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How to Take Pyrimethamine- Sulfadoxine and it's Dose


It comes as a tablet to take by mouth, after food.

Dosage & When it is to be taken

PO- The recommended single dose is 3 tabs (sulfadoxine/ pyrimethamine 500 mg /25 mg), take next dose after 7 days, if needed.

When it is not to be taken (Contraindications)

Contraindicated in patients with severe kidney or liver failure, blood disorder, hypersensitivity to components, megaloblastic anemia due to folic acid deficiency, pregnancy at term and during lactation, infants ≤ 2 month old.

Drug Name : Pyrimethamine- Sulfadoxine

This medication is an antimalarial agent, prescribed for treatment of falciparum malaria, resistant to chloroquine.


Trade Names/Brand Names of Pyrimethamine- Sulfadoxine

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