Some people here believe in stopping to take malaria medication during the dry season ... not necessarily that of the World Health Organisation who feel that the use of Lariam® should be limited to 3 ...

Irish peacekeeping troops deployed to sub-Saharan Africa will no longer be required to take the controversial anti-malaria drug Lariam. Troops have been using Lariam since it was first prescribed ...

More than 85 soldiers are taking legal action against over anti-malaria drug Lariam. They claim they suffered devastating mental health side effects as a result of taking the pills while serving ...

When it was introduced 25 years ago, Lariam was hailed as a major breakthrough in the prevention of malaria. It works by killing the malaria-causing parasites while they are in our red blood cells ...

A retired soldier has claimed before the High Court he should never have been prescribed the anti-malaria drug Lariam while serving overseas with the Defence Forces. Anthony Moore, who spent 25 ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A military veteran sued Hoffman-LaRoche and Genentech, claiming their malaria drug Lariam made “thousands of our nation’s veterans severely and permanently sick,” in San Mateo ...

The committee on Jan. 28 will launch an 18-month study of mefloquine, also known by its brand name, Lariam, and other malaria medications used by military personnel, Peace Corps volunteers and ...

with virtually all being required to take the drug during months-long seasons of endemic malaria,” the lawsuit reads. “In 2003, when Roche had a patent monopoly on the Lariam market ...

More info A soldier turned lawyer has lodged a complaint with the European Commission in an attempt to halt the Army’s use of a controversial anti-malaria ... by prescribing Lariam to troops ...

The State could be forced to introduce a multi-million euro redress scheme for Defence Forces personnel given the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam amid a mounting number of High Court lawsuits.

New systematic reviews have investigated the safety of mefloquine (Lariam) for preventing malaria in travelers. Researchers from LSTM Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group publish two systematic ...