LARIAM Reviews (MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.2 (149 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LARIAM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LARIAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Malaria prophylaxis | Severe depression, severe anxiety and panic attacks, anhedonia (20 kg lost not being able to eat), suicidal ideation, shaking, bad co-ordination, loss of body thermoregulation, impotence (may be related to depression & anhedonia), tinnitus, personality change, long term loss of libido (1 year now) | Some people are OK on this drug. I think using it is like playing Russian roulette. Most make it, a few go under. There are much less dangerous anti-malarials around. Don't be tempted to take the chance of ruining your life with Lariam. | M | 43 | 3 weeks | 1/2/2005 | 1 | malaria prevention | shaking, nausea, loss of balance, night sweats, bad dreams, loss of appetite, confusion, vomiting, sleeplessness | IT SUCKS! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! THE SIDE EFFECTS MAY LAST MONTHS! | M | 48 | 4 weeks | 4/12/2005 | 3 | Malaria prophylaxis | bad dreams (for a short period), sleeplessness, anxiety (relatively mild and only after 8-9 weeks of the drug | Tastes terrible!! If you have to take it swallow it quickly! | F | 32 | 9 weeks | 6/2/2005 | 1 | malaria tablets for travel to india | anxiety and shortness of breath; sleeplessness; depression; acne and weight loss - due to extra anxiety. | the lasting side effects were not apparant until well after i was no longer taking the medication. it's been a year and a half since i've taken this medication and i still have the side effects. it's better to have malaria. 30% of the people taking this medication have side effects. the alternate drug has a 14% rate on side effects (on the drug company's web site) -- not much better! | F | 33 | 20 days | 6/14/2005 | 1 | Anti-malarial | Suicidal depression. De-personalisation. Wish to die. Brain damage, damage to nerves, sensation, bowels, tinnitus. Paranoia, loss of conatct with reality. HELL. | Welcome to hell. If you want to invite Satan into your home, take Lariam. Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha........ | M | 43 | 3 weeks | 8/28/2005 | 3 | malaria prophylaxis | vertigo, dizziness | I took the generic version of mefloquine. No severe side effects except dizziness. Still experiencing occasional nausea after 2 weeks of being off the drug. Ask a travel doctor or nurse about the rate of malaria infection in the place and time of year you're going. A consistent use of DEET and mosquito netting may be better than drugs, especially for winter travel to urban areas. Many countries sell plug-in mosquito coils that work well too. | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 12/8/2005 | 1 | Malaria | Depression, suicidal feelings, madness, crying, irrational fears, nightmares, paranoya, racing heart - ended up in ambulance due to this, dependency, insecurity, disorientation, loss of appetite, panic | do not take this drug, it is not worth the risk - you may be fine but as said above i really wouldn't gamble with it, I have always been a stable, happy girl and completely changed whilst taking it. thankfully i'm fine now. please follow my advice! | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 5/3/2006 | 2 | malaria prevention | Not positive if lariam is cause but my 13 year old daughter had grand mal seizure while taking and now has epilepsy. I have neuropathy which I never had before. | Would not take again unless absolutely mandated. Otherwise use insect repellent, coils, nets, clothing to avoid mosquitos. | F | 13 | 6 weeks | 5/14/2006 | 1 | Business trip to India | Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Headaches, Memory Issues, Impaired Concentration, Anger and Mood Swings, Suicidal Thoughts.....Took 7 Pills Close to 6 Years Ago (September 2000)and Still Have Same Severe Side Effects. Has Stolen My Life!!!! | M | 38 | 7 weeks | 7/22/2006 | 4 | Travel to Africe | None | People may slate this drug but I found it the best by far. It was much easier to take - only once a week as opposed to having to remember to take it at the same time each day. I didn't suffer any side effects at all. I know people do, but until you try it you want know. My suggestion is to try it, if you get a side effect after a couple of weeks then you can swap to another type. | F | 20 | 3 months | 11/15/2006 | 1 | Lariam | Bad dreams,high blud pressure, insomnia, mood swings and restlesness while taking the drug, after one month of the last pill severe tinnitus started and continue already for 2 months. I do not know if it is permanent or will stop some time. Mood swings, reslesness decreased but continues every other week(already three months) | Do not take this drug. Do not think that you will not be affected. Think that if you are affected how you are going to manage your life, your work and other nice things in your life without your brain . There is no cure the side effects do not stop even after stopping the medication. Do not risk with your life. | M | 36 | 3 weeks | 12/13/2006 | 1 | anti malaria | panic attacks, shortness of breath, chest pain, insomnia, nightmares. Very restless, lack of concentration | Take the daily anti-malaria pill-doxycyline. I only had 2 lariam pills and I am still feeling the side effects 8 weeks after the last dose. Symptoms are less but are still present | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 2/7/2007 | 1 | anti malarial prophylaxis | hallucinations, anxiety, forgetfulness, depression | This is like taking crazy pills! They made us take this in the Peace Corps and let me tell you, the side effects only get worse over time. I like how they say that only people with history of mental disorders are suseptible, well then most of Peace Corps Volunteers must be mental because so many of us had bad bad side effects from this. I would have to say that atleast 40-50% of us had some sort of psychological reaction to this drug and some of us have lasting effects! DO NOT TAKE THIS EVER! I would personally risk malaria than take this ever again! | F | 25 | 20 months | 2/23/2007 | 1 | malaria prophylaxis | paranoia, hallucinations, vivid dreams, severe anxiety leading to panic attacks and social anxiety, motion sickness, dizziness, short term memory loss, confusion | All of the side effects increased the longer I was on Larium and some have subsided since I have stopped but the anxiety, suseptibility to motion sickness and short term memory loss have persisted even years after having stopped taking the medication. | F | 27 | 10 months | 2/23/2007 | 1 | malaria prophylaxis | Intense anxiety, shortness of breath, depression, insomnia. The insomnia and shortness of breath passed over a period of months. But, I've never dealt with anxiety before I took Lariam and now struggle with it on a daily basis over 8 months after I took my last pill. | You don't know how bad your life can be if you feel you can't even get a complete breath. It saddens me to think that people are blindly given this medicine without being fully informed. By all means, ask your doctor about Doxycycline and Malarone. I was not even made aware of these options and now my life has been affected in ways which I wrestle with several times a day. I haven't given up completely...but am beaten down multiple times a day. If God forbid you take this medicine, do no take it with alcohol. There was no warning on my prescription bottle and it put me in a dangerous situation one night. This pill may some day be viewed as the asbestos of pharmaceuticals. | M | 29 | 8 weeks | 4/25/2007 | 1 | anti malaria | Fever, shivering, cold night sweats, (would wake up drenched, and ice cold), crazy dreams, intense & continuous head aches, pressure in ears & head, poor balance. | This was after taking 1 pill- which lasts for a week. Wont risk taking another one. I'd rather have Malaria in the city, than experience these effects out in the bush where medicine is not available. | M | 31 | 1 weeks | 5/8/2007 | 4 | Trip to Ghana | The only side effect I experience was bizarre dreams. | I was taking the once a week kind (for 8 weeks), which is more expensive, but seems to have way less side effects, according to both people here and those I traveled with. | F | 21 | 56 days | 7/7/2007 | 1 | Trip To India | Crazy CRAZY Dreams,Depression, Shortness of breath, severe mood swings, suicidal thoughts [ a friend who went on the trip with me also suffered from terrible nausea and anxiety]. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!! I would rather have dealt with malaria and got it treated than to deal with what I went through for months after coming off of this medicine. I have supported groups that are calling for it to be taken off the market. I have no idea why this is approved by the FDA. Also research issues with our military and this drug. | F | 20 | 2 months | 9/5/2007 | 1 | Travelled to Vanuatu | Brought on PHYSCOSIS!!!!! I have no history of mental illness, and I've now been on anti phsycotics for three months so that i can live a reasonably normal life after only taking two Lariam tablets. Dangerous Stuff!! I can't drive, concerntrate properly and my self confidence has completely deminished. | THIS DRUG SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET!! I only took two tablets and if I wasnt able to get back to Australia and medical attention within 48hours I may not be here today. This drug is dangerous. It gave me delusions, halucinations, horrific dreams, rash, nausia, massive anxiety, completely irrational, uncontrolable thoughts!! Don't take this drug!! please! | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 9/7/2007 | 1 | anti-malarial | Short-term memory loss, depression, speech problems | I took lariam for 2 months while working in Sierra Leone in 2001. I was given no alternative. 6 years later I am still suffering with short term memory problems and depression which I never had before I took it. It became a joke while we were out there that everyone had a 'Lariam day' each week when they took their tablet, and on that day no-one really expected them to be able to function properly. (great, except I was in the Army on a military operation!) | F | 29 | 2 months | 9/8/2007 |
LARIAM (MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE): Treatment of mild to moderate acute malaria or for prophylaxis of malaria (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)