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Table 2 Frequency of NPAEs with high-dose tafenoquine/chloroquine in vivax malaria patients [81]

From: Neurological and psychiatric safety of tafenoquine in Plasmodium vivax relapse prevention: a review

Adverse event, n (%)

Tafenoquine

300 mg q.d. × 7 days (N = 18)

Tafenoquine

600 mg q.d. × 3 days (N = 19)

Tafenoquine

600 mg single dose (N = 18)

Primaquine

15 mg q.d. × 14 days (N = 12)

Any NPAE

8 (44)

8 (42)

4 (22)

6 (50)

Vertigo

8 (44)

8 (42)

4 (22)

3 (25)

Headache

4 (22)

4 (21)

2 (11)

4 (33)