For years, veterans have reported serious, sometimes permanent, adverse reactions to the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. But a recently released report from the Australian Senate finds no link ...

Thus, to bolster mefloquine's anti-viral activity, the scientists looked into the possibility of combining it with a drug that inhibits the replication step of SARS-CoV-2: Nelfinavir.

Researchers from LSTM Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group publish two systematic reviews this week about the safety of mefloquine (Lariam) for preventing malaria in travellers.

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

"Mefloquine causes toxic brain injury," says Dr. Remington Nevin, a former Army doctor, who's now with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Elite Army units to stop taking anti-malaria drug.

The antimalarial drug mefloquine is more effective than the currently recommended treatment to prevent malaria infection in pregnant women living in endemic countries of sub-Saharan Africa, but ...

In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration placed a "black box" warning on mefloquine, saying the drug can cause ongoing or permanent neurological and psychiatric conditions, including dizziness ...

Mefloquine for preventing malaria during travel to endemic areas. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 2017; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006491.pub4 Cite This Page : ...

This study constitutes the first documented experience with mefloquine in this very important subgroup. Based on the results, we can conclude that malaria chemoprophylaxis with a weekly dose of ...