Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of mefloquine and proguanil in malaria prophylaxis in sickle cell anaemia. Design: Nonblind, prospective, multicentre study. Participants ...

Mefloquine is an anti-malarial drug that can have many different side effects. Some of these can be difficult to handle if you’re not prepared. Mefloquine was prescribed for a large number of ...

WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited report by Australian authorities into the effects of the anti-malaria drugs mefloquine and tafenoquine failed to draw the link many veterans around the world had hoped ...

falciparum malaria. Patients underwent randomization for treatment with a fixed-dose combination of 180 mg of pyronaridine and 60 mg of artesunate or with 250 mg of mefloquine plus 100 mg of ...

Mefloquine (as HCl) 250mg; scored tabs. Give with food and water. May crush tab and mix in water. Prophylaxis: 3–5mg/kg once weekly starting 1 week before departure, continuing during travel to ...

A team of scientists from Japan has identified the approved antimalarial agent, mefloquine, as a potential candidate to treat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ...

Harin Karunajeewa receives funding from the Australian National Medical Research Council. Mefloquine, mainly sold as Lariam, is used to treat or prevent malaria – a parasitic illness transmitted ...

Two military doctors say Corrigan suffered a brain injury after taking the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. Corrigan, who was never in combat, says his very first dose caused hallucinations and ...

In certain circles, including the military, the Peace Corps, and other organizations that send people into malarial zones for long periods of time, the drug – known as mefloquine -- has long had ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...