halofantrine (Halfan)

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Indications

* potential to be repurposed as COVID-19 therapy[3]

Contraindications

pregnancy

Dosage

  • 8 mg/kg repeated at 6 & 12 hours
  • may be repeated in 1 week in patients without immunity

Adverse effects

Drug interactions

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References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1174
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Scripps Research Institute Extensive study identifies over a dozen existing drugs as potential COVID-19 therapies. MedicalXpress 2021. June 3 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-extensive-dozen-drugs-potential-covid-.html

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