Table 6 Adverse events reported by children treated with artemether-lumefantrine or artesunate-amodiaquine
Adverse effects | Number of patients | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artemether-lumefantrine | Artesunate-amodiaquine | |||||||||
D1 | D2 | D3 | D7 | Total | D1 | D2 | D3 | D7 | Total | |
Number of patients | 61 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 243 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 233 |
Asthenia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 32 |
Loss of appetite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Vomiting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Abdominal pain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Headache | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pruritus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Facial oedema | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 75 |