"I'd give anything if I could feel like I did ... to be the person I was before I took Lariam."
LARIAM ACTION USA
Taken as Directed, our documentary film about dangerous prescription drug side effects, with a focus on mefloquine, is out of stock. We are presently shooting additional footage make an updated version of the film. Watch this space for the announcement of when the new version will be available.
Articles about Lariam
Musings on Lariam, malaria, and more from My Fair Scientist. Click “Read more” for the whole article. [Posted to blog Feb 2009]
Drugs, death, and the manufacture of doubt, by Dan Olmsted, posted on “Age of Autism” blog. MANY comments about Lariam follow the article. [ April 2009]
[Read the best of Dan Olmsted/Make Benjamin’s award-winning 2002 – 05 series on Lariam, published by UPI]
“The Army has dropped Lariam,” reports Kelly Kennedy, Army Times, March 22, 2009. Re Army Surgeon General’s Orders of Feb. 2, 2009 (see below).
“Create a Consistent Drug Policy,” letter to Stars&Stripes (second letter), Dr. (Maj.) Remington Nevin, March 25, 2009.
“Lariam can do real harm,” letter to Stars&Stripes, CDR William J. Manofsky (USNR ret), March 18, 2009. (More S&S under “Military”)
Soldiers Committing Suicide by Jason Notte, The Phoenix [Boston], March 11, 2009.
”. . . the pill below can protect you, but what if that pill ruins your life?” Rose George reports on the men and women who believe Lariam. . . has changed them forever. Telegraph [London] magazine Seven,” March 8, 2009.
Updated Guidance on Use of Mefloquine (Lariam) for Malaria Prophylaxis, Dept. of Army, Office of Surgeon General, 2 Feb 09 . This Guidance officially makes doxycycline the “drug of choice” for malaria prevention and adds TBI to contraindications for US military contemplating use of mefloquine.
Bad Trip by Jordan Campbell, in “Big Idea,” Outside magazine, Dec.2008.
Noir of Thalay Sagar by Jordan Campbell, Climbing, Oct 2008.
Family Blames Soldier’s Suicide on Anti-Malaria Drug, By Kari Lydersen, Washington Post, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
Look at anti-malarial drug, Stars & Stripes, letter, Dr. (Maj.) Remington Nevin, 9 Oct. 2008.
Nicotine, mefloquine, and PTSD, Stars & Stripes, letter to editor, Dr. (Maj.) Remington Nevin, 14 Aug 2008.
“Lariam: Why is this high-risk drug still prescribed when safer anti-malaria drugs exist?” Sue Rose/Jeanne Lese, in Medication Sense, updated Sept. 2007
Mefloquine Preventive Measures in Coalition Troops in Afghanistan, Research Letter to Editor, JAMA, May 23/30, 2007, Dr Ashley Croft et al. (see letter two)
“A Lesson Learnt: the rise and fall of Lariam and Halfan, by Dr Ashley Croft, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, April 2007.” Dr. Croft is one of the world’s experts on Lariam.
“Before Walter Reed. . .” Dan Olmsted updates his report on the military’s abusive treatment of wounded soldiers and their handling of Lariam toxicity, Nieman Reports Watchdog, March 5, 2007 pdf .
“Are you in the group of people whose lives could be saved by viewing Taken as Directed? Review of the documentary, “Taken As Directed.” pdf , March 2007.
Taken As Directed examines anti-malaria drug, Union Tribune, Sept 26, 2006
Ordered Into Madness: The Military’s Use of Lariam, by Richard Currey, The Veteran, Nov-Dec 2005 pdf
Analysis: Iraq casualties and causality, Dan Olmsted, UPI, May 23, 2005 pdf. Did mefloquine (Lariam) trigger a number of suicides among soldiers serving in Iraq in 2003?
Hallucinations linked to drug given to troops, Malaria medication can cause paranoia, other mental side effects, MSNBC, February 14, 2005.
Worry spreads over drugs given to troops, Seth Hettena, AP, February 13, 2005.
Consumer Reports, “Lariam’s Legacy,” March 2002. “The most-prescribed malaria drug could produce psychiatric side effects in more than one-quarter of all travelers who take it.”
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