Last update Jan. 30, 2022
Compatible
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Primaquine Phosphate in other languages or writings:
| Variable | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Bioavail. | 96 | % |
| Molecular weight | 259 | daltons |
| VD | 3.8 | l/Kg |
| pKa | 17.1 | - |
| Tmax | 3 - 4 | hours |
| T½ | 4 - 7 | hours |
| Theoretical Dose | 0.003 | mg/Kg/d |
| Relative Dose | 0.6 | % |
| Ped.Relat.Dose | 0.76 | % |
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It is an 8-aminoquinoline used in the treatment of malaria. Oral administration. Single daily dose for 14 days.
It is excreted in human milk in a clinically non-significant amount, no problems have been observed in infants whose mothers took it and the plasma levels of these infants were either very low or below the limit of detection. (Gilder 2018)
WHO List of Essential Medicines 2002: compatible with breastfeeding in healthy newborns, avoid, if possible, in premature infants and children under one month due to the risk of jaundice. (WHO 2010 and 2002)
Avoid in glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) (CDC 2019, Lalloo 2016, Chen 2010, WHO 2010 and 2002), although the extremely low dose of primaquine received through the mothers’ milk has been found to be highly unlikely cause hemolysis in G6PD-deficient infants. (Brummaier 2020, Watson 2018, Saito 2018, Gilder 2018)