Arteether is used in the treatment of malaria. It is not used to prevent malaria or to treat severe malaria (where it has affected the brain, lungs or kidneys). Arteether is an antiparasitic medication. It works by producing harmful chemicals (free radicals) within the malarial parasite, thereby killing it.
Common side effects
Nausea, Body ache, Leg pain, Chills, Rigors, Headache, Dizziness, Weakness, Vomiting, Cough, Injection site pain, Abdominal pain, Diarrhea