Management of Uncomplicated Malaria and the Use of Antimalarial Drugs for Protection of Travellers (WHO - OMS, 1995, 108 p.): ANNEX 3. ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS: SALT-BASE EQUIVALENTS

Management of Uncomplicated Malaria and the Use of Antimalarial Drugs for Protection of Travellers (WHO - OMS, 1995, 108 p.)

		(introduction...)
		1. INTRODUCTION
		2. MALARIA DIAGNOSIS
		3. PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
		4. ACCESSORY TREATMENT
		5. PRINCIPLES OF USE OF DRUGS FOR PROTECTION
		6. ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS
		7. REGULATORY POLICIES
		REFERENCES
		ANNEX 1. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
		ANNEX 2. DRUG SCHEDULES OF ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS FOR TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS
		ANNEX 3. ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS: SALT-BASE EQUIVALENTS

	Salt (mg)	Base (mg)
Amodiaquine chlorohydrate	200	153
Amodiaquine dihydrochloride	261	200
Chloroquine diphosphate	242	150
Chloroquine hydrochloride	184	150
Chloroquine sulphate	204	150
Clindamycin hydrochloride	166	150
Doxycycline dihydrochloride	100	90
Halofantrine hydrochloride	250	233
Mefloquine hydrochloride⁸	274	250
Primaquine phosphate	26	15
Proguanil hydrochloride	100	87
Quinidine bisulphate	234	200
Quinidine gluconate	289	200
Quinidine sulphate	217	200
Quinine bisulphate	508	300
Quinine dihydrochloride	366	300
Quinine ethylcarbonate	366	300
Quinine hydrobromide	366	300
Quinine hydrochloride	405	300
Quinine sulphate	363	300
Tetracycline hydrochloride	250	231

⁸ The formulation available in the United States of America contains 250 mg mefloquine hydrochloride equivalent to 228 mg mefloquine base.