet.
Your Paludrine Avloclor Anti-malarial Travel Pack contains two types of tablets:
Both medicines belong to a group of medicines called ‘antimalarial’.
Antimalarial drugs can be used in certain parts of the world to help prevent malaria. This is a serious disease spread by infected mosquitoes. Your Anti-malarial Travel Pack will give some degree of protection (prophylaxis) against malaria in certain countries. It can be used when it is necessary to take more than one type of medicine at the same time to help prevent malaria.
Medicines to help prevent malaria (malaria prophylaxis) are recommended for:
These people have little or no immunity to malaria, so they are at risk of severe attacks.
You must get medical advice on which anti-malarial medicines to take.
You must ask your doctor or pharmacist if this Anti-malarial Travel Pack is suitable for the part of the world that you are visiting.
Avoiding mosquito bites
When you are taking this medicine to prevent malaria, you should also reduce the chances of being bitten by mosquitoes.
If you have a high temperature
No medicine can be guaranteed to protect against malaria in every case. If you have a high temperature (fever) during your visit to a malaria area, or up to a year after returning home, you should suspect malaria. Contact a doctor straight away and let him or her know that you have visited a malaria area.
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What Paludrine is and what it is used for
Paludrine contains a medicine called proguanil hydrochloride. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘anti-malarials’.
‘Anti-malarials’ can be used in certain parts of the world to help prevent malaria. This is a serious disease spread by infected mosquitoes. Paludrine will give some degree of protection (prophylaxis) against malaria in certain countries. Paludrine can also be prescribed by a doctor to help suppress some types of malaria.
Paludrine malaria tablets to help prevent malaria (malaria prophylaxis) are recommended for:
These people have little or no immunity to malaria, so they are at risk of severe attacks.
You must get medical advice on which anti-malarial medicines to take. You must ask your doctor or pharmacist if Paludrine is suitable for the part of the world that you are visiting. In some countries, you may have to take Paludrine with another medicine for maximum protection.
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Original price was: £19.99.£18.70Current price is: £18.70.
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