"I watched a TV program [on] Lariam ... The symptoms and stories ... mirrored my own. I am a combat veteran who has been going to counselors, psychiatrists and psychologists since 1996 ... diagnosed with PTSD.... I know there is more to my story than just PTSD. I believe I have some serious psychiatric problems due to Lariam and not only due to combat."
Information for Military Members and Families
The Other Walter Reed: Hotel Aftermath—Inside Mologne House, Washington Post, Feb 19, 2007., Part of 2-part series by Dana Priest & Anne Hull.
Soldiers face neglect, Washington Post, Feb 18, 2007., Part of 2-part series by Dana Priest & Anne Hull.
The Soldier’s Heart, PBS Frontline, 2005. Watch the original program on your computer. Click on website to see the “Update March 2007.”
Analysis: Iraq casualties and causality. By Dan Olmsted, UPI, May 31, 2005.
Mother questions reasons for son’s death. Renee Messacar, DeKalb Daily Chronicle, October 9, 2004
The Coward, by Jeanne Marie Laskas, GQ, July 2004.
US Troops – Malaria-Free At What Price? By H. N. O’Shannasey, DefenseWatch, 4-27-4
Lariam: The New Agent Orange? Alliance for Security. 2004
Did We Poison Our Somalia Soldiers? By Peter Worthington, Toronto, for The Edmonton Sun [Canada], Jan. 3, 1988.
Deployment Health and VA Information
Mefloquine information for Clinicians , Deployment Health Library, May 2005.
Mefloquine information for military and their families, Deployment Health Clinical Center, April 2004 (PDF format, 400K)
VA Information Letter to Clinicians: Possible long term health effects from Lariam (mefloquine), June 2004 (PDF format, 300K)
Organizations Serving the Needs of Veterans
1. Operation Family Fund. Provides service members and families with cash for transitioning back into society. They focus primarily on amputees and those with critical injuries, with some support for those with PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI), phone 760-793-0541.
2. Salute America’s Heroes provides financial assistance to all vets returning from the war. Also provides career guidance, help with resumes, free on line courses for certificate programs, and more. Donations welcome.
3. Veteran Love and Appreciation Fund.com provides immediate financial assistance to military families in need phone: 305-673-2856 Fax: 866-777-9431 Email: toni@veteranlove.com.
4. Angel Flight arranges free air transportation in response to health care and other compelling human needs. Do you need a flight? or have frequent flier miles you can spare? Contact Angel Flight 310-390-2958.
5. Veterans for America, President Bobby Muller, Steve Robinson, director of veterans affair. VFA is heavily connected in Washington DC and handles all legislative needs of returning service members. It is an offshoot of Vietnam vets of America, the organization at the forefront of the Agent Orange issue.
6. Soldiers for the Truth SFTT carries on the campaign of founder Col. David H. Hackworth (Ret.) – one of Americas greatest heroes. . . to give a voice to Americas front-line troops and to make sure they have the right training, leadership and equipment to meet their assigned missions and make it home in a plane seat, not a body bag
7. Veterans for Common Sense
