Avloclor 250mg Chloroquine Phosphate 20 Tablets

Avloclor 1-4 week trips worth of tablets.

Prophylaxis and suppression of malaria.

Adults:

Two tablets taken once a week, on the same day each week. Start one week before exposure to risk and continue until four weeks after leaving the malarious area. Similar to malarone. Alway check with your doctor that these are the right anti malaria pills for the place that you are travelling to.
 

Children:

A single dose of 5mg chloroquine base/kg per week on the same day each week. Start one week before exposure to risk and continue until four weeks after leaving the malarious area.
 

For practical purposes, children aged over 14 years may be treated as adults. The dose given to infants and children should be calculated on their body weight and must not exceed the adult dose regardless of weight.
 

1 - 4 years ½ tablet
 

5 - 8 years 1 tablet
 

9 - 15 years 1½ tablets
 

Elderly Patients:

There are no special dosage recommendations for the elderly, but it may be advisable to monitor elderly patients so that optimum dosage can be individually determined.
 

Hepatic or Renally Impaired Patients:

Caution is necessary when giving Avloclor to patients with renal disease or hepatic disease.
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