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Originally Posted by Guymullins
Hunters in Africa are now mostly not taking any prophylactic malaria drugs. Larium is dangerous and the others almost useless. I, and most of my pals would rather wait until we feel unwell, then take a course of Coartem, which cures malaria pretty effectively, and with no side effects. I have just returned yesterday from the Limpopo River , a malaria area and will see if I get cold or flu like symptoms in a week. If so, Coartem at about $10 a dose should do the trick. No problem if you dont actually have Malaria, apart from wasting the $10.
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Though you are from the area, your opinionated "information" regarding the efficacy and safety of current medication profiles is both inaccurate and irresponsible.
I would not be surprised if you, and a number of your colleagues, have a rather significant parasite load and are, in fact, asymptomatic carriers with a symbiotic relationship between yourselves and one plasmodium species or another.
Mefloquin has been used safely for decades. If you give enough people ANYTHING there is going to be a population of recipients who experience side effects. Mefloquin is no different.
All someone needs to do is watch late night TV and you can get a number for a lawyer who will listen to you complain about a drug, surgery, birth defect, allergic reaction, loss of hair, or the fact that the sunset was pink instead of purple on the 3rd weekend of Jun.