The young man had previously taken one of the most common precautions against malaria, Lariam (also known as mefloquine) and was in the country only a week when he fell ill with a fever.

Lariam is one of the most powerful drugs available to fight forms of a parasite resistant to one of the most commonly used anti-malarial drugs -- chloroquine. Malaria kills an estimated 1 million ...

The malaria parasite has developed resistance to that old standby drug, chloroquine, in most of the world, rendering it largely useless. That leaves most travelers three options: Lariam ...

7 things you didn't know about malaria – but really should Malaria: Q&A for travellers Lariam is one of the “big three” antimalaria treatments on the market, alongside Doxycycline (also ...

"We have a duty to protect our personnel from malaria and we welcome the committee's conclusion that, in some cases, Lariam will be the most effective way of doing that." Malaria is a serious ...

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He had, however, begun taking Lariam just before arriving in Ghana. Lariam, the most widely prescribed malaria prophylaxis in the world, has recently become the most controversial. Standard ...

The MoD should decide as a matter of urgency to no longer prescribe Lariam but use some other malaria prophylactic.” And Madeleine Moon, Labour parliamentary candidate for Bridgend and former ...

Following the committee’s report, the MoD revised its malaria prevention policy. It directed that service personnel would only be prescribed Lariam – which the MoD had previously stated was ...

"We have a duty to protect our personnel from malaria and we welcome the committee's conclusion that, in some cases, Lariam will be the most effective way of doing that." Malaria is a serious ...

"We have a duty to protect our personnel from malaria and we welcome the committee's conclusion that, in some cases, Lariam will be the most effective way of doing that." Malaria is a serious ...