A campaign to educate all world travelers about Mefloquine neurotoxicity.
Our MISSION is to provide information to, and encourage the formal establishment of basic health care provisions for, individuals injured by mefloquine.
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Somalia veterans’ malaria drug case is too old to proceed, federal lawyer argues
A photo and boots of Master Corporal Clayton Matchee and others are placed on the front steps of Parliament during an anti-malarial drug mefloquine rally on Sept. 19, 2017. Originally published December 8 2017 Veterans of the Somalia mission who say they were...
Former soldier files lawsuit against federal government, drug manufacturer
Originally published December 7, December 7, 2017 2017 Updated 7:26 PM EST A former member of the disbanded Canadian Airborne Regiment will finally get his day in court. Ronald Smith, formerly of North Bay, has filed suit against the federal government and a drug...
Ireland settles mefloquine case with veteran as Canada prepares to fight suit
A mosquito is pictured at the University of Arizona in this undated handout photo. The Irish government has agreed to pay a ‘substantial’ amount to a former army sergeant who was given the anti-malarial drug mefloquine in 2009. D. STOLTE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA/THE...
Systematic review looks at the effectiveness and side effects of mefloquine
Originally published October 31, 2017 Researchers have published two systematic reviews revealing the safety of mefloquine (Lariam) for preventing malaria in travellers. “Mefloquine is at least as effective as other options,” says Dr Tickell-Painter, from...
Re-visiting Mefloquine Use at Guantanamo: A Guest Post by Dr. Remington Nevin
View the original article on http://transparentpolicy.org, Published 1 November 2013 Did the CIA direct the U.S. military to administer a powerful antimalarial drug to Guantanamo detainees, not for its antimalarial properties, but for its intoxicating and...
Desmond family brings call for inquiry into military murder-suicide to Ottawa
Diane Desmond, left, and Cassandra Desmond speak with the media outside Parliament in Ottawa on Friday October 20, 2017. Cassandra Desmond is bringing her call for an inquiry into the circumstances around her brother's death to the steps of Parliament, in hopes of...
Need to Know: Antimalarial Drugs
Antimalarials can have serious side effects & interactions with other meds. Malaria is serious, too, so you should discuss travel plans with a specialist. Originally published 10 October 2017. Overview Antimalarial drugs drugs are associated with severe and...
UK – The Use of Lariam six-month progress report published
Defence Committee publish a six-monthly progress report from the Ministry of Defence.
The Committee has today published on its website a six-monthly progress report, which gives an update on the Department’s implementation of the Committee’s recommendations.
Court: Conviction, life sentence stands for former Army Sgt. Robert Bales
This U.S. Army photo, provided by the Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune, shows Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in March, 2012. (U.S. Army/Tacoma News-Tribune via AP) The sergeant, stationed in Washington state, was sentenced to life for the slayings of 16 Afghan civilians and...
Antimalarial Drug May Be Effective Against PML
Coverage from the XXIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN) Originally published 26 September 2017 KYOTO, Japan — The antimalarial drug mefloquine may prove to be an effective treatment for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients not infected with...
Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in South East Asia
Malaria is caused by a parasite spread by blood-sucking mosquitoes. Originally published September 22 to the BBC News website The rapid spread of "super malaria" in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form...
’25 years I struggled’: Sask. veteran pushing Ottawa to help soldiers affected by anti-malaria drug
Canadian Armed Forces veteran Dave Bona is marching in Ottawa on Tuesday to call for more help for veterans suffering from the side-effects of mefloquine. (CBC News). Originally published by CBC News Sask. - September 18, 2017 An army veteran from...
Cathay Wagantall speaks to veterans
Originally published August 10, 2017 in Yorkton This Week Cathay Wagantall, MP for the Yorkton-Melville riding, is meeting with veterans across the country this summer to discuss possible solutions to their problems. Wagantall will be conducting a two-day...
A Gruesome War Crime Renews Concerns About a Malaria Drug’s Psychiatric Effects
Robert Bales in 2011.PHOTO: UNITED STATES ARMY GREG MILLER - SCIENCE - 08.15.13 - 09:30 AM EARLY IN THE morning of March 11, 2012, Army staff sergeant Robert Bales left his remote outpost in an impoverished region of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan and...
Army sergeant who killed 16 Afghans claims malaria drug might’ve fueled breakdown that led to massacre
Bales, seen in 2011, previously pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghans. (SPC. RYAN HALLOCK/AP). NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - Updated: Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 9:53 AM An Army sergeant convicted of one of the worst wartime massacres in recent history believes an...
U.S. soldier who murdered Afghan civilians will blame malaria drug used by Army
Men stand next to blood stains and charred remains inside a home where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan in 2012 Allauddin Khan AP BY PATRICIA KIME - Special to McClatchy - AGOSTO...
Did malaria drug play a role in JBLM soldier’s killing of 16 Afghans?
The possible use of a controversial malaria drug will be raised at an appeals hearing Tuesday for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, convicted of murdering 16 Afghan men, women and children.
Mefloquine expert calls for study into after-effects of antimalarial drug
A leading voice against the military’s use of mefloquine is calling on the Canadian government to launch an independent study to better understand the lasting effects of the use of the controversial antimalarial drug on troops. Remington Nevin, a former U.S. army...
A Series of Adverse Events (Film – 82 minutes)
Developed by the US Army after Vietnam to combat malaria in troops, Mefloquine became available to the public in the 90s. However in the following decades it became most well known for reports of its serious psychiatric side effects. Questions about why it has been so widely and easily dispensed have been raised for some time
FDA Finally Recognizes Mefloquine’s Troublesome Side Effects
There was a major pharmaceutical shake-up late last month that stands to affect more than 4 billion people worldwide, particularly individuals who earn paychecks from Uncle Sam working overseas. In a statement issued on July 29, the Food and Drug Administration...
Video message from MefTox Vet (video)
The following video message from MefTox Vet comes with a direct request to those who have the power to change legislation around and management of distribution of Mefloquine. Dear Goverment/ Big Pharma cover ups, Poisioning your Troops with Lariam,...