Details:
Malarone Paediatric belongs to a group of medicines called antimalarials. Each tablet contains two active ingredients, atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride. Malarone Paediatric has two uses, preventing and treating malaria.

Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by various types of parasites known as Plasmodium. Plasmodium are carried by mosquitoes and are injected into the bloodstream during a bite from an infected mosquito. Once inside the body the parasite reproduces, resulting in the disease.

Proguanil works by stopping the parasite from reproducing once it is in the bloodstream. It does this by blocking the action of a compound that is found in the Plasmodium parasite. This compound is an enzyme called dihydrofolate reductase, and is involved in the reproduction of the parasite.

Active Ingredients:
Each Malarone Paed tablet contains 62.5mg atovaquone and 25mg proguanil.