I just returned from East Africa and took Malarone the entire time I was there with absolutely no side effects. I was prescribed Malarone by the guys at the Stanford Travel medicine clinic, which has a very good reputation. I would recommend it to anyone who can afford it - I heard rumors that it's availble at very low prices in Africa (but I never got to verify that), and the folks at Stanford claim it's as effective as Lariam. After hearing sdo many stories about Lariam's side effects, I was overjoyed to learn there's a better alternative.

I feel asleep many, many nights without my mosquito net and was bitten from head to toe, but no Malaria.

I did, however, get into a bed full of fleas one night and woke up with bites all over one side of my body. I used some calamine lotion on them (from the local Duka la Dawa) which was totally ineffective. 12 hours later, I was covered with nasty welts several inches in diameter and itched so bad I felt on the verge of insanity. I went to the hospital the next day and found it it was flea bites and that I had an infection similar to Lyme disease, only this variant was easily treatable. I don't know what it was called because I couldn't understand the doctor very well. He prescribed seom antibiotics and some Claritin to stop the itching. The Claritin worked wonders and now I will not travel without it!

Cheers,
Wright

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