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Malaria Medication Side-effects Survey: Treatment and Prophylaxis
February 8, 2012 By 13 Comments
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My experience is from the military and having to go to afghanistan. I still have occasional bouts of anxiety and heart palpitations from meflaquine. my military dr’s failed to read the questionnaire they gave me and would have seen that i had a history of depression which was a contraindicator for taking the mefloquine.
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Hi Sean, thanks for that comment, and for taking the survey (I hope you did!). It is a shame that you were given a contra-indicated form of prophylaxis; I hope you recover from your lasting side effects.
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I did not see all the side effects listed that I experienced with the prophylactic treatment I took (Malarone). My reason for discontinuation was the watery stool/diarrhea which made the working day very difficult, especially if you are traveling around to different areas with varied levels of hygiene available, but is a well-known side effect of the drug. You may want to consider listing other side effects.
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Thank you for that – we are actually trying to do a survey on malaria prophylaxis and treatment, to get a sense of what other side effects our readers have experienced. We would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey, which can be found by following this link: http://www.malaria.com/surveys/malaria-survey. Thank you!
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I have asked a question on my daughter’s behalf as she does not have access to the internet in rural Uganda. I would be pleased to forward the survey
http://www.malaria.com/surveys/malaria-survey
to her email so she can complete it when she is connected.
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Many thanks! We would very much appreciate your daughter’s input. – Claire
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Man;i have only had malaria once in my life.the last time malaria did bring it on me was 10 years ago,back in my teen age years.upto now,i live malaria free.my story is,i first treated with quinine and later after seeing it was not working,went to hospital and was treated with a diffrent type of malaria treatment.that other type am told was a new one by then.am telling you the whole of my family members do get malaria but me?naaaa!!!!.am cool.i believe am disesase resitant.i only afew occassional headaches and thats it.mybe jesus has blessed me to be a malaria carrier.mybe i get it and am strong.the malaria people should look into why other people are valnurable to malaria and others do not.i and some people all over the world might be live specimen for the future.
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i am a full time mother and at the same time a partime caregiver…I’m very much interested about your column about the prevention,medication for the person have malaria so I want to have knowledge about malaria..
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This is my first time to take part in Malaria survey. It is my hope that the best drug must be produced to help reduce death from Malaria realted diseases in Malawi, more especially in children under five years of age.
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In Africa specifically my country Zambia there is a lot to be done in fighting Malaria. people are dying on a daily basis because a malaria. Nothing much is being done to fight the disease. Many rural areas receive little or no sensitization on how to fight malaria. i usually have malaria twice a year and am in an urban set up. what of those in rural areas. we still have a long way to Go
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Hello!
Can you please tell me how’s the situation regarding malaria in Lusaka, Zambia. I’m a tourist and I had no treatment against malaria. I’ll stay here for 3 months… Now I must admit that I’m a little worried about that!
Thanks in advance!
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Malaria is present in all parts of Zambia, including Lusaka. Three different types of anti-malarial prophylaxis medication are recommended for Zambia: Atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine. Of these, you are probably most likely to be able to find doxycycline in Lusaka. The usual prophylactic dose for adults is 100mg orally, once a day, every day you remain in the malarial areas and for four weeks after you leave.
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