Chloroquine (Oral Route, Intramuscular Route)

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Precautions

If you will be taking this medicine for a long time, it is very important that your doctor check you at regular visits for any blood problems or muscle weakness that may be caused by this medicine. In addition, check with your doctor immediately if blurred vision, difficulty in reading, or any other change in vision occurs during or after treatment. Your doctor may want you to have your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist (eye doctor).

If your symptoms do not improve within a few days or if they become worse, check with your doctor.

Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not able to see well.

Chloroquine may cause blurred vision, difficulty in reading, or other change in vision. It may also cause some people to become lightheaded.

If these reactions are especially bothersome, check with your doctor.

Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. If you are living in, or will be traveling to, an area where there is a chance of getting malaria, the following mosquito-control measures will help to prevent infection:

• Avoid going out between dusk and dawn because it is at these times when mosquitoes most commonly bite.
• If possible, sleep in a screened or air-conditioned room or under mosquito netting, preferably netting coated or soaked with pyrethrum, to avoid being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
• Remain in air-conditioned or well-screened rooms to reduce contact with mosquitoes
• Wear long-sleeved shirts or blouses and long trousers to protect your arms and legs, especially from dusk through dawn when mosquitoes are out.
• Apply mosquito repellent, preferably one containing DEET, to uncovered areas of the skin from dusk through dawn when mosquitoes are out.
• Use mosquito coils or sprays to kill mosquitoes in living and sleeping quarters during evening and night-time hours.

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