Tafenoquine
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INDICATIONS
FDA
- Two different brand names were FDA approved in 2018
- Krintafel™- radical cure (prevention of relapse) of Plasmodium vivax malaria in patients ≥16 years old who are receiving appropriate antimalarial therapy for acute P. vivax infection.
- Please note that tafenoquine is NOT indicated for the treatment of acute P. vivax malaria.
- Arakoda™-prophylaxis of malaria in patients ≥18 years of age
- Krintafel™- radical cure (prevention of relapse) of Plasmodium vivax malaria in patients ≥16 years old who are receiving appropriate antimalarial therapy for acute P. vivax infection.
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INDICATIONS
FDA
- Two different brand names were FDA approved in 2018
- Krintafel™- radical cure (prevention of relapse) of Plasmodium vivax malaria in patients ≥16 years old who are receiving appropriate antimalarial therapy for acute P. vivax infection.
- Please note that tafenoquine is NOT indicated for the treatment of acute P. vivax malaria.
- Arakoda™-prophylaxis of malaria in patients ≥18 years of age
- Krintafel™- radical cure (prevention of relapse) of Plasmodium vivax malaria in patients ≥16 years old who are receiving appropriate antimalarial therapy for acute P. vivax infection.
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