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

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

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

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

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