Folic acid 'hinders malaria drug'
Pregnant women taking folic acid to protect their baby's development may be at greater risk of malaria as a result, Kenyan research suggests.
The supplement interacts with a common antimalarial drug, rendering it less effective, the work shows.
Expectant mums on high dose folic acid, as recommended in Kenya, were twice as likely as others to fail treatment with sulfacoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
The study appears in Public Library of Science Clinical Trials.
The supplement interacts with a common antimalarial drug, rendering it less effective, the work shows.
Expectant mums on high dose folic acid, as recommended in Kenya, were twice as likely as others to fail treatment with sulfacoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
The study appears in Public Library of Science Clinical Trials.
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