الوصف

Arteether is a semi synthetic derivative of artemisinine, the active constituent of the plant, Artemisia annua. the drug was not only found to be very safe but also proved to be a fast acting, blood schizontocidal agent which attacks at the erythrocytic stage of malaria in blood. Extensive clinical trials were conducted at 7 centres in malaria prone areas of India. Over **0 patients showed excellent response and the recrudescent rate was very low. Arteether has been developed by CDRI and is being prescribed to the patients as second line of treatment for chloroquine-resistant P. falciparim malaria including cerebral malaria.