Aralen
Aralen is a antiparasitics medication containing Chloroquine, available as 250/500mg tablets.
- Category
- Antiparasitics
- Active ingredient
- Chloroquine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 250/500mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Aralen vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Malaria
- Alternative Name
- Avloclor, Nivaquine
- Therapeutic Class
- Antimalarial
- Pharmacological Class
- Aminoquinoline
- Known Off-label Uses
- rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, headache, diarrhoea
- Moderate Side Effects
- skin pigmentation, rash, visual disturbance
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Sanofi
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- varies by treatment length
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Drug Interactions
- Ciclosporin, Tamoxifen
- Age Restrictions
- Safe for use in children if dosed by weight.
What you will receive
Aralen is the originator brand name, made by Sanofi. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Sanofi and do not ship the original Aralen.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Chloroquine) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.