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Table 3 Anti-malarial groups and treatments prescribed to patients as well as primaquine and antibiotics from exit interviews, India, 2008

From: Prescription practices and availability of artemisinin monotherapy in India: where do we stand?

Drug group/treatment

n

%

PQ

Abx

Artemisinin monotherapy

271

14.8

6

75

Non-artemisinin monotherapy

1, 241

68.0

520

98

Chloroquine

1155

 

520

74

Primaquine

5

   

Quinine

74

  

24

SP

7

   

WHO ACT

89

4.9

37

2

ASP blister

30

  

2

ASP loose

16

 

5

 

ASP+CQ

37

 

31

 

ASP+Q

3

 

1

 

ASP+CQ+Q

3

   

Non-WHO ACT

102

5.6

8

35

As+CQ

63

 

7

19

As+Q

37

  

15

As+CQ+Q

2

 

1

1

Non-artemisinin combination

15

0.8

7

0

CQ+SP

13

 

7

 

CQ+Q

2

   

No anti-malarial drug

108

5.9

0

23

Missing

6

   
 

1832

 

583

233

  1. CQ - chloroquine, SP - sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, Q - quinine, As - artemisinin derivative, ASP - artesunate+SP, PQ - primaquine, Abx - antibiotic
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