SAF Stops Use of Usual Anti-Malaria Drug (Singapore)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
The death of a Singapore solider due to an allergic reaction to the anti-malaria drug Maloprim has caused that country's army to cease handing it out as its typical medication. Maloprim is no longer given to Singapore solders before training in regions laden with mosquitoes in Singapore or overseas. Since April 2006, two different drugs have been handed out instead. The soldier who died from the maloprim reaction--Muhammad Sufian Jamil--experienced blood poisoning and multiple-organ failure after taking numerous doses of Maloprim between December 2005 and January 2006. Since 1985, 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers have taken maloprim annually without fatalities. Sufian, however, had an unusual condition known as Dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome, which no one knew about. The condition can cause a severe allergic reaction to an ingredient in Maloprim called Dapsone. (Click here for more - May Require Free Registration