Things you shouldn’t take together with anti-malaria medications:
1. Fruits like orange, pineapple.
2. Vitamin C.
3. Blood tonic/capsules.
4. Multivitamins
5. Grape juice.
6. Folic acid.
7. Iron supplements.
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1. Fruits like orange, pineapple.
2. Vitamin C.
3. Blood tonic/capsules.
4. Multivitamins
5. Grape juice.
6. Folic acid.
7. Iron supplements.
RT for others.
Fruits like oranges or pineapple are rich in vitamin C, so is the juice from these fruits. Anti-malaria medications like the Artemether/Lumefantrine combination work by generating radicals against malaria parasite, vitamin C which is a good antioxidant clears this radicals-
-this results in treatment failures. As you are back with another anti-malaria medications in no time. To you, the drugs didn’t work, while maybe it did, but you did something wrong.
Multivitamins are called so because they contain various vitamins. One might contain folic acid, might contain Vitamin C and the likes, any of this can reduce the effectiveness of your treatment and your treatment outcome. This can lead to anti-malaria treatment failure.
Grape juice increases the side effects of various medications, it is not advisable for you to take your anti-malaria medications with grape juice or grape fruit.
Some people say, that’s a good one, right? Since it increases effects of drugs. Remember, it doesn’t just increase the effects, it also increases the side effects. Taking your medications with grape juice may triple the severity of it side effects. You don’t want that.
Malaria parasites need folic acids, why?
They use it in making DNA which is important for their survival.
Some antimalarial meds target this particular need, you supplementing folic acid while using such anti-malaria meds will only results in the failure of such medication-
They use it in making DNA which is important for their survival.
Some antimalarial meds target this particular need, you supplementing folic acid while using such anti-malaria meds will only results in the failure of such medication-
Also, taking folic acid with antimalarial medications increases the risks of recrudescence (reoccurrence of malaria) and subsequent antimalarial failure.
This is why some children suffer malaria always as most times they give them their anti-malaria medications with folic acid.
When it comes to pregnant women, there’s an exception.
Pregnant women are particularly asked to take a low dose of folic acid (about 0.5mg of folic acid) during treatment with antimalarials, this is because this particular dose doesn’t significantly affect the treatment outcome.
Pregnant women are particularly asked to take a low dose of folic acid (about 0.5mg of folic acid) during treatment with antimalarials, this is because this particular dose doesn’t significantly affect the treatment outcome.
Another reason is that pregnant women are to use folic acid especially in their first trimester. Very important. Why? Folic acid helps in preventing certain serious birth defects.
You’re not to take your anti-malaria medications with blood tonic/capsules this is because malaria parasites develop in the red blood cells.
When you take blood tonics or capsules that aid in the production of more blood cells, it will be harder to get rid of the malaria parasites as you’re providing more room for them to survive.
You are not to take iron supplements concurrently with your anti-malaria medications because malaria parasites need iron for growth. Malaria parasites may also affects the absorption of dietary iron.
Taking iron supplements with your anti-malaria medications may increase your chances of coming down with malaria again in no time. It may also account for the reasons why some people have persistent headache and weakness after they might have treated malaria.
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After you anti-malaria treatment (i.e after you must have completed your anti-malaria medications) you’re free to take vitamin C (antioxidants) and the likes, they will help set your body back in order. That is highly encouraged.
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