80mgMalaria

Cataplas

Cataplas Injection

Artemether

Lucky Core Industries Limited

Drug Identity

Active Ingredient

Artemether

Drug Class

Antimalarials

ATC Code

P01BE02

Status

Essential Medicine

What is Cataplas?

Uses

Artemether and lumefantrine are anti-malaria medications that interfere with the growth of parasites in the red blood cells of the human ...

How It Works

Deep IM injection or slow IV infusion. Dissolve 60 mg of Artesunate with 1 ml of 5% sodium bicarbonate solution for injection before use in IM injection. Dissolve 60 mg of Artesunate with 1 ml of 5% sodium bicarbonate solution for IV infusion and add 5 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride solution for injection before use to make 1 ml containing 10 mg of Artesunate. Injection must follow immediately soon after dissolution, if the solution appears cloudy or sediment occur, it should be rejected.

How to Take It

Adult · PO,IM

160 mg — 24 hourly

Initial

Adult · PO.IM

80 mg — 24 hourly

Maintenance, As Required

Adult

Scraped Dose

Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed. Take artemether and lumefantrine with food, milk, puddin

Child · Intra Muscular

3.2 mg/kg — 12 hourly

For 3 Days

Safety Alerts

Family history of congenital QT interval prolongation family history of sudden death

history of arrhythmias

history of clinically relevant bradycardia

history of congestive heart failure accompanied by reduced left ventricular ejection fraction Electrolyte disturbances, concomitant use with other drugs known to cause QT-interval prolongation

Important Warnings

Avoid in acute porphyrias, history of arrhythmias, electrolyte disturbances, bradycardia, congestive heart failure accompanied by reduce ventricular ejection fraction

family history of sudden death or of congenital QT interval prolongation

Side Effects

Transient and reversible reticulocytopeniadrug feverdrug rashbradycardiatransient first degree heart block and transient & reversible elevation of serum transaminasesnauseaabdominal paindiarrhoeaheadache.

Drug Interactions

Antioxidant drugs e.g. vitamin E

C. Additive Chloroquine

antagonistic effect seen with pyrimethamine and sulphonamides

Pregnancy & Lactation

Pregnancy

Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Lactation

Caution advised or effect undetermined.

Storage

Tab Store in a well closed container, at room temperature, Below 30°C. Protect from Moisture.

Price Intelligence

Rs 1,196.86

DRAP approved maximum price · per pack of 6 · approved 22 Jul, 2026

No retail price observed for this pack. Retailers may not exceed the approved maximum.

Prices across sources

DRAPper pack of 6Rs 1,196.86

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