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Article in Telegraph online...
Veterans and military personnel who suffered debilitating side-effects from the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam (Mefloquine) have launched a groundbreaking legal battle against the Ministry of Defence.
From Wikipedia
"Mefloquine was formulated at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in the 1970s shortly after the end of the Vietnam war. Mefloquine was number 142,490 of a total of 250,000 antimalarial compounds screened during the study.
Mefloquine was the first Public-Private Venture (PPV) between the US Department of Defense and a pharmaceutical company. WRAIR transferred all its phase I and phase II clinical trial data to Hoffman-LaRoche and Smith Kline. FDA approval as a treatment for malaria was swift. Most notably, phase III safety and tolerability trials were skipped.
The drug was first approved in Switzerland in 1984 by Hoffmann-LaRoche, who brought it to market with the name Lariam.
However, mefloquine was not approved by the FDA for prophylactic use until 1989. This approval was based primarily on compliance, while safety and tolerability were overlooked.
By 1994, medical professionals were noting 'severe psychiatric side effects observed during prophylaxis and treatment with mefloquine'.
In 2013, the US Army banned mefloquine from use by its special forces such as the Green Berets. In autumn 2016, the UK military followed suit with their Australian peers after a parliamentary inquiry into the matter revealed that it can cause permanent side effects and brain damage.
In 2020 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) admitted to a breach of duty regarding the use of Mefloquine by acknowledging numerous instances of failure to assess the risks and warn of potential side effects of the drug."
Will the COVID-19 vaccinations be the next Mefloquine? |
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"Article in Telegraph online...
Veterans and military personnel who suffered debilitating side-effects from the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam (Mefloquine) have launched a groundbreaking legal battle against the Ministry of Defence.
From Wikipedia
"Mefloquine was formulated at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in the 1970s shortly after the end of the Vietnam war. Mefloquine was number 142,490 of a total of 250,000 antimalarial compounds screened during the study.
Mefloquine was the first Public-Private Venture (PPV) between the US Department of Defense and a pharmaceutical company. WRAIR transferred all its phase I and phase II clinical trial data to Hoffman-LaRoche and Smith Kline. FDA approval as a treatment for malaria was swift. Most notably, phase III safety and tolerability trials were skipped.
The drug was first approved in Switzerland in 1984 by Hoffmann-LaRoche, who brought it to market with the name Lariam.
However, mefloquine was not approved by the FDA for prophylactic use until 1989. This approval was based primarily on compliance, while safety and tolerability were overlooked.
By 1994, medical professionals were noting 'severe psychiatric side effects observed during prophylaxis and treatment with mefloquine'.
In 2013, the US Army banned mefloquine from use by its special forces such as the Green Berets. In autumn 2016, the UK military followed suit with their Australian peers after a parliamentary inquiry into the matter revealed that it can cause permanent side effects and brain damage.
In 2020 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) admitted to a breach of duty regarding the use of Mefloquine by acknowledging numerous instances of failure to assess the risks and warn of potential side effects of the drug."
Will the COVID-19 vaccinations be the next Mefloquine?"
No |
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"I don't believe they give any protection against malaria
They don't, I messaged a YouTube doctor guy who's an expert "
Yes. Obviously the terrain effects that result in Covid are very similar to those which result in malaria. The humoral analysis is also very similar.
(Is Hippocrates too mainstream to be believed these days? Or the fact he influenced Shakespeare?) |
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"Article in Telegraph online...
Veterans and military personnel who suffered debilitating side-effects from the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam (Mefloquine) have launched a groundbreaking legal battle against the Ministry of Defence.
From Wikipedia
"Mefloquine was formulated at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in the 1970s shortly after the end of the Vietnam war. Mefloquine was number 142,490 of a total of 250,000 antimalarial compounds screened during the study.
Mefloquine was the first Public-Private Venture (PPV) between the US Department of Defense and a pharmaceutical company. WRAIR transferred all its phase I and phase II clinical trial data to Hoffman-LaRoche and Smith Kline. FDA approval as a treatment for malaria was swift. Most notably, phase III safety and tolerability trials were skipped.
The drug was first approved in Switzerland in 1984 by Hoffmann-LaRoche, who brought it to market with the name Lariam.
However, mefloquine was not approved by the FDA for prophylactic use until 1989. This approval was based primarily on compliance, while safety and tolerability were overlooked.
By 1994, medical professionals were noting 'severe psychiatric side effects observed during prophylaxis and treatment with mefloquine'.
In 2013, the US Army banned mefloquine from use by its special forces such as the Green Berets. In autumn 2016, the UK military followed suit with their Australian peers after a parliamentary inquiry into the matter revealed that it can cause permanent side effects and brain damage.
In 2020 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) admitted to a breach of duty regarding the use of Mefloquine by acknowledging numerous instances of failure to assess the risks and warn of potential side effects of the drug."
Will the COVID-19 vaccinations be the next Mefloquine?"
Almost certainly not, as they had very different research and development pathways. Every medicine can have side effects, of course, and there will always be some that will be affected more seriously. |
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By *ohn 66Man 37 weeks ago
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Years ago I had to take Larium for a job abroad. The medical advisor was often challenged about the side effects but her answer was always the same.
"Larium gives hundreds of people some unpleasant side effects, but without it thousands more would die of malaria."
Seemed a fairly clear cost : benefit analysis to me |
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By (user no longer on site) 37 weeks ago
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"I don't believe they give any protection against malaria
They don't, I messaged a YouTube doctor guy who's an expert
Which Dr.? 
nah .. witch not Which "
Bloody autocorrect  |
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Oh ffs
Can somebody please tell me why this site is full of antivaxxers?
Guys, your stupidity sets you on such a different level from other people that we should treat you like a special needs group. |
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"Oh ffs
Can somebody please tell me why this site is full of antivaxxers?
Guys, your stupidity sets you on such a different level from other people that we should treat you like a special needs group."
Have a chill pill m'dear.
I shall fight the good fight about making an informed decision. Neither pro or anti should insult the other side. |
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"Oh ffs
Can somebody please tell me why this site is full of antivaxxers?
Guys, your stupidity sets you on such a different level from other people that we should treat you like a special needs group.
Have a chill pill m'dear.
I shall fight the good fight about making an informed decision. Neither pro or anti should insult the other side."
LOL. No. |
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"I don't believe they give any protection against malaria
We need to give them to mosquitoes to see if they stop transmission."
Are you crazy?
What if it alters their DNA and we end up with mosquitoes the size of houses? |
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By (user no longer on site) 36 weeks ago
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"I don't believe they give any protection against malaria
We need to give them to mosquitoes to see if they stop transmission.
Are you crazy?
What if it alters their DNA and we end up with mosquitoes the size of houses?"
we could vote them into parliment probably do a better job |
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Such a sarcastic little bugger you are 
