MEFLOQUINE (LARIAM) ACTION
"I want an apology." Watch the compelling story of Mike Kuligowski, the grieving father of Specialist Adam Kuligowski, who committed suicide in April 2009 while taking the anti-malarial drug mefloquine. Adam was given mefloquine by the Army. Four short videos.
Toxic Cocktail: Army struggles with mental health care, by Jason Notte, TheStreet.com, Sept 16, 2010.
Articles about Lariam
Special Considerations for US Military Deployments, from the CDC Yellow Book traveler advisory in its new, 2012 edition. Published online by the CDC in July 2011.
Senator Dianne Feinstein Calls for Review of Anti-malarial Drug. August 18, 2011
New study will examine Mefloquine as a Treatment for Malignant Glioma (Brain Cancer) . Mefloquine is designed to block a protein that helps to clean the waste in the cells and to destabilize the cell membrane. Blocking this protein may cause tumor cell death. (Study registered in September 2011)
Meeting Report: Doxycycline for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis and Treatment: Report from the CDC Expert Meeting on Malaria Chemoprophylaxis. Am J Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 2011
Collateral Damage, Sunday Business Post, Ireland. April 10, 2011
Bad Medicine, Sunday Business Post, Ireland. April 10, 2011
Experts: DOD malaria drug policy for detainees is malpractice (PDF). January 23, 2011
Irish Defence Forces to sue government. January 16, 2011
Seton Hall Law Report Shows U.S. Military Routinely Administered Controversial Drugs to Detainees in Guantanamo Bay (press release). The full report is also available. December 2, 2010
The neuroscience community has started putting things together and is going after mefloquine: Anti-malaria drug mefloquine induces motor learning deficits in humans, Frontiers in Neurosci. 2010 Nov 19;4:191.
The Few. The Proud. The Broken. GQ, March 2010.
Toxic Cocktail: Army struggles with mental health care by Jason Notte, TheStreet.com, Sept 16, 2010.
August 2009: Lariam (mefloquine), manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals, is no longer being sold under that trade name in the United States. Generic mefloquine, however, is widely available here and in other countries. The name of our organization and website have been changed to reflect the change to generic mefloquine.
"I want an apology." Watch the compelling story of Mike Kuligowski, the grieving father of Specialist Adam Kuligowski, who committed suicide in April 2009 while taking the anti-malarial drug mefloquine. He was given mefloquine by the Army. Four short videos.
Two Anti-Malaria Drugs Have Fewer Side Effects. Malarone and doxycycline have fewer adverse effects than mefloquine. ABC News (Reuters), Oct. 7, 2009.
Obituary: Sue Rose, Founder, Mefloquine (Lariam) Action, Sept. 8, 2009.
Lost to Lariam? by Kari Lydersen, Chicago Reader, Sept. 09.
Epileptogenic potential of mefloquine chemoprophylaxis: a pathogenic hypothesis, Remington L Nevin, Malaria Journal 2009, 5 August 2009.
Anti-malaria drug limited due to risks, Jeff Schogol, Stars & Stripes, Marcy 5, 2009.
Soldiers Committing Suicide by Jason Notte, The Phoenix [Boston], March 11, 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.
Look at anti-malarial drug, Stars & Stripes, letter, Dr. (Maj.) Remington Nevin, 9 Oct. 2008.
Ordered Into Madness: The Military’s Use of Lariam, by Richard Currey, The Veteran, Nov-Dec 2005 pdf
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.”