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If you've not taken it before, be extremely careful with Lariam, it has been well-established to cause numerous kinds of really unpleasant psychological side-effects in some people. Even got an FDA Black Box warning for it[1] recently.

I have personal experience of taking it for ~4 months as directed and suffering from extremely vivid hallucinations and extreme insomnia. I also managed to contract Malaria whilst taking it, twice.

Anecdote, pinch of salt, etc. But do some research yourself, ask your doctor, and definitely think twice.

(The other nice thing about Malarone is that it's also good for treating an actual infection, as well as for prophylaxis, assuming wherever you're travelling isn't resistant to it. And it's just gone generic, in the UK at least, and also worldwide, I think?))

[1] http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm362227.htm




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