How to Spot Fake Glucantime (Meglumine antimoniate)

Glucantime (Meglumine antimoniate) is a pentavalent antimony (SbV) recommended by the World Health Organization as the first-choice drug for the treatment of leishmaniasis a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite (genus Leishmania) transmitted by the bite of a female phlebotomine sandfly. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous […]