Malaria
Adult: 3 doses of 500 mg at intervals of 6 hr, repeat a wk later in patients with little or no previous exposure to malaria.
Child: >37 kg: 3 doses of 500 mg at intervals of 6 hr; 32-37 kg: 3 doses of 375 mg at intervals of 6 hr; 23-31 kg: 3 doses of 250 mg at intervals of 6 hr. Course may be repeated a wk later in patients with little or no previous exposure to malaria.
Child: >37 kg: 3 doses of 500 mg at intervals of 6 hr; 32-37 kg: 3 doses of 375 mg at intervals of 6 hr; 23-31 kg: 3 doses of 250 mg at intervals of 6 hr. Course may be repeated a wk later in patients with little or no previous exposure to malaria.