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Expert advice for R C Vax Tablet

You may undergo blood examinations particularly blood counts, hemoglobin determination during your treatment with primaquine.
Inform your doctor if you are suffering from any of the following: heart disease, low potassium in the blood (hypokalemia) and/or low magnesium in the blood (hypomagnesemia).
Do not take the given dose of primaquine for >14 days.
Do not take along with drugs which are known to cause disordered electrical activity of heart (QT prolongation).
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.

Q. Is R c vax a sulfa drug/does R c vax contain sulfa?
No. R c vax is neither a sulfa drug nor contain sulfa

Q. Is R c vax safe?
R c vax is safe if used at prescribed dose and duration as advised by your doctor

Q. Is R c vax a prodrug?
Derivatives of R c vax are available in prodrug form, after metabolism R c vax gets converted into carboxyprimaquine

Q. What is R c vax phosphate used for/ what does R c vax treat?
R c vax is used to treat and prevent repeated occurrence of symptoms of malaria

Q. Why is primaquine given with clindamycin?
Primaquine and clindamycin are given together for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia

Q. Why is R c vax given in falciparum malaria?
R c vax is active against primary erythrocytic stage of malarial parasite called Plasmodium falciparum, so it is given in falciparum malaria

Q. Does R c vax treat chlamydia?
No. R c vax is specifically used in the treatment of malaria and Pneumocystis pneumonia. Please follow your doctor's advice regarding its use.