Lariam for Nelly

[Guest guest]

Nelly, I actually see that I posted info on Lariam to you prior to

this. You wrote me in 2005:

Nelly wrote:

>Levaquin or any quinolone including Lariam is unsafe at any dose for

any time length. Tendon damage >has been known to occur in as little

as three days.

Mefloquine (Lariam) is not a quinolone but a quinoline. I don't think

it is linked to tendon probs. Quinolones are ciprofloxacin,

norfloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin.

Nelly

I replied with the following information on Lariam:

Lariam, made by Roche, carries a warning on its insert regarding CNS

damage.

http://www.refusingtokill.net/disability/va_warns_doctors_about_lariam

..htm

The VA warned its own doctors Wednesday that the drug " may rarely be

associated with certain long-term chronic health problems that

persist for weeks, months, and even years after the drug is stopped, "

according to a summary of published studies by a VA panel of experts.

The summary accompanies an " information letter " from the VA's acting

undersecretary for health, Dr. B. Perlin, to healthcare

professionals who treat veterans.

The Walter Army Institute of Research developed mefloquine in

the 1970s after malaria developed resistance to earlier drugs. The

Army then licensed the drug to Swiss pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann-La

Roche. Mefloquine is one of several drugs the Army uses to prevent

malaria.

Roche has added increasing warnings about Lariam side effects in the

years since it was approved for use in the United States in 1989.

Last year the FDA ordered that everyone prescribed the drug be given

a written warning about rare reports of suicide and the possibility

that problems with the drug might last " long after " someone stops

using it.

A Roche spokesman has told UPI that there is " no credible scientific

evidence " linking the drug with " violent criminal behavior. "

Aggression is listed under the Adverse Reactions section of the

official product label.

A horrible example of Lariam induced CNS damage

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040316-040640-6755r

Pogany, the soldier who was charged with cowardice, has said he

suffered a debilitating panic attack in Iraq last fall after seeing

the body of a mangled Iraqi while with 10th Special Forces. He says

he sought help, but was rebuffed, and eventually charged with

cowardice, which is punishable by death. The Army has since withdrawn

those charges but he continues to fight the Army on others.

In Iraq, the Special Forces had just given Pogany his third Lariam

pill when he suffered the attack. The Food and Drug Administration

warns that Lariam can cause panic attacks, thoughts of suicide,

depression, anxiety, paranoia, delusions and psychosis that can occur

long after taking the drug.