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Drawback of aesunate is:

A
Poor bioavailability
B
Rapid recrudescence of malaria
C
Hypoglycemia
D
Hemolysis
High-Yield Explanation
Because aemisinins are sho acting drugs, monotherapy needs to be extended beyond the disappearance of the parasites to prevent recrudescence. After 5 days treatment recrudescence rate is -10%, while with a 3 day course it is -50%. Recrudescence can be totally prevented by combining 3 day aesunate/aemether with a long acting drug ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY page no. 830

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