Iodine is available in dietary supplements, usually in the form of potassium iodide or sodium iodide. Many multivitamin-mineral supplements contain iodine. Dietary supplements of iodine-containing kelp (a seaweed) are also available. Iodine supplements might interact with anti-thyroid medications such as methimazole (TapazoleÂ®), used to treat hyperthyroidism. 2  Taking high doses of iodine with anti-thyroid medications could cause your body to produce too little thyroid hormone.
Five medications are commonly used by physicians licensed in United States to prevent malaria: mefloquine, doxycycline, atovaquone/proguanil, chloroquine, and under special circumstances, primaquine. 1 Mefloquine, chloroquine, and doxycycline work only on the erythrocytic stage of malaria.
How to take proguanil with atovaquone. 1  Before you take proguanil with atovaquone, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. The leaflet will give you more information about the tablets and a full list of side-effects which you may experience from taking them.