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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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...
Mefloquine Rally September 19-20th Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Mefloquine Awareness Canada (MAC) is a group comprised of Canadian Forces veterans, family members, civilians, and medical experts. We aim to raise awareness of the harms caused by the use of the anti-malarial drug mefloquine (also known as Lariam). 14:50 -...
Veteran likens anti-malaria pill’s effects to Agent Orange
An Australian veteran (not pictured) who claims her brain injury was caused by a controversial anti-malaria drug has compared the tablets with the notorious Agent Orange chemical. Originally published September 9, 2017 An Australian veteran who claims her...
UK Hotline Set Up For Those Worried Of Lariam Poisoning
Originally published September 6, 2016 Military personnel concerned about the side-effects of taking the anti-malarial drug Lariam are being urged to contact the MoD. It follows recommendations made by a recent Defence Committee report into the...
Mefloquine Protest in Calgary
Some Mefloquine Warriors took to the streets of Calgary to protest the further use of this dangerous, debilitating drug. Many thanks to Dave Bona for sharing.
Not fit for our Troops
Sinn Fein launch bid to ban controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam which is linked to psychosis among Irish soldiers A new motion tabled by Sinn Fein that would see the Defense Forces stop using the drug Mefloquine is expected to pass in the Dail tomorrow The...
Battlefield Bike Ride raises over $750,000 for Wounded Warriors
Seven days of cycling from Canterbury, England to the Vimy Ridge memorial in France has raised over $750,000 for Wounded Warriors Canada. Sharon Bath, a Red Deerian who took part in the event, said she personally raised over $4000 for the cause. She added that once...
MPs call for inquiry into Canadian military’s Mefloquine use
For nearly 25 years, the cries of former soldiers given a controversial anti-malaria drug while serving in East Africa with the now defunct Canadian Airborne Regiment have fallen on deaf ears. The federal government has largely dismissed some veterans who contend the...
Liberals Should Listen to Veterans Regarding Use of Mefloquine: Conservative MPs
Ottawa, ON – Today, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs released its report on Mental Illness and Suicide Prevention. Conservative members of the Committee attached a Supplementary Report. Members of Parliament John Brassard, Cathay Wagantall,...
MPs say Ottawa should reach out to soldiers who took mefloquine
Veterans Affairs Canada should contact former military members who were sent to Somalia, Rwanda and other countries in the 1990s to determine if soldiers who took the anti-malaria drug mefloquine now need mental or physical services, a Commons committee says.
Canadian Forces abandons mefloquine as main drug to combat malaria (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN - More from David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen Published on: June 1, 2017 | Last Updated: June 1, 2017 1:44 PM EDT The Canadian military will no longer use mefloquine as its main drug to combat malaria. The Department of National Defence and...
Canadian Forces curb use of mefloquine, but study findings anger veterans
Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance working in his office at DND Headquarter November 13, 2015 in Ottawa. The Canadian Forces on Thursday released a report from a task force on mefloquine that was ordered last fall by General Vance. DAVE...
