Mefloquine: a Demon Drug? (PART ONE)

An interview with James McCarthy, the Head of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. This interview is about the anti-malarial drug mefloquine (with retails as Lariam), and how the Australian Defence Force has approached malaria prevention.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• lariam
• mefloquine
• malarial
• drugs
• prevention
• army
• Australia

[MuuzikFan]

@MuuzikFan Ooops, I meant parasite, nevertheless, any infectious agent can spread and attack the cerebral system..

[MuuzikFan]

Besides, malaria is not the only bacteria that can spread to being cerebrail, specially in tropical countries!!

[MuuzikFan]

@MuuzikFan Most who suffered CNS side effects from Lariam did NOT suffer from underlying neuro/mental illness.

[MuuzikFan]

@MuuzikFan Kudos to Johin Black, paediatrician who suggests this drug was not properly investigated for side effects and that it should be withdrawn, as did Halofan, after causing terrible side effects for many years.

[MuuzikFan]

What nonesense!! Adverse reactions are rated at 40% and even more according to a published Danish paper. Furthermore, many who took Lariam, contacted malaria!!

[stusurf1]

Quinnine or what ever is the base drug it went from that to refining or changing molicule shit into primiquine and chloroquine -- they are like benzene acotate based drugs to me thats like from petrolium type origins. In other words these drugs have to.bottom line is they are pinning all there hopes on Tafenoquine and yes I took it timor 2000 7 months

[stusurf1]

um u forgot to mention Tafenoquine

[stusurf1]

the amarican army does not use mefloquine at all anymore why ! the side effects

[stusurf1]

good response so far of course the drug I was actualy talking TAFENAQUINE the chance of one of those individuals seeing this is about 10 mill to 1 because only from all the research ive done only 100 SOLDIERS took it EVER. GOOD posts guys keep it up and REMEMBER 11 -11 -11

[trekfuel781]

Hi fun guy. I took it for 12 months. vivid dreams where i could almost see hear smell taste and control my actions while asleep... the vividness applies to good and horrid dreams. Deja vu... paranoia(thanks, now I know what that means)... broken sleep... poor concentration(almost like laziness but as if a switch flips in the middle of my thought process)... and an almost compulsive desire to kill myself... Most have faded, but the poor sleep, concentration and irrational suicidal desires remain.