Malaria Treatment Treatment of malaria other than falciparum
 Some people get very sick from primaquine. Some people do not make enough of an enzyme in the blood. People with G6PD-deficiency get very 'very' sick if they take primaquine. It makes their red blood cells all die. This can even kill them. So people have to be tested to see if they have G6PD-deficiency before they take primaquine.