Proguanil - pro-GWAN-il belongs to a group of medication called antimalarials. It is using to prevent malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Hispaniola, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Oceania. Country-special info on malaria can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC, or from the CDC's web site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel .
This drug may be given together with another drug to prevent malaria infection.
Proguanil is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In Canada
* Not commercially available in the USA