Artemether

Artemether is a derivative of artemisinin (herb found in china). Artemether is used for the treatment of malaria (intermittent or remittent diseases characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating and caused by a parasitic protozoan transferred to the human bloodstream by an anopheles mosquito) in combination with other anti-malarial drugs resistant to conventional drugs.


Brands
METHER METHER METHER METHER ARTEM ARTEM ARTEM EXAFAL EXAFAL ARTEMAL HITECXIN XOMAL MALAMETHER ROTEM ROTEM GENART GENART GEN-M GEN-M GEN-M PLASMOCIDE PLASMOCIDE MALTEM ARTEMEX ARTEMEX ARTESINATE ARTESINATE ARTEMOSE MALART MALASAN MALASAN AMBLUM MISOMAL MISOMAL MISOMAL MOSART MOSART CO METHER CO METHER CO METHER ENTUM ENTUM ENTUM ENTUM ENTUM FALCINIL FALCINIL FALCINIL FALCINIL UNITHER ARTELUM ARTELUM ARTELUM ARTELUM ARTEMEX L ARTEMEX L ARTI ARTI MALTHER MALTHER MECININ VIZZ VIZZ NEO-COTECXIN FORTE LUMINAX MALGO MALGO MALGO MALGO MALGO MALGO NEOART KURIDA KURIDA KURIDA MORVELLA MORVELLA MORVELLA MALAFANTRINE MASQONIL MASQONIL MASQONIL HI SERVIN HI SERVIN HI SERVIN MAXLUM A-FANTRINE A-FANTRINE A-FANTRINE A-FANTRINE ALAR ARCEVA ARCEVA ARCEVA ARCEVA ARCEVA ARCEVA ARTHEGET ARTHEGET ARTHEGET ARTHEGET ROTEM PLUS ARTEMAX ARTEMAX ARTEMAX ARTECAP LUMEART CARAFANTRINE PLUS ARTEDAN CAPSULE DANKE PLUS CO-ART ARMIZOL ARTHER ARTHER ARTHER ARTHER ARTHER VEGARTEM SALVAJ ARMETH ARMETH ARMETH ARTEZA CATAPLAS DANKE DANKE ROSS SWISSMETHER RELYON RELYON RELYON RELYON RELYON RELYON ARTEMET L CO MISOMAL FALCINIL QS BIO LUMEFAR BIO LUMEFAR ARTECXIN ARTECXIN ARTECXIN A-MAL MAXLUM DS MAXLUM FORT MAXART CAPSULE MAXART CAPSULE MAXART CAPSULE QMETEM QMETEM QMETEM-P NAPPY RASH CREAM MALAGON-AL FORTE ARTHEGET EZ ARTHEGET JUNIOR ARTHEGET JUNIOR ARTECXIN DISPERSIBLE SALVAJ EEZ SALVAJ EEZ BIOFANTRIN BIOFANTRIN BIOMETHER BIOMETHER MALAVEL MALAVEL MALAVEL MALAVEL MALAVEL LUMETAR DS SAMART SAMART SAMART FORTE A-METHER A-METHER MALADAN DS MALADAN DS MALADAN DS MALADAN EXTRA MALADAN EXTRA MALADAN EXTRA MALADAN EXTRA FALCIGO FALCIGO FALCIGO FALCIGO FALCIGO FORTE ARTHER FORTE ARTHER FORTE ARTHER FORTE LUMEART DS LUMEART DS MALASITE FORTE MALASITE FORTE MALATUS FORTE MALATUS FORTE LUMITER FANMETHER DS MORTE MORTE MORTE DS MORTE DS ARTECID ARTECID ARTEDAN TABLET ARTEDAN TABLET ARMAN ARMAN ARMAN LUMEFIN FORT LUMEFIN FORT LUMEFIN FORT LUMEFIN FORT L-ARTEM L-ARTEM L-ARTEM DS MARITHER MARITHER MARITHER TRIMETHER TRIMETHER ARTEMED ARTEMED ARTEMED ARTEMED LEMOXOL DS LEMOXOL DS AMBLUM FORT DS AMBLUM FORT DS AMBLUM FORTE APENT APENT APENT ARTEBLAX ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTEM PLUS DS ARTHERMAN ARTHERMAN ARTHERMAN ARTHERMAN ARTI-L ARTI-L ARTI-M ARTI-M ARTINE ARTINEX ARTINEX ARTINEX ARTINEX ARTRINE ARTRINE ARTRINE CO-MALEDOX QS CO-MALEDOX QS CO-MISOMAL CO-MISOMAL CO-MISOMAL CO-MISOMAL QS FALCINIL INJECTION FALCITHER FALCITHER FALCITHER FALCITHER FALCITHER FALCITHER DS FALCITHER FORTE FALCITHER FORTE FALCITHER PLUS FALCITHER PLUS FANART JUNIOR GENART GENART GEN-M DS ISTEM ISTEM LUMETHER LUMETHER DS MAC-METHER MAC-METHER MAC-METHER MAC-METHER MAC-METHER MAC-METHER OD MAC-METHER OD MALAGON A.L MALAGON A.L MAL-ANX MALERA MALERA MALERA MALGO MALGO MALTHER PLUS MALTHER PLUS M-ARTHEM FORTE M-ARTHEM FORTE M-ARTHEM M-END M-END M-END M-END METHER PLUS QMETEM PLUS QMETEM PLUS QMETEM PLUS QMETEM PLUS RETEMAX RETEMAX R-TERINE R-TERINE R-TERINE FORTE R-TERINE FORTE RT-METHER RTX STALUTHER STALUTHER UFAN UFAN UFAN UFAN TF 2-METHER AKILUM AKILUM PLUS ALMYTER ALTAMAL ALTAMAL AMALAR AMALAR AMALAR AMALAR ARFANT ARFANT ARMEFIN ARMER ARMICAP ARTEGEN ARTEGEN ARTEGEN ARTEGEN ARTELUF ARTEMEF ARTEMEF ARTEMEF ARTEMEF ARTEMEF ARTHAM ARTHAM ARTHELU ARTHELU ARTICROWN ARTILUM ARTILUM ARTILUM ARTIMINUM ARTWEL ATM DISPERSIBLE AWAMETHER BENMETHER BIANTIMAL BIOFANTRINE CARAMETHER CARAMETHER CO-ARTESINATE COARTIN DI-METHER ETHER ETHER ETHER EXAMAL EXAMAL FALCINA FALCITRIN FALCITRIN FALCITRIN FALCITRIN FALCITRIN PLUS FANART FANART FENTROLIVE FENTROLIVE FEVEREST FEVEREST FINPHER GAMET GAMET GIZA HEALTREM HUTHER HUTHER HUTHER LAWATHER LEMOXOL LORMETIC LORMETIC LORMETIC LUART LUART LUART LUFAN LUMALE LUMALE LUMALE LUMALE LUMALE LUMARTIN LUMARTIN LUMARTIN LUMESIN LUMESIN LUMETHER FORTE LUMETHER FORTE LUTEHR LUTEHR LUTEN MALAKING MALAKING MALARIAL MALARIAL MALASAF MALASAF MALASAF MALASAF MALASITE MALASITE MALASITE MALAVAR MALAVAR MALAVAR MASHENIL MASHENIL MASHENIL MEDI-AL MEDITHER MEDITHER MEDITHER MEDITHER MIVUX MIVUX MOCAN MORVELLA TS MORVELLA TS MOSETHER MOSPRO MOSPRO MYTHER NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN NEO-COTECXIN PAKMITH PLASMOCIDE PLUS PLASMOCIDE PLUS PLASMOCIDE PLUS R-FIN R-FIN SAYMAL THER WELART WINART WINART WRDART ZETHER ZETHER ZETHER FALCITRIN OD FALCITRIN OD FEVEREST FORTE MALAVAR DISPERSIBLE MEDITHER FORTE MOSPRO TS MOSPRO TS ARFANT FORT ARTIMINUM FORT ARTIMINUM FORT ALAR PLUS ARTECXIN FORTE DISPERSIBLE ARLUFA ARTELUM EZ ARTELUM FORTE ARTITAR ARTITAR ARTIWIN ARTIWIN ARTIWIN CARAMETHER PLUS CHEWARTES MALACID MALACID MALACID MALACID MALACID FORTE MALACID FORTE DISPARTES PLUS DUMAL FALCIM FALCIM FANART FANART HI-SERVIN-BD INDOMAL INDOMAL INDOMAL LUMETRIN MALAFANTRINE-PF MALOFF MALOFF MALOFF EXTRA NENMETHER RAYART RAYMAL UFAN-FF UNIMET XOMAL PLUS ALTELUM ALTELUM ANTIMAL TABLET ARTEMAX PLUS ARTEMET ARTEMEX L FORTE ARTEPEARL ARTEPEARL ARTEPEARL DS ARTEWIN ARTIMED ARTIMED ARTIMED ARTIMET ARTIMRINE ARTIMRINE CO-ARTENTIN DD COATESINATE SUPER DANKE FORT SUSPENSION DISPARTES SUPER DV-THER DV-THER DV-THER FORTE FALCIGO INJECTION FALCIMEF FALCIMEF DS FALCIMEF FORTE FALCIMEF FORTE INDOMOL HD INDOMOL HD INOVEL INOVEL KOARTUM PLUS KOARTUM PLUS L-METHER L-METHER L-METHER LUMETAR LUMETAR LUMI ART LUMI ART-FORT LUMINA-FORTE MACARTIUM FORTE MALADAN MALANX DS PLUS MALANX DS PLUS MALCURE MALFAN MALFAN MALFAN MALFAN MALFAN MALOUT MCURE MCURE MELAMET MORVI MORVI MORVI FORTE MORVI FORTE MOSQONIL NOLARIA EZ NOLARIA EZ ONE-3 ONE-3 ONE-3 PRAYMETHER FORTE UNITHER PLUS RETHIER RETHIER ARTMED NT-MATHER LORMETIC FORTE N-TMAL ARTOBIN TRIMETHER INJECTION FANART PLUS FANART PLUS APENT PLUS APENT PLUS CO-MALEDOX CO-MALEDOX ONE-3 JUNIOR ANTMAL ARTIMAL ARTIMAL FORTE ARTEBLAX L ARTEBLAX L ARTIMAX ARTIMAX PLUS CARMITHER FYNKOMETHER FYNKOMETHER LUMEZA LUMITRIN MAGLO A-FANTRINE BD PROART PLUS PROART INJECTION ALUMAX ALUMAX GLACT GLACT LUMY-A LUMY-A LUMY-A LOMAR LOMAR MORVI INJECTION MORVI INJECTION DUMETH DUMETH DUMETH PLUS FANSIMZ FANSIMZ FINPHER PLUS IXALT IXALT IXALT MALEVA MALEVA MALTEM PLUS MARTIAL MORVI FORTE MORVI
Adult Dose
Dose: 160 mg
Single Dose: 160 (160)
Frequency: 24 hourly
Route: PO,IM
Instructions: Initial
Neonatal
Paedriatic
Dose: 3.2 mg/kg
Single Dose: 3.2 (3.2)
Frequency: 12 hourly
Route: Intra Muscular
Instructions: For 3 Days
Characteristics
. It is of Natural origin and belongs to Sesquiterpene lactone. It belongs to Antimalarial Agent pharmacological group.The Molecular Weight of Artemether is 298.40.
Contraindications
Artemether is contraindicated in conditions like Pulmonary edema,Hypersensitivity,Pregnancy,Cerebral malaria,QTc prolongation,Breast feeding.
Effects
The severe or irreversible adverse effects of Artemether, which give rise to further complications include Retinopathy, Neurotoxicity, QT prolongation.Artemether produces potentially life-threatening effects which include Cardiovascular depression, Cardiopulmonary arrest. which are responsible for the discontinuation of Artemether therapy.The signs and symptoms that are produced after the acute overdosage of Artemether include Vomiting, Convulsions, Coma, Cardiopulmonary arrest.The symptomatic adverse reactions produced by Artemether are more or less tolerable and if they become severe, they can be treated symptomatically, these include Dizziness, Headache, Nausea, Vomiting, Anorexia, Diarrhea, Fever, Insomnia, Tinnitus, Abdominal pain, Sleep disturbancesX, Rashes, Urticaria, Pruritus, Itching, Sleep disturbance, Hypotension, Elevation of liver enzymes, Transient low fever, Abnormal gait, parasthesia, Decreased hearing.
Indications
Artemether is primarily indicated in conditions like Chloroquine resistant malaria, Complicated and severe malaria, Uncomplicated malaria.
Interactions
Artemether is known to interact with other drugs, the details of drug interactions is as follows:DrugDetailsSeverityOnsetManagementVORICONAZOLEAdditive QTc prolongation may occur.concomitant therapy should be avoided These interactions are sometimes beneficial and sometimes may pose threats to life. Always consult your physician for the change of dose regimen or an alternative drug of choice that may strictly be required.
Interfrence
Risks
Drug should not be given to Pregnant Mothers, and Cardiac / Hypertensive Patients.If prescribing authority justifies the benefits of the drug against the possible damages he/she should reevaluate them and consult the reference material and previous studies.
Storage
Tab Store in a well closed container, at room temperature, Below 30°C. Protect from Moisture.
Warnings
Care should be taken when using to treat the women being pregnant with in three months or patients with severe vomiting. Administeration of Artemether with drugs that are metabolized by Cytochrome Enzyme CYP 2D6 like Flecainide,Metoprolol,Imipramine,Amitryptaline,Clomipramine should be avoided and artemether should also be avoided with drugs that prolong QT interval
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