Artesunate

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Severe malaria including cerebral malaria and as a second line treatment in chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Contraindicated during pregnancy especially in the first trimester.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Avoid in pregnancy, especially in the first trimester.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Transient and reversible reticulocytopenia, drug fever, drug rash, bradycardia, transient first degree heart block and transient and reversible elevation of serum transaminases.

Drug Category/Class

  • Artemisinin and Derivatives, Plain
  • Antimalarials
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents
  • Artemisinin and derivatives, plain
  • Artemisinin and derivatives, combinations
Prescribed For the treatment of severe malaria.
Weight :384.425
Structure Artesunate
Generic Drug Artesunate prescribed For the treatment of severe malaria.
Formula

C19H28O8

Artesunate has 182 Brands listed


A KeftalAarnet (50 mg)
Aarnet PlusAba AT (50 mg)
Aba AT (60 mg)Abiart
Aerother PlusAfalsi (50 mg)
Alpasunate (60 mg)Altinate (50 mg)
Altinate (60 mg)Antisunate
Ardent (60 mg)Arecross (60 mg)
Arh Plus (60 mg)Arkex (50 mg)
Arnate (50 mg)Arnet (50 mg)
Arnet (60 mg)Arsu (50 mg)
Arsufact (50 mg)Arsufact (60 mg)
Arsunex (60 mg)Artenate (50 mg)
Artesa (50 mg)Artesa (60 mg)
Artestar (50 mg)Artestar (60 mg)
Artesunate 50 mg (Jan Aushadhi)Arteun (50 mg)
Arteun (Inj) (50mg)Artext (50 mg)
Artfin (50 mg)Arth (60 mg)
Arti Nate (50 mg)Artigrow (50 mg)
Artisin (50 mg)Arttisun (50 mg)
AT (100 mg)AT (50 mg)
ATE (50 mg)ATE (60 mg)
Atrenta (50 mg)Attila (60 mg)
Avbet (50 mg)Avinet (60 mg)
AxtricatAzfalcy Plus (60 mg)
Benther (50 mg)Benther AS (60 mg)
Bioart (60 mg)Bpther (50 mg)
Cheminate (50 mg)Corother Plus (60 mg)
Dunate (50 mg)Dunate (60 mg)
Emsunate (50 mg)Falciart (50 mg)
Falciart (60 mg)Falciat (50 mg)
Falcicare (50 mg)Falcicare (60 mg)
Falcidium (50 mg)Falcidium (60 mg)
Falcigo (50 mg)Falcigo (60 mg)
Falciguard (50 mg)Falcimax (50 mg)
Falcimax IV (60 mg)Falcina (50 mg)
Falcinate (50 mg)Falcinez (50 mg)
Falcinez (60 mg)Falcinil (50 mg)
Falcinil (60 mg)Falcitar
Falcitrol (60 mg)Falcized (50 mg)
Falcynate (50 mg)Falno (50 mg)
Falsitis AR (60 mg)Falz (50 mg)
Falz (60 mg)Gate (50 mg)
Gofalcy (50 mg)Grasun (50 mg)
Grasun (60 mg)Kapiart 60
Karat (50 mg)Karat Inj (60 mg)
Kavnate (60 mg)L Sunate (50 mg)
L Sunate (60 mg)Larinate (50 mg)
Larinate (60 mg)Laristar AR (60 mg)
Lifart (50 mg)Lifart (60 mg)
Limasunate (50 mg)Limasunate (60 mg)
M Quit (120 mg)M Quit (60 mg)
Malacure AT (50 mg)Malacure AT (60 mg)
Malasunate O (50 mg)Malcigo (50 mg)
Malcigo (60 mg)Malcon (60 mg)
Malnate (50 mg)Malnate Inj (50 mg)
Malnot (50 mg)Malnot (60 mg)
Malwin (50 mg)Martis (50 mg)
Maxinate (50 mg)Maxinate (60 mg)
McenateMononate (50 mg)
Myart (50 mg)Myart (60 mg)
Neosunate (60 mg)Ni Sunate (50 mg)
Nisunate (50 mg)Nisunate (60 mg)
Nofal AROdinate (60 mg)
Oltimate (50 mg)Orinate (50 mg)
Orinate (60 mg)Osonik (50 mg)
Osonik Inj (60 mg)Oxart (60 mg)
Oxynate AR (60 mg)P Falsun (50 mg)
Parinate (60 mg)Pyralfin A (50 mg)
Pyralfin A (60 mg)Reonate (60 mg)
Rinate (50 mg)Robi Art
Rofalci (50 mg)Rt Max (60 mg)
RT Sys (60 mg)Rtnew (50 mg)
Rtsun (50 mg)Rtsunate (60 mg)
RTX RT (50 mg)RTX RT (60 mg)
Sarte (60 mg)Signat (60 mg)
Spinate (50 mg)Spy (60 mg)
Stansunate (100 mg)Stansunate (60 mg)
Stansunate DT (25 mg)Sunab (50 mg)
Sunarte (50 mg)Sunrik (50 mg)
Sunrik (60 mg)Suntek (50 mg)
Suntek (60 mg)Tab Atrenta (50 mg)
Tesubel (50 mg)Tesunate (50 mg)
Tifnate (50 mg)Tifnate (60 mg)
TP Ther S (50 mg)Ulteria (50 mg)
Ulteria (60 mg)Velter (60 mg)
Versaquin (50 mg)Versaquin (60 mg)
Viasunate (60 mg)Winconate
Xeremal R (50 mg)Xeremal R (60 mg)
Zentrom (1000 mg)Zentrom (2000 mg)
Zentrom (250 mg)Zentrom (500 mg)
Zesunate (60 mg)Zoranate

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