Thursday, October 10, 2013

Scientists have created a new pill for malaria with cherry flavor

New tablets with cherry flavor of malaria drugs act like normal, but do not lead to problems when they rescued their children, many lives, scientists say. New pills are not as bitter as other medicines to treat malaria. This is a very welcome, where the disease is to help very often. Their children in the areas of A new type of pill is effective and easy to use, said the expert from the Institute in Tanzania. Article about the new anti malaria pills was published in the journal Lancet. According to the WHO, malaria caused the death of 881 thousand people and 247 million people affected by the disease. According to experts, many people underestimate the danger of the situation, progress since the disease resistance to some drugs, and work on a vaccine only slowly. The problem with conventional medicine is that children are not completely swallow pills, and they do not like the bitter taste that much more difficult to treat. The study included 899 children, some of whom receive tablets with cherry flavor, while others given the usual pills against malaria. These two drugs have the same medical records. After 28 days, the researchers found that the effect of treatment with the same, only reception cherry pills do not cause problems, in comparison with other medicines you are taking children. Experts hope that the new tablet will facilitate the treatment of malaria in children in Africa, where the problem of this disease is very serious.

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