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 | Thought of dying no appetite sweating tiredness felt like crying hallucinations don't get close to this drug rather have malaria next time | 35 | 3 days | 10/4/2016 | 5 | Trip to Africa | Erotic dreams the night of taking tablet | Lots of men seemed to have nightmares but most women had very good dreams - based on personal survey of fellow backpackers over the months. The men often stopped taking it. | F | 25 | 8 months | 4/1/2016 | 5 | short africa trip | Please take some kind of drug if you are visiting an area where there is concern...These people on here that say they would rather get malaria and be treated?!?!?!? | A friend of the family recently returned from Africa (Ghana) and did not take the pill...She is sadly now in the hospital for the 4th week and has undergone 4 surgeries. She has lost ALL 4 limbs and they are not sure that she won't lose more. It is NOT better to get malaria. Don't be dumb...take SOME kind of prophylactic malaria drug...she was there 1 WEEK and now she has lost both her arms and legs,not to mention what it has done to the rest of her body...Please don't be crazy...take the meds! | F | 35 | | 3/11/2008 | 5 | Trip to Kenya | None | I suffered from severe vestibulodynia for two years, after going on this medication I noticed it was about 70% better, thought it was unrelated until I came back from my trip and went off it, and the horrible pain came back. I am not going off this medication ever, I feel like it has saved my life. Ladies, if you suffer from any kind of vulvodynia take this medication! | F | 25 | 4 months | 10/17/2009 | 4 | trip to gambia | just taking larium for the third time in 2 years very lucky no side effects unlike other travellers on other tablets | F | 46 | 3 times | 10/29/2007 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Malaria Prevention | [Warning to anyone who does not like the thought of death, heart problems or feelings of helplessness] Serious bouts of psychosis, that I didn't realise until 6 months after taking medicine. Only after looking back, I remembered just how much my mental state was negatively affected. The state it caused became a new normal. Was supposed to take them every Friday, and did so. One week after stopping, on a Friday, a whole 24 hours of heart palpitations, incredibly painful and draining but I was still out of my mind enough to walk around town to feel alive. Months that followed included non stop fear of the inevitability of death. Similar to when you realise you are breathing, become conscious of it, then find it difficult to breath or manually do so. But just every. single. waking. moment. I never understood why anyone would want to commit suicide but this ... medication made it a relatable concept, despite being scared of even trying to. The panic attacks were driven by fears similar to | [All comments are personal, not trying to defame anyone or spread false info. ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR LOCAL DOCTORS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE] If you and family relatives have no mental health conditions (diagnosed or suspected!!), feel free to go ham. Make sure! that you have reliable health care providers you are comfortable with, so you can be honest about how you feel with taking the medication and if complications arise. If you have some (even small) traits of psychosis, or other mental health disorders, I beg for you to not take it, your already existing symptoms may be exponentially exacerbated. It just gives a sense of being separate to reality, very unnerving. (P.S do not search up "unnerving" and look for pictures, they are very creepy) | F | 13 | 3 weeks 25 1X W | 10/29/2020 | 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 | 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 | 1 | visit to Malawi | 1 pill = itchy red blistering rash expanding all over my body for over a month | F | 22 | 1 days 250mg 1X W | 11/8/2012 | 1 | OIF Deployment 03-04 | We were forced to take this drug weekly before, during, and affter the deployment. I experience nausea, chronic headaches, mood swings, nightmares among other things. The command would not accept my refusal to take this med. Almost 10 years later I have been diagnosed by VA for Larium toxicity. This drug can cause lifetime debilitating effects. Please do not use!!!! | F | 30 | 8 months 250mg | 3/26/2013 | 1 | Trip to Kenya | I am on it now. I can't sleep. I can't stay warm, then I am cold. Every mood is exaggerated. I don't become annoyed, I go straight to a state of blinding fury. I don't get sad, I become horribly depressed. I was not told not to drive and three days after getting on this stuff, I got in a race and went over 80 on a winding road and was in horrible accident (no one has seen anyone walk away from one this bad, not even EMS). I thought my boyfriends mother was going to attack me (delusions), and I had a panic attack in the car after the crash. I can't think clearly. It's like thinking through wax paper. Everything is there, but I can't get it. I don't understand it unless I really concentrate on tasks and concepts I found simple a month ago. When I try to remember parts of the crash, it is like I am seeing it third person. It is as if I am watching a movie, not remembering it. I see the scene from an aerial view, not from the backboard. I am paranoid and when people try to touch me I scream and cringe. Although I suffered no serious head injuries, I can not remember most of the night of the crash. I blacked out. It is the most awful thing I have ever experienced. | F | 18 | 1 weeks Unknown | 6/4/2012 | 1 | visit to zimbabwe | vomiting, diarrhea my lips and nails went blue, confused. taken 15 years ago. | i would not want to contract malaria so it is important to take an antimalaria drug, just don't take Lariam! I thought it was banned but seems like it is still being prescribed. | F | 35 | 3 days 1X day | 6/8/2012 | 1 | malaria prevention | depression, anxiety, paranoia, confusion, loss of balance, blurred vision, long- and short time memory loss, irritability, chronic fatigue, suicidal thoughts, clumsiness, muscle atrophy, muscle and joint pains, dissociation, depersonalization, chest pains, shortness of breath | The symptoms have been there for 11 years now. Devastating effect on quality of life. Would very much like to know if there is a cure. I recommend NOT to take this drug. | F | 3 days 1X day | 8/6/2013 | 1 | Peace Corps Service in West Africa | insomnia, depression, loss of appetite, extremely emotional, drug-induced hepatitis | I was medically evacuated from my country of service after developing (very rapid) liver complications. The doctors did not know what was causing my liver complications, and they switched me to Malarone early on in the event that the problem was Mefloquine. It, in fact, was directly related to the Mefloquine. I knew that I was not myself while taking it, but after being off of it for about 4 weeks, I woke up one morning with my personality back. My liver functions tested normally after 3 months of being off of Mefloquine. I am very fortunate in that. Long-term effects are still to be determined. | F | 25 | 2 months 250 1X W | 2/25/2012 | 1 | Travel anti malarial | Psychosis anxiety chronic fatigue it has ruined my life it's been 11 years I still haven't recovered its been so bad nearly committed suicide | F | 54 | 3 weeks | 7/17/2013 | 1 | Visit to Nigeria | Only took 1 dose, but felt paranoid, confused and unable to judge time or make decisions for the next two weeks. In my view Larium is very dangerous. Felt I was going insane. Do not ever take it please! | F | 22 | 1 days 1 dose | 1/14/2013 |
LARIAM (MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE): Treatment of mild to moderate acute malaria or for prophylaxis of malaria (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)