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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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...
“Canadians Need Mefloquine Awareness” – Gord Johns
Representing Mefloquine Awareness Canada, Pieter Vorster met with Gord Johns, M.P. at the final leg of his Ride The Riding tour. Visit Gord Johns' website to find out more about his Ride The Riding tour. On Saturday, 1 September, I had the opportunity to...
Cure or curse?
By Sharon Adams with illustrations by Robert Carter. Originally published in Legion Magazine September/October 2017. Reproduced with permission of Legion Magazine. Canadian Airborne Regiment veteran Dave Bona woke up with the same question every...
Australian veterans fighting toxic side effects of anti-malaria drugs
Australian soldiers serving in East Timor during 2000 to 2002 were given the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. Originally published August 30, 2017 at 12:26 pm Schizophrenia, hallucinations, seizures and self harm are among the disorders allegedly affecting Australian...
Defense requested a “DuBay” hearing
Defense requested a "DuBay" hearing to obtain additional relevant evidence related to whether SSG Bales was exposed and how we had affected. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States v. DuBay, 17 USCMA 147, 37 CMR 411, was a 1967 case which established...
Antimalarial drug mefloquine drove her husband ‘to madness,’ Sask. woman says
Marj Matchee is asking the government to reopen the Somalia inquiry. Her husband was charged with second-degree murder in the 1993 death of a Somali teen, which is considered one of the darkest chapters in Canada's military history. (Don Somers/CBC)....
MAC members Meet with Parliament Members
Above: Marj Matchee, Cathay Wagantall M.P., Dave Bona, and Bev Skwernuik. Some members from Mefloquine Awareness Canada met with Members of Parliament, Cathay Wagantall and Dr Robert Kitchen and others, to discuss mefloquine and the effects it has had on...
Former MP wants Philpott to intervene in department handling of drug safety law
Originally published August 18, 2017. Updated August 18, 2017 at 12:55pm Former Conservative MP Terence Young is calling for Health Minister Jane Philpott to personally review her department's handling of a law that bears his daughter's name — a request supported by...
Bonnie Toews 1941 – 2017
We at Mefloquine Awareness Canada were saddened to learn that Bonnie Toews had passed away. We owe her a great debt for her work with veterans and bringing awareness to the dangers of Mefloquine use. Published in the Toronto Star from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14, 2017 TOEWS,...
2016 PTSD Challenge – Dave Bona – PTSD and mefloquine (PTSD Video – graphic content)
As a member of the Airborne Regiment, Dave Bona spent 14 years with the military including the first Gulf War and Cyprus. Later he would pull the wrong straws and got some opretty tough deployments; Somalia, Rwanda and just about Bosnia. Served with the N Sask R, 1 Bn RCR, 3 Bn RCR and 3 CDO Canadian Airborne Regiment.
Dr. Nevin to speak to House of Commons
An expert on a drug that many veterans believe impacted a First Nations soldier during the Somalia Affair has been asked to speak to the House of Commons Standing committee on Veterans Affairs. Chelsea Laskowski reported that Dr. Remington Nevin, who has testified in...
This drug is killing Australian soldiers
Major Stuart McCarthy while serving in Iraq in 2006. Originally published August 17, 2016 at 7:00 AM IF THE much publicised suicide rate of Australian soldiers who have served in Afghanistan is a national shame, then so is the devastating effect of the anti-malaria...
Trauma Post Trauma: The “gold standard” treatment for PTSD makes many vets’ symptoms even worse.
Medics carry a soldier hit by an IED in 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Originally published August 3, 2017 at 8:00 pm Updated August 3, 2017 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the world leader in research on...