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Lariam
Hallucinations Linked To Drug Given To Troops
Feb 14, 2005
| AP
As a volunteer firefighter, Georg-Andreas Pogany had seen disfigured bodies pulled from wrecked cars. But something very different happened when the...
Australian Troops Claim They Were Used As Guinea Pigs
Oct 25, 2004
| www.nzherald.co.nz
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) said yesterday only five soldiers had suffered adverse reactions in defence trials of a widely used anti-malarial...
Army Braces For Suit On Malaria Drug
Oct 25, 2004
| The Age, Australia
A Brisbane law firm plans to launch a class action on behalf of Australian soldiers who say they have suffered severe psychotic side effects from a...
Mother Questions Reasons For Son's Death
Oct 9, 2004
| Dekalb Daily Chronicle
When Barbara Torok of Kingston thinks about her 23-year-old son, Michael, she recalls a quiet boy who wore size 13 shoes at the age of 12 and told...
Malaria Drug Blamed For US Soldier Suicides
Sep 9, 2004
| www.keralanext.com
A startling pattern of suicides by the most elite American soldiers has followed their use of a controversial anti-malaria drug, an investigation by...
Malaria Drug Raising Concerns
Sep 7, 2004
| CNN
ZAHN: A grim marker today for U.S. troops in Iraq. The number of military personnel who have died in Iraq has surpassed 1,000. It now stands at...
VA Alerts Doctors To Malaria-Drug Concerns
Jun 24, 2004
| UPI
The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning doctors to watch for long-term mental problems and other health effects from an anti-malaria drug given...
Anti-Malaria Drug Related To Death, Mom Says
Jun 16, 2004
| Oklahoma Daily
An OU mom suspects her son’s death may have been part of a national trend possibly related to the anti-malaria drug Lariam.Karen Payne’s son,...
Military Looks Into Side Effects of Drug Given To Troops
Jun 3, 2004
| AP
In the past six weeks, Dr. Michael Hoffer has treated nine service members who returned from Iraq or Afghanistan unable to walk a straight line...
Concerns Grow About Lariam's Side Effects
Jun 2, 2004
| AP
In the past six weeks, Dr. Michael Hoffer has treated nine service members who returned from Iraq or Afghanistan unable to walk a straight line...



