Open AccessEffect of Antipyretic Drugs in Children with Malaria
Author(s) -
Bertrand Lell,
M Sovric,
D. Scott Schmid,
Doris Luckner,
Klaus Herbich,
H Y Long,
W. Graninger,
Peter G. Kremsner
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/319217
Subject(s) - antipyretic , medicine , malaria , naproxen , quinine , analgesic , traditional medicine , pharmacology , immunology , alternative medicine , pathology
A comparison of different antipyretics in children with malaria showed a small effect of naproxen, but not of metamizol, on the reduction of fever peaks. Antipyretic treatment had no effect on fever clearance and therefore should be used cautiously in the treatment of malaria.
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