RFI malaria in Argentina

[Michael Tarburton <>]

Thanks Carl & G'day All

What I do know is that the one I named works well.

Cheers

Mike
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On 19/08/2010, at 10:19 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:

> Mike,
>
> There is a bit of a problem with  the Artemesia based treatments,  
> in that there have been quite a few dodgy, counterfeits on the  
> market coming out of China. There was an article in OBC's Forktail  
> a while back on the problem and how to tell the fakes. If anyone  
> would like a copy of the article, I will try and dig it out, and  
> send it.
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
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> On 19/08/2010, at 9:42 AM, Michael Tarburton wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> In our last two years in PNG a new treatment came out for Malaria.   
> You only take it if you get malaria.  We have used it three times  
> on three different people and the symptoms disappeared in 20  
> minutes in each case.  The research on the internet shows there are  
> instances however, where it does not work.  One piece of research  
> showed it worked for 80% of cases.
> It is available over the counter at chemists in PNG.  It is called  
> dihydroartemisinin and is made from the plant Artemisia or sweet  
> wormwood (just wormwood in the Bible).  The trade name of the one  
> we got was Cotecxin but in PNG just ask for the Chinese malarial  
> medicine.
> We never got malaria ourselves in 8 years in PNG - but that was  
> largely because we never stood around outside in the twi-light  
> periods.  Most other staff at PAU got malaria - but they often  
> stood around talking on their way home in the twilight period.
> I do not know the availability of artemisinin in other countries  
> but hope this knowledge will help in dealing with this ever-growing  
> problem.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
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