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Meglumine antimoniate is a medicine used to treat leishmaniasis.[1] This includes visceral, mucocutaneous, and cutaneous leishmaniasis.[1] It is given by injection into a muscle or into the area infected.[1]

Side effects include loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, feeling tired, muscle pain, irregular heartbeat, and kidney problems.[1] It should not be used in people with significant heart, liver, or kidney problems.[1] It is not recommended during breastfeeding.[1] It belongs to a group of medications known as the pentavalent antimonials.[1]

Meglumine antimoniate came into medical use in 1946.[2] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[3] It is available in Southern Europe and Latin America but not the United States.[4][5]

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It is manufactured by Aventis[6] and sold as Glucantime in France, and Glucantim in Italy.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g World Health Organization (2009). Stuart MC, Kouimtzi M, Hill SR (eds.). WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization. p. 183. hdl:10665/44053. ISBN 9789241547659.
  2. ^ Sneader W (2005). "Chemical Medicines". Drug Discovery: A History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 59. ISBN 9780470015520. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  3. ^ World Health Organization (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  4. ^ Wolfe M (2010). "Antiparasitic Drugs". In Bope ET, Kellerman RD, Rakel RE (eds.). Conn's Current Therapy 2011: Expert Consult. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 95. ISBN 978-1437735727. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  5. ^ Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (2004). Infectious Diseases. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 355. ISBN 9780781733717. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  6. ^ "Sanofi-Aventis Bekräftigt Seine Verpflichtung Zur Sicherstellung Des Zugangs Zu Medikamenten in Den "Südlichen Ländern" Mit Einer Politik Der Gestaffelten Arzneimittelpreise Je Nach Bevölkerungseinkommen" [Sanofi-Aventis Reaffirms Its Commitment to Ensuring Access to Medicines in the "Southern Countries" With a Policy of Tiered Drug Prices Depending on Population Income]. Aventis press release (in German). 15 April 2005. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014.
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