FDA Presentation on Mefloquine Neurotoxicity, Dr. Remington Nevin, January 11, 2013.
A Potential Therapy for PTSD? by Remington Nevin, MD. ”The effects of PTSD, TBI, and now mefloquine toxicity, need to be considered together – as the three signature injuries of modern war.” Feb. 13, 2013.
The Lariam Debate . . . Continues, by Mark Thompson, Time.com, Dec. 5, 2012.
US Department of Veterans Affairs: Deployment Exposures – War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC). Mefloquine (Lariam) is listed with war-related agents such as Agent Orange, Burn Pits, Ionizing Radiation, and more.
Mefloquine Toxicity: Listen in on a live discussion with Dr Remington Nevin, CDR Bill Manofsky USN Ret., and others. Voice of Warriors / BlogTalk Radio, Nov. 27, 2012
Warnings about psychological side effects of malaria drug Lariam grow louder NewsWorks, September 12, 2012
WEBCAST: Request to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to fund research on mefloquine June 6, 2012
Documents Uncovered by Judicial Watch Raise Concerns About Use of Drug for Military Personnel, Judicial Watch, May 2, 2012.
Pentagon Stays Silent on Whether Suspect in Afghan Massacre Took Controversial Anti-Malaria Drug, Democracy Now, March 27, 2012.
White paper Mefloquine Neurotoxicity: PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Mental Illness in DoD. Remington Nevin MD MPH, 2012
Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events Associated with Mefloquine. Dr. Remington Nevin reviews recent research on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of mefloquine neuropsychiatric side effects. Special Operations Medical Association conference, Tampa, FL, Dec. 16, 2011.
Senator Dianne Feinstein Calls for Review of Anti-malarial Drug. August 18, 2011
Mass administration of the antimalarial drug mefloquine to Guantanamo detainees: a critical analysis. 2012. For information contact rnevin@jhsph.edu
“A Lesson Learnt: the rise and fall of Lariam and Halfan,” by Dr Ashley Croft, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, April 2007. This essay looks at the unusual developmental history of Lariam and Halfan, explains the circumstances under which both drugs rose in esteem with policy makers and prescribers and then fell into disfavour with consumers, and summarizes the lessons learnt in the process.
Soldiers committing suicide, by Jason Notte, The Phoenix.com, 2009
August 2009: Lariam (mefloquine), manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals, is no longer sold under that trade name in the United States. Generic mefloquine, however, is widely available.