Between traditional remedies and pharmaceutical drugs: prevention and treatment of “Palu” in households in Benin, West Africa

Table 3 Pharmaceutical drugs used to prevent “Palu” in rural and urban area, Benin, 2016

Type of pharmaceutical drugs	Prevention
	Cotonou		Lobogo
	n	%	n	%
ACT	33	16.18	17	26.15
Sulfadoxine-pyrimetamine	42	20.59	1	1.54
Quinine	40	19.61	6	9.23
Chloroquine	25	12.25	6	9.23
Apipalu^a	7	3.43	1	1.54
Paracetamol	36	17.65	17	26.15
Others	21	10.29	17	26.15
Total	204		65

ACT Artemisinin-Combined Therapy
^aApipalu is a HM anti-malarial medicine, in tablets or syrups, package industrially in Benin, n is the number of drugs cited

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