Prib DS 15mg Tablet
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Manufactured By : Bennet Pharmaceuticals Limited
Composition : Primaquine (15mg)
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Prib DS 15mg Tablet is an antimalarial medicine containing Primaquine as its active ingredient. It is used to treat and prevent malaria. Prib Ds works by killing the parasite that causes malaria, thus stopping the infection from being spread. This medicine should be used under medical prescription and for the duration it is prescribed. Prib Ds Tablets should be taken after food. Tell your doctor, if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or are breastfeeding and about all the medicines and supplements you take and all the conditions or diseases you suffer from, before starting treatment with Prib Ds Tablet.
- Uses / Indications: Prib DS 15mg Tablet is used in the treatment of malaria.
Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor.
- Pregnancy interaction:
- Prib DS 15mg Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy.There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor.
- Expert advice:
- 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.
- Side Effects:
- Abdominal pain, Epigastric pain, Gastrointestinal discomfort, Vomiting, Nausea, Heartburn.
- How to use:
- Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Prib DS 15mg Tablet is to be taken with food.
- How it works:
- Prib DS 15mg Tablet is a weak base that reaches high concentration within the malarial parasite and causes accumulation of toxic heme pigment, which kills it.
- Faq for medicine:
- Is Prib a sulfa drug/does Prib contain sulfa? : No. Prib is neither a sulfa drug nor contain sulfa|Is Prib safe? : Prib is safe if used at prescribed dose and duration as advised by your doctor|Is Prib a prodrug? : Derivatives of Prib are available in prodrug form, after metabolism Prib gets converted into carboxyprimaquine|What is Prib phosphate used for/ what does Prib treat? : Prib is used to treat and prevent repeated occurrence of symptoms of malaria|Why is primaquine given with clindamycin? : Primaquine and clindamycin are given together for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia|Why is Prib given in falciparum malaria? : Prib is active against primary erythrocytic stage of malarial parasite called Plasmodium falciparum, so it is given in falciparum malaria|Does Prib treat chlamydia? : No. Prib is specifically used in the treatment of malaria and Pneumocystis pneumonia. Please follow your doctor's advice regarding its use.
