Table 6.

Adverse events noted in patients treated with suppositories and parenteral treatment, by treatment group.

	Rectal artemisinin	Non-rectal artemisinin comparator	Non-artemisinin comparator (quinine)	TOTAL
Total no. patients included in analysis	786	253	123	1162
Total no. (%) of patients in whom one or more adverse event reported	140 (18)	24 (9)	30 (24)	194
Total no. of adverse events:	196	43	67	306
Classification (aetiology):
Possibly drug-related	37	14	27	78
Not likely to be drug related	105	28	40	173
Unable to be classified	54	1	0	55
Classification of possibly drug-related events according to body system:
Generalised	11	1	0	12
Neurological	1	1	7	9
Digestive	18	10	8	36
Urogenital	1	1	0	2
Haemopoetic	3	1	4	8
Special senses (hearing)	3	0	5	8
Other	0	0	3	3