
Malarone
Malarone is one of the newest and best-known treatments to prevent malaria. It is taken daily before, during and after your trip to protect against malaria when travelling to at-risk areas.
Malaria is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes, and it's a real threat to anyone travelling to certain parts of the world. If you contract malaria overseas, you can become extremely sick with chills, fever, and flu-like symptoms — and it can ultimately prove fatal if you don't treat it quickly.
While Malaria treatments have been on the market for quite some time, you previously needed a prescription to get one, and this added needless inconvenience. But Maloff Protect is different - simply answer a few short questions about your current health and your destination of travel and our heathcare team can supply the treatment - without the need to book an appointment.
As the world's first atovaquone/proguanil over-the-counter malaria prevention treatment, Maloff Protect is already making life much easier for anyone planning a trip to an area affected by Malaria, and it’s going to play a huge part in reducing the commonality of this disease for travellers.
So if you think you might need some malaria prevention, don’t delay. You can place an order from our online pharmacy today without a prescription, with the option for next-day shipping for any UK location, and get ready for an overseas trip without any further complications.
Maloff Protect is an antimalarial with two active ingredients working in tandem: atovaquone, and proguanil hydrochloride. These ingredients have been found to work well together, with the latter making the former more effective. It also includes various other ingredients in small quantities to make up its core and its coating - check our "Ingredients' tab for full details.
Maloff Protect is the new OTC version of the well-known antimalarial tablet Malarone - a prescription-only medicine.
Maloff Protect is one of many antimalarial treatments, but it stands out from the others. Why? Because its composition has been found so reliably safe and effective that the treatment has been approved for adults to purchase over the counter in pharmacies. Cheap malaria tablets no longer need to be hassle to get or be purchased from questionable sources, because Maloff Protect is affordable, effective, and easy to buy.
Maloff Protect contains the same ingredients as Malarone and generic atovaquone/proguanil tablets - so why should you choose Maloff Protect?
Though malaria is spread by mosquitoes, the actual culprits are the parasites transmitted through the mosquito bites — most commonly plasmodium falciparum. Both of the active ingredients in Maloff Protect act to kill the most common parasite and thus treat the disease — or, ideally, prevent it from being contracted altogether.
To purchase Maloff Protect, you need to confirm that it is one of the recommended antimalarials for the area that you are travelling to. You can do that at TravelHealthPro.org with the following instructions:
Next you need to select the correct quantity for your trip - don't worry we've already done the maths for you! All the options above include the 9 tablets that you need to complete your course - two for before your trip and seven for after your trip. Use the following guide:
Number of days in malaria area | Number of tablets required |
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1 - 15 days | 24 tablets |
16 - 27 days | 36 tablets |
28 - 39 days | 48 tablets |
40 - 51 days | 60 tablets |
52 - 63 days | 72 tablets |
64 - 84 days | 96 tablets |
Although you don’t need a prescription to buy Maloff Protect for adult use, if you are under 18 years of age, you will need to see you GP for a prescription if you need antimalarial treatment.
Additionally, it’s strongly recommended that if you're not sure which treatment you require that you consult a pharmacist before choosing a malaria treatment, just to ensure that you make the best decision about what to buy. When you buy Maloff Protect online from The Independent Pharmacy, our healthcare team will check that Maloff Protect is right for you as part of your online consultation.
Note that Maloff Protect is limited over the counter to 93 tablets, or enough for 12 weeks in a malaria area.
Maloff Protect may be available over the counter, but that doesn’t mean it’s the treatment to use in every situation. As with any medicine, there are situations where Maloff Protect is the right choice for treating malaria, as well as situations in which you should find a different solution. Follow this process to decide:
If you’ve followed the right procedure and confirmed that Maloff Protect is definitely the correct choice for your malaria protection, then you’ll need to use it correctly to give yourself the best chance of remaining unscathed. Here’s what you should do:
You can read the Maloff Protect Patient Information Leaflet here: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.660.pdf
You should get a specific treatment plan from whichever medical professional you consult, but it’s unlikely to differ much from the following basic schedule (barring exceptional circumstances):
If you need malaria tablets for longer than 93 days, you won’t be able the extra tablets over the counter — you’ll need to acquire a prescription.
The active substances in Maloff Protect are atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride, with each tablet containing 250 mg atovaquone and 100 mg proguanil hydrochloride.
The core also contains the following:
And the tablet coating contains the following:
The possible side effects of Maloff Protect range from major (very rare) to very mild (could appear in over 10% of all cases). Let’s look at the most major first:
If you encounter any of these symptoms while taking Maloff Protect (and believe that you would not otherwise have suffered them, since wheezing isn’t uncommon in general), stop taking the tablets and find a doctor to review your situation.
Now we’ll look at the mild side effects:
If you experience any of these side effects as a result of consuming Maloff Protect, let your doctor or pharmacist now. The information will help their work, and they can tell you whether you should continue using Maloff Protect or stop for the time being. If you don’t mind taking a few minutes to provide some further details, also go to the Yellow Card scheme and let them know about the specifics of your situation.
You must not take Maloff Protect if you:
You must request and receive a prescription from a doctor if you:
Maloff Protect is not a definitive solution for the threat of malaria, so don’t make the mistake of assuming that you’re perfectly safe. To make malaria as unlikely as possible, you must mix effective antimalarial medicine with sensible practical precautions.
Maloff Protect starts from just £43.99 for 24 tablets - enough for a two week holiday. That's cheaper than Boots, Lloyds and other major pharmacies. It's also over £20 cheaper than branded prescription Malarone tablets!
Yes, in the UK, Maloff Protect is available without a prescription and can be bought over-the-counter. Just speak to a pharmacist or order online before your trip. Maloff Protect has been proven to be a safe and effective antimalarial that can be supplied directly to the public from pharmacies, chemists, and online.
You can purchase Maloff Protect over the counter at a pharmacy or over the internet for better pricing and convenience. Since we offer exceptional rates, professional advice, unlimited support, and next-day shipping to anywhere in the UK, the best place to buy is right here.
If you’re travelling from a region with little or no malaria, then yes. Living for an extended period in a malarial region (or even being a native of such a region) does eventually cause you to build up a resistance against malaria, but when you move elsewhere, that resistance rapidly fades. We would never advise visiting a malaria-risk area without adequate antimalarial protection.
Here are some recommended methods for keeping mosquito bites to a minimum:
No suggestions have been made that alcohol causes issues with the effectiveness or safety of Maloff Protect, but keep in mind that getting drunk can impair your judgement (potentially causing you to miss tablets) and vomiting after consuming a tablet will require you to take another one, possibly causing you to have supply issues.
As with any medicine, we would advise you to drink in moderation when taking Maloff Protect.
Unfortunately, no. If you’re pregnant (or even just breastfeeding) and planning a trip to an area affected heavily by malaria, consult a doctor for some advice on what treatment options are available in your case.
You can order 93 tablets per person - enough for a 12 week visit to a malaria area. Anything beyond that will require a prescription, so visit our Malarone or generic atovaquone/proguanil pages for more information.
There are five species of Plasmodiumparasite:
Plasmodium falciparum causes the most threatening form of malaria. The vivax, ovale and malariae species cause mild malaria, and the knowlesi species doesn’t typically affect humans.
Maloff Protect contains proguanil hydrochloride, which stops the malaria parasite from acting, and atovaquone, which slows the production of materials needed for the parasite to reproduce. Working in combination, they are highly effective.
Malaria parasites can linger in the bloodstream, and symptoms of infection can take a long time to appear in someone who has contracted malaria. By taking Maloff Protect for a week after you’ve left the malaria-affected area, you’ll practically ensure that all parasites remaining in your system are killed off, leaving you in the clear.
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