Dear Mohammad,

Yes you can formulate artesunate as IM injection. Artesunate (AS) is a medication used to treat malaria. It is water-soluble and may therefore be given by injection.

Hoping this will be helpful,

Rafik

Dear Mr. Rafik,

Thanks for your kind answer, I got little confuse before since some of my colleague said it's couldn't.

Best Regards,

Mohammad Rizki Fadhil Pratama

Dear Mohamed

Yes anti malaria artesunate  is given I.V and IM 

I perfer to give it IM

http://www.mmv.org/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/access/Injectable_Artesunate_Tool_Kit/InjectableArtesunate_posterEN.pdf

Dear Prof. Gamal Abdul Hamid,

Thanks for your kind answer. I wanna ask another question for you, have you ever try any in vitro experiments with artemisinins as breast cancer therapy? I would like to compare my result with that experiments. Thanks for advance and have very nice day.

Best regards,

Mohammad Rizki Fadhil Pratama

Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya

Powder for injection 60 mg of anhydrous artesunate in 1-ml ampoule + 5% sodium bicarbonate in 0.6-ml ampoule

The powder for injection should be reconstituted with 5% sodium bicarbonate and diluted in an equal volume of physiological saline or 5% (w/v) glucose. It should be administered immediately by either intravenous or intramuscular injection.