"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

Policy Memorandum on the Use of Mefloquine (Lariam) as Malaria Prophylaxis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Sept. 2009.

Information on Mefloquine (Lariam): A Resource for Veterans and their families. WRIISC, 2009.
(Also see VA White Paper to Clinicians: Possible long term health effects from Lariam (mefloquine), June 2004, below.)

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.

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 White Paper 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. 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

6. Veterans for Common Sense

7. National Veterans Legal Services Program and
Lawyers Serving Warriors, a special program of NVLSP that provides FREE legal representation, through a network of law firms and corporate law departments, for troops and veterans navigating government agencies in an effort to receive VA and military disability benefits, proper military discharges, and other benefits due them. This program is for vets who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.