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Hello, I just bought some 'compound piperaquine phosphate tablets' in china. I heard that they can provide malaria. The docter wasn't speaking good english, and although I got an english description with it, I am wondering if anybody knows anything about this medicine. It is supposed to be new...?

None of us here are Medical Doctors, but I would be suspicious of any pill that might provide malaria.

Those chinese doctors can be a little confuscious at times but I think it could be a case of confuscious says prevention would be better than provision, like there is enough of it going around already.
Anyway, it's not that PQ as it seems to be referred to is new, but it has sort of been given a rebirth.
Doctor can enlighten you in more detail and ask him about p... p... tablets.
The fourth link down on a fattty diet enhancement as some sort of a summary in the second para.
There was also links about genital effects which could make interesting reading too.
Essentially it seems that pp was developed initially over fifty years ago but was not really used until considered useful against malaria strains that had developed resistance to other medication but then it has less toxicity and there is some mention of best being used with other stuff re use in Cambodia.
Anyway heaps of links there to read up on, and might also be worthwhile having a look at a thread in asian section on malarial meds and there being a link in the one by black currant if I remember rightly that'll give you an overview on WW meds.

The site I was referring to on the other thread is www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria and select east asia for a good run down on where risk areas are and the different meds, precautions and possible side effects.
www.traveldoctor.co.uk was also mentioned as another reference site.

Thanks for your advise, sinds I bought them at the 'Center for Disease Control & prevention - Medicine School' and not at some doctor 'at the street' I had the idea that they could be good. I am going to read up on google now.