by Mefloquine Awareness | Jan 18, 2017
My name is Hervey Blois, retired Medical Assistant in the Royal Canadian Medical Services. I share with you today my concerns around the lasting health effects of the use of the anti-malarial drug, melfoquine (Lariam), in the Canadian Forces (CF). I started taking...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Oct 28, 2016
Nightmares, delusional paranoia, aggression and thoughts of self-harm. These are some of the severe neurological symptoms experienced by a retired medical assistant in the Canadian Armed Forces after being “ordered” to take an anti-malaria drug while he was stationed...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Jan 28, 2016
OTTAWA — A B.C. veteran says Canada should follow the United Kingdom’s recent lead and apologize for recklessly handing out an anti-malaria drug that has been described as being “the worse form of friendly fire.” In an appearance this month before a parliamentary...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Jan 28, 2016
Hervey Blois, a medic with the ill-fated Canadian Airborne Regiment’s 1992-93 deployment in Somalia, said he still suffers from the effects of the anti-malaria drug Mefloquine. He wants an apology from the government of Canada for being used as a guinea pig. Read the...
