Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded medicine is out of the reach of children. It is important that your doctor check your progress after treatment. This is to make sure that the infection is cleared up completely, and to allow your doctor to check for any unwanted effects. If your symptoms do not improve after you have taken this medicine for the full course of treatment, or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
Malaria is spread by the bites of certain kinds of infected female mosquitoes.
Wear long-sleeved shirts and long trousers to protect your arms and legs, especially from dusk through dawn when mosquitoes are out. Apply insect repellant, 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 nighttime hours. Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.