DOD's Deployment list...note Malaria treatment Mefloquine

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Hello all,

Below you will find a list of items DOD thinks are a good idea to use

as readiness products for deploying soldiers. Please note that this

deployment list was dated 4/Oct/00, making it pretty recent. Also note the

addition of Anthrax and Cipro (antibiotic that really is not an antibiotic)

in the list as SOP....this shows that DOD, while saying publically that the

Anthrax vaccine is a stand-alone treatment for exposures, they quietly make

sure that the REAL way to combat it...Cipro...is available. Cipro does NOT

actually kill the Anthrax...it keeps it from making more bacteria, leaving

the victim with the initial load of contamination for as long as the " bug "

lives. This also does NOT reduce the amount of toxin the victim has to deal

with....it simply keeps the amount close to the same dose the victim

originally had when the Cipro was started. Note that Pyridostigmine is

NOT listed as a pre-treatment for chemical warfare, and that Permethrin is

allowed as a clothing treatment, BEFORE the uniform is issued, with-OUT

notifying the soldier that they are wearing an additional amount of the

chemical. Mefloquine is also listed as a Malaria treatment. Read the list,

and I am sure you will find it as badly thought out as I do. Most of the

items on the list are, at best, questionable, and for the most part, proven

dangerous to the user, and yet DOD goes on with its ways. Bottom line is

that they still have not learned a thing. As usual.

Jim Brown

gulfwatch@...

(704)868-2907

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http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/va/va_refs/n46en125/dmis.htm

The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion (USACHPPM) in conjunction with the

North Atlantic Regional Medical Command (NARMC) is privileged to provide the

following Deployment Medication Information Sheets (DMIS).

The purpose of the Deployment Medication Information Sheets is to provide

the soldiers and concerned family members with information on vaccines and

other preventive medications they will receive in preparation for movement

and/or during their deployment. Each DMIS provides basic information in

laymen's terms and is divided by subheadings of uses, how to use, side

effects, precautions, drug interactions, and notes.

Additional Information on Military Immunizations - Up to date polices, see

the Military Immunizations Web Page - Office of the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Health Affairs) and the TRICARE Management Activity

Diseases

Cholera Vaccine

Hepatitis A Vaccine

Hepatitis B Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine

Meningococcal Vaccine

Tetanus-diphtheria Vaccine

Plague Vaccine

Polio Vaccine, Oral and Injection

Rabies Vaccine

Typhoid Vaccine (Oral)

Typhoid Vaccine (Injection)

Immune Globulin (IM)

Varicella Vaccine

Insect/Arthropod Diseases

Repellants/Insecticides

DEET Repellent

Permethrin Cream

Permethrin Treated Clothing

Malaria Medications

Chloroquine Tablets

Primaquine Tablets

Mefloquine Tablets

Doxycycline Capsules & Tablets

Other Insect-borne Diseases

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

Yellow Fever Vaccine

Chemical Warfare Protection

Pralidoxime (2PAM CL) Auto-injectors

Atropine Auto-injectors

CANA (epam) Auto-injectors

Biological Warfare Protection

Anthrax Pamphlets

Information for the General Public

Information for Family Members

Information for Service Members

Anthrax information from The US Army Medical Department

Department of Defense Official Anthrax Web Site

Other Medications

Ciprofloxacin Tablets

Acetazolamide Tablets

04 Oct 2000 15:14:31 -0400