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Coartem

Coartem Dosage

Dalga Surofchy, PharmD, APhMichelle Nguyen, PharmD
Reviewed by Dalga Surofchy, PharmD, APh, Michelle Nguyen, PharmD
Last reviewed on May 31, 2021

The average cost for 24 tablets of 20mg/120mg of Coartem is $135.63 with a free GoodRx coupon. This is 19.19% off the average retail price of $167.84.

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Dosage

Quantity

Price as low as

Price per unit

20mg/120mg

24 tablets

$135.63

$5.65

Typical dosage for Coartem

The typical dose of Coartem (artemether / lumefantrine) for people who weigh at least 35 kg (77 pounds) is 4 tablets of artemether 20 mg/lumefantrine 120 mg by mouth with food for each dose. The medication is dosed twice per day for 3 days for a total of 6 doses.

After the first dose of 4 tablets, the second dose of 4 tablets is taken 8 hours later. Then the next two days, you take 4 tablets by mouth in the morning with breakfast and 4 tablets by mouth in the evening with dinner.

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