Why is this medication prescribed?
Mefloquine is euphemistic pre-owned to manipulation of malaria (a severe infection that is спрэд not later than mosquitoes in sure parts of the humankind and can occasion eradication) and to intercept malaria in travelers who visit areas where malaria is common. Mefloquine is in a class of medications called antimalarials. It works by killing the organisms that cause malaria.
How should this remedy be used?
Mefloquine comes as a stone to take by mouth. Continually take mefloquine with aliment (preferably your biggest breakfast) and at least 8 ounces (240 milliliters) of water. If you are fetching lariam to anticipate malaria, you resolve indubitably palm it instantly a week (on the very light of day each week). You purpose go into treatment 1 to 3 weeks previously you voyages to an area where malaria is common and should keep up treatment for the benefit of 4 weeks after you coming from the area. If you are taking mefloquine to investigate malaria, your doctor disposition squeal you in every respect how time after time you should take it. Children may involved in smaller but more frequent doses of mefloquine. Follow the directions on your drug classification carefully, and ask your doctor or apothecary to expound any share b evoke you do not understand. Pick lariam literally as directed. Do not revenue more or less of it or take it more oft than prescribed by way of your doctor.
The tablets may be swallowed whole or crushed and associated with bath-water, extract, or other beverage.
If you are captivating mefloquine to treat malaria, you may spiff one's biscuits straightway after you take the medication. If you toss one's cookies less than 30 minutes after you turn to mefloquine, you should palm another full measure of mefloquine. If you sick up 30 to 60 minutes after you brook mefloquine, you should take another половина portion of mefloquine. If you throw up again after taking the additional amount, designate your doctor.
Other uses for this medicine
This medication may be prescribed as a remedy for other uses; аск your doctor or pharmacist after more information.
What peculiar precautions should I follow?
Before taking mefloquine,
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to lariam, quinidine (Quinadex), quinine (Qualaquin), any other medications, or any of the ingredients in mefloquine tablets.
- tell your doctor and pharmacist what direction and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. Be unshakeable to mention any of the following: anticoagulants ('blood thinners'); antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil), amoxapine (Asendin), clomipramine (Anafranil), desipramine (Norpramin), doxepin (Adapin, Sinequan), imipramine (Tofranil), nortriptyline (Aventyl, Pamelor), protriptyline (Vivactil), and trimipramine (Surmontil); antihistamines; calcium direct blockers such as amlodipine (Norvasc), diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor, Tiazac), felodipine (Plendil), isradipine (DynaCirc), nicardipine (Cardene), nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), nimodipine (Nimotop), nisoldipine (Sular), and verapamil (Calan, Isoptin, Verelan); beta blockers such as atenolol (Tenormin), labetalol (Normodyne), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), nadolol (Corgard), and propranolol (Inderal); chloroquine (Aralen); medication in the interest of diabetes, mental indisposition, seizures and overturn craving; medications since seizures such as carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenobarbital (Luminal), phenytoin (Dilantin), or valproic acid (Depakene); and rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane, in Rifamate, in Rifater). Also tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking the following medications or be undergoing stopped captivating them within the past 15 weeks: halofantrine (Halfan; no longer at one's fingertips in the Communal States) or ketoconazole (Nizoral). Your doctor may necessary to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully with a view side effects.
- tell your doctor if you entertain or suffer with on any occasion had any of the conditions mentioned in the DISTINGUISHED FORESHADOWING section or any of the following: a prolonged QT intermission (a rare heart problem that may origin abnormal heartbeat, fainting, or precipitate expiry), anemia (a humble than normal multitude of red blood cells), or scrutinize, liver or callousness disease.
- tell your doctor if you are in a family way or scenario to suit enceinte, or are breast-feeding. You should consume lineage check while you are prepossessing mefloquine and after 3 months after you a halt enchanting it. If you turn pregnant while charming mefloquine, draft b call your doctor.
- you should be versed that lariam may style you drowsy and dizzy. These symptoms may persevere in suitable a while after you standstill taking mefloquine. Do not goad a jalopy or carry on machinery until you distinguish how this medication affects you.
- you should be versed that mefloquine decreases your jeopardize of proper infected with malaria but does not guarantee that you will not become infected. You tranquillity necessity to take care of yourself from mosquito bites through wearing extensive sleeves and sustained pants and using mosquito repellant and a bed final while you are in an область where malaria is common.
- you should be acquainted with that the first symptoms of malaria are fever, chills, muscle sorrow, and headaches. If you are engaging mefloquine to prevent malaria, call your doctor straight away if you forth any of these symptoms. Be unshakeable to let slip your doctor that you may have been exposed to malaria.
- you should plot what to do in case you trial grim side effects from mefloquine and eat to stop taking the medication, peculiarly if you are not miserly a doctor or pharmacy. You make have to get another medication to take care of you from malaria. If no other medication is present, you will partake of to leave the area where malaria is prosaic, and then come down with another medication to protect you from malaria.
- if you are delightful lariam to examine malaria, your symptoms should put within 48 to 72 hours after you consume your treatment. Buzz your doctor if your symptoms do not better after this time.
- do not have any vaccinations (shots) without talking to your doctor. Your doctor may want you to carry out all of your vaccinations 3 days in the forefront you start taking mefloquine.
What exceptional dietary instructions should I follow?
Unless your doctor tells you differently, keep up your usual diet.
What should I do if I forget a dose?
Take the missed portion as one day as you reward it. Respect, if it is almost conditions pro the next portion, cavort the missed dose and persevere in your regular dosing schedule. Do not endure a double dose to turn out to be up against a missed one.
What side effects can this medication cause?
Mefloquine may bring on side effects. Get something off one's chest your doctor if any of these symptoms are unbending or do not finished away:
- nausea
- vomiting
- fever
- diarrhea
- pain on the right side of your stomach
- loss of appetite
- muscle pain
- headache
- sleepiness
- increased sweating
Some side effects can be serious. The following symptoms are uncommon, but if you occurrence any of the following symptoms or those listed in the NOTED SIGNAL or BIZARRE PRECAUTIONS slice, collect your doctor when:
- tingling in your fingers or toes
- difficulty walking
- light-colored bowel movements
- dark colored urine
- yellowing of your rind or the white of your eyes
- itching
- shaking of arms or legs that you cannot control
- changes in vision
- muscle weakness
- shortness of breath
- chest pain
- panic attack
- rash
Mefloquine may motivate other side effects. You may endure to experience side effects in support of some beforehand after you take your model dose. Rally your doctor if you contain any odd problems while taking this medication.
If you observation a serious side less, you or your doctor may send a announcement to the Food and Sedative Delivery's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Circumstance Reporting program online or nearby phone (1-800-332-1088).
What should I identify relating to сторидж and disposal of this medication?
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tensely closed, and into the open of reach of children. Stock it at flat temperature and away from excess stress and moisture (not in the bathroom).
Unneeded medications should be leaning towards of in strange ways to assure that pets, children, and other people cannot reduce them. However, you should not flood this medication down the toilet. In lieu of, the best manner to group of your medication is entirely a medicament take-back program. Talk to your pharmacist or reach your provincial garbage/recycling turn on to learn roughly take-back programs in your community. Go out with the FDA's Riskless Disposal of Medicines website on more information if you do not be suffering with access to a take-back program.
It is grave to keep to all medication not on of shocking and reach of children as many containers (such as weekly tablet minders and those for fondness drops, creams, patches, and inhalers) are not child-resistant and green children can open them easily. To keep safe sophomoric children from poisoning, unexceptionally plant safety caps and directly place the medication in a safe unearthing – one that is up and away and d‚mod‚ of their sight and reach.
In patient of emergency/overdose
In protection of overdose, fetch the poison manage helpline at 1-800-222-1222. Info is also available online at . If the victim has collapsed, had a spasm, has hector breathing, or can't be awakened, without delay shout predicament services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may comprise the following:
- nausea
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- pain on the perfect side of your stomach
- dizziness
- loss of balance
- difficulty falling or staying asleep
- unusual dreams
- tingling in your fingers or toes
- difficulty walking
- seizures
- changes in mental health
What other report should I know?
Do not frustrate anyone else escort your medication. Ask your druggist any questions you comprise less refilling your prescription.
It is noteworthy after you to preserve a written list of all of the medicine and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should put out this heel with you each tempo you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important word to act up with you in crate of emergencies.