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To ban the use of the drug LARIUM on U.S. Troops and civilians due to psychotic adverse reactions
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Age | Gender | City | State | Zip/Postal Code | Country | Your military background, if any? | Other military substances you'd like to see banned? | Open comments | Open comments | Open comments |
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| 236 | 3:37 am PST, Jan 26 | Anita Kofta | 48 | Female | Holmen | Wisconsin | 54636 | United States | n | blue pills | ||||
| 235 | 2:09 pm PST, Jan 10 | roxie schliesman | 44 | Female | Holmen | Wisconsin | 54636 | United States | . | . | ||||
| 234 | 6:18 am PST, Jan 10 | BiLL Fowlie | 41 | Male | Harmony | Maine | 04942 | United States | o | k | ||||
| 233 | 6:58 am PST, Jan 4 | Silky Wylder | 40 | Female | Chippewa Falls | Wisconsin | 54729 | United States | n | n | ||||
| 232 | 9:56 am PST, Jan 2 | Jennifer Gardner | 27 | Female | Melbourne | Florida | 32935 | United States | My father is an officer in the military! | Anything that is harmful and detrimental to our soldiers. | ||||
| 231 | 7:54 am PDT, Jul 28 | Mrs. | s ploton | 0 | Female | Lyon | 69 | France | none | none | I've been experiencing lariam side effects for 5 years now. There are alternative medecines to prevent malaria. Lariam has too many side effects, including very dangerous ones. | Visit http://www.lariaminfo.org/ | ||
| 230 | 6:05 am PDT, Jul 9 | Mr. | John Dasson | 23 | Male | Singapore | 550317 | Singapore | Serving in the military in the Singapore Armed Forces. Consumed Lariam and had adverse reactions as well. | None that i know of. | Lariam is a drug which has caused many civilians and military personnel all over the globe substantial distress. A ban of this drug would literally save lives. | |||
| 229 | 3:37 pm PDT, Jul 8 | M Ashling | 34 | Female | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 33306 | United States | none | n/a | ||||
| 228 | 8:02 am PDT, Jul 8 | Dr. | J Kelley | 0 | Male | New York | New York | 10010 | United States | none | not yet | |||
| 227 | 6:43 am PDT, Jul 6 | Ms. | Suzanne Marmion | 37 | Female | New York | New York | 10016 | United States | n/a | n/a | Medical experts diagnosed me with brain damage due to Lariam toxicity after taking three pills. | Nobody needs to take Lariam because there are two much safer alternatives which are equally effective: Malarone and doxycycline. | Many of Lariam's side effects mimic PTSD but troops may not know this: mental images of violence; anxiety; aggression; sleeplessness; depression; suicidal ideation; panic attacks. I experienced all of these WITHOUT having seen battle, all as classic side-effects from Lariam. |
| 226 | 12:07 pm PDT, Jul 5 | Mr. | Michael Scalera | 31 | Male | New York | New York | 10028 | United States | None. | None. | 10 months after taking my third and final dose of Lariam, I am still ill. It can (and does) happen to anyone. There is simply no reason for anyone - much less our men and women in uniform - to be taking this poison when safer alternatives exist. | ||
| 225 | 8:12 am PDT, Jul 5 | Mr. | christian patragnoni | 34 | Male | cherry hill | New Jersey | 08003 | United States | None | None | After two years of illness, I am slowly recovering from Lariam. | ||
| 224 | 3:16 am PDT, Jul 5 | jasmin Latona | 29 | Female | hobart | Australia | not from a military background | None other then Lariam that i know of at this stage | I have had a bad reaction to Lariam so i understand how dangerous this drug can be! It must be banned completely across the world! It has turned my life upside down and i just prey i recover soon. | |||||
| 223 | 8:57 pm PDT, Jul 4 | Mrs. | Juliana Stoyanova | 0 | Female | Sofia | 1309 | Bulgaria | NA | NA | ||||
| 222 | 7:36 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Mr. | F. Thibodeau | 40 | Male | MOntreal | h2v 3x7 | Canada | none | none | Taking Lariam is like playing Roulette Russe. You do not know if it will it you, and if it does you can`t go back. | Its been 10 years I am suffering from Lariam. I reported my case to Roche. They took my report never followed up and never offered any help. They have knowned the amplitude of the risk for a very long time and failed to inform properly the customers. The published statistic of one person in 13,000 getting a bad reaction is false. But roche obviously does not want the real numbers to get out. We are now thousand of victims and many of us could have been saved if we had been propperly informed of the risks. | ||
| 221 | 6:24 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Mr. | Andrew Sterioff | 40 | Male | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55419-5441 | United States | None | Lariam (Mefloquine) | |||
| 220 | 3:41 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Ms. | Joan Shahrani | 45 | Female | Belleville | Wisconsin | 53508 | United States | None | Not sure at this time. | |||
| 219 | 3:33 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Al Graham | 43 | Male | Hastings | TN34 | United Kingdom | none | not sure | In the latest (UK) warning about Lariam it states that "because of the long half-life of mefloquine, adverse reactions to Lariam may occur or persist for more than several weeks after the last dose." | This is misleading as the half-life does not refer to the amount of the drug entering the brain tissue, where it does most harm. No one knows how long it remains absorbed in the brain. | Symptoms can therefore last for many years. People think they will get over the effects fairly quickly. This is a false assumption. | ||
| 218 | 3:27 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Pamela Maule | 51 | Female | Iron Mountain | Michigan | 49801 | United States | none | I can't answer this question. | Beside the military, Lariam should be banned completely from use including use in the Peace Corps and with world travelers. | My son experienced problems with Lariam while serving in the Peace Corps. | ||
| 217 | 2:43 pm PDT, Jul 2 | GREG S | 50 | Male | billerica | Massachusetts | 01821 | United States | ex US Army, Ft Bragg, NC - In 1979 my unit was on alert for the hostage crisis in Iran and we were all given LARIAM - we were used as Guinea pigs! | LARIAM | I've suffered 29 YEARS of permanent brain damage, SEVERE depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, insomnia, fatigue, ADD, mood disorder & MUCH more! | |||
| 216 | 3:59 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Steve Dale | 47 | Male | Frankston,victoria | 3199 | Australia | NIL | ALL DRUGS OF ANY KIND. | |||||
| 215 | 2:33 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Ms. | Amanda Wimberly | 32 | Female | Hanceville | Alabama | 35077 | United States | None, Brother in Army | Anything that is going to harm our troops any further than what the war already has! | The military needs to take better care of our troops. | ||
| 214 | 9:26 pm PDT, Jul 24 | Ms. | Kat Fisher | 40 | Female | Marble Falls | Texas | 78654 | United States | Mother of US Soldier | n/a | |||
| 213 | 4:32 pm PDT, Jul 17 | Chakwaina Reeves | 40 | Female | Bon Aqua | Tennessee | 37025 | United States | ROTC and long Paternernal line of Military (Navy)(Father was used as a guinea pig for yellow fever) | Our troops are serving to protect us not to be human guinea pigs. | ||||
| 212 | 10:23 am PDT, May 25 | Ms. | Joy Cagle | 45 | Female | Sylva | North Carolina | 28779 | United States | Military brat. | Bomblets. | |||
| 211 | 3:52 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Mr. | Antanacio Z. Guzman | 17 | Male | newark | New Jersey | 07104 | United States | in the nj army national gurad | none at the moment | |||
| 210 | 9:01 am PDT, Apr 6 | Mrs. | Stephanie Aguilar | 29 | Female | Oceanside | California | 92054 | United States | Air Force | none | |||
| 209 | 8:38 pm PST, Jan 8 | Ms. | Jennifer Layne | 29 | Female | The Woodlands | Texas | 77381 | United States | veteran | see comments | Military members should have fully disclosed information regarding any type of injections or medications given to them. Not enough information is given to soldier’s prior injection time during line ups for any vaccines. | Psychiatric drugs for military members should be a choice and all information to the drug should be supplied to the service member or veteran before being prescribed any types of these drugs. I feel the military and VA are very easy on writing any type of psychiatric medications. There are many non pharmaceutical remedies to heal the mind than something white, yellow, blue or pink. | |
| 208 | 12:22 pm PST, Jan 2 | Ms. | Rose Hedge | 23 | Female | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46256 | United States | NO | NO | I believe Larium should be banned from all government organizations | ||
| 207 | 9:31 am PDT, Jun 29 | Mr. | Matthew A. Perry | 27 | Male | Livermore | California | 94551 | United States | family in the military | none come to mind | |||
| 206 | 9:27 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Mr. | Vittorio Patriarca | 21 | Male | Turin | 10143 | Italy | I haven't military background | I don't know | ||||
| 205 | 12:35 pm PDT, Jun 9 | Mr. | Karl Ford | 46 | Male | Stafford | Texas | 77477 | United States | Marine | Larium | |||
| 204 | 6:23 am PDT, May 19 | Lisa Bruns | 27 | Female | concord | California | 94518 | United States | none | amphetamines | Provide accurate information to our soldiers. Educate them on the risks vs. benefits and allow them to make the decision. A drug this dangerous should not be made mandatory or be taken in ignorance. | |||
| 203 | 2:00 am PDT, May 19 | Ms. | Jennifer Bechard | 19 | Female | Clifton Park | New York | 12065 | United States | N/A | Poisons | Please don't expose people to drugs with horrible side effects! | ||
| 202 | 6:33 pm PDT, May 17 | Mr. | Dareck Anton | 16 | Male | schererville | Indiana | 46375 | United States | No, but I want to join airforce when I get out of highschool. | Don't know. | |||
| 201 | 6:27 pm PDT, May 5 | Ms. | Sarah Sullivan | 19 | Female | London | HP15 7UW | United Kingdom | None | Any that cause these adverse affects. |
Petition To Ban The Use Of Larium On U.S. Troops
This petition calls for a complete ban on the use of the drug Larium under any name to be used on U.S. Troops or Civilians due to reported psychotic reactions among U.S. Troops to both themselves and others upon return from service overseas.
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