Malaria prophylaxis?
Question:
1)I have 1 guidebook that recommends cloroquine for the 1st country I'll visit (cambodia) & fansidar for the 2nd country (laos). These drugs have to build up in your system so switching in mid-trip is out. What to do?
2) I have found cloroquine for sale throughout SE Asia but cloroquine-resistance has been seen since the '80s. Why are they selling it?
3) For emergency treatment, I had always heard of increased doses of the propylaxis. However I recently read that switching the medication & using a higher dose of another drug was the way to go; fansidar was the one mentioned
4) where can I get reliable, current info re. malaria prophylaxis, other than CDC (they just read to you from their info sheets)?
Answers:
Search Malaria, the drug your looking for is Cipro.
While in the Peace Corps we were issued Mephloquin, taken once a week. Also used widely by military personnel.
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