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Expert advice for Primarid 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 Primarid a sulfa drug/does Primarid contain sulfa?
No. Primarid is neither a sulfa drug nor contain sulfa

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

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

Q. What is Primarid phosphate used for/ what does Primarid treat?
Primarid 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 Primarid given in falciparum malaria?
Primarid is active against primary erythrocytic stage of malarial parasite called Plasmodium falciparum, so it is given in falciparum malaria

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