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Post deployment Prophylaxis
Primaquine is used for the last 2 weeks of the 28 day post deployment part of prophylaxis. It's used as that added "umph" to clear out anything you might have picked up that the prophylaxis you're using, (doxy or lariam), is keeping dormant. It's been protocol for awhile that G6PD deficient people are not to use it and medics have to screen their guys records for the test and ensure whoever isn't tested is, and whoever is deficient, doesn't get it.
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