Research Article
Side Effects of Chloroquine and Primaquine and Symptom Reduction in Malaria Endemic Area (Mâncio Lima, Acre, Brazil)
Table 3
Side effects of chloroquine and primaquine in treated patients with vivax malaria.
| | Drug | Symptom | | % |
| Chloroquine/
primaquine | Nausea | 16 | 32% | | Vomiting | 11 | 22% | | Diarrhea | 12 | 24% | | Pale stools | 6 | 12% | | Bitter taste in the mouth | 20 | 40% | | Pain in hypochondria | 12 | 24% |
| | Chloroquine | Blurred vision (3 d) | 27 | 54% | | Pruritus (3 d) | 11 | 22% | | “Stinging” skin (3 d) | 11 | 22% | | Convulsion (3 d) | 0 | 0% | | Paresthesia (3 d) | 3 | 6% | | Insomnia (3 d) | 23 | 46% |
| | Primaquine | Lack of appetite | 12 | 24% | | Meso- or hypogastric pain | 16 | 32% | | Choluria | 22 | 44% | | Weakness/malaise | 18 | 36% |
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