[knarf]

You might have something on this, backhoe (You have so much to share ... thank you).

I remember when this was controversial what? two/three years ago.

They didn't listen then, and if I remember correctly, at least one man took a courts-martial rather than the shot. Some even took an early out or retirement.

[flashbunny]

Shoulda just sprayed the areas with DDT first and then sent in troops. Wouldn't need the anti-malaria drugs then.

But I guess junk science is more important the human lives.

[Porterville]

Took the stuff for a year... ruins the mind..... takes a full 2 years to get it back.

[trustandobey]

Psychotic behavior? Chris Mathews???

[Criminal Number 18F]

I have to say, I have my doubts about this. Thousands of us took Mefloquine (Lariam), once a week, for months on end, and while there were some side effects -- most of the guys had extremely vivid nightmares -- thousands and thousands of SF soldiers never killed anybody (except the enemy, who needs killing).

Also, Mefloquine has also been used throughout the conventional military extensively, every time they are in a malarial zone, which in this war means since the first deployment to Afghanistan. And SF, active and Guard, have been taking it for years -- malaria is endemic in the third world hell holes we go to, and trust me on this, malaria would wrack up a lot more guys and kill a lot more guys than Lariam could, even if it was a hundred times as bad as this writer suggests.

Now, on the other hand, we had a guy in our unit (then A Co. 1/11th SF, USAR) leave the unit and some years later he killed himself. However, when he was in the unit its area of interest was Arctic Europe -- Norway and the northern USSR. SO Malaria was not a concern and no one ever took Lariam in those days. In his case, he wound up losing his job with the State Police because he ran afoul of Massachusetts's politically connected Bulger crime family. He got depressed and wouldn't welcome his old friends again. Finally, one day, he ended it -- a sad business and those criminals Whitey and Billy Bulger are to blame more than Bill is for his death.

But my point is, yes, even elite SF guys do occasionally suffer sufficient life reverses that they kill themselves. Guys even did it in Vietnam. A guy I know did it in Lebanon. And yes, we reported them as accidental deaths because the Army would screw their families out of insurance and benefits.

I wonder if this post is a preemptive strike on Special Forces men by the mainstream media, because SF veterans have been in the forefront of many of the most damaging attacks on Kerry. Either that, or they want to harm SF because it is effectively prosecuting the war on terrorism.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But the psychotropic drugs Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were taking had absolutely nothing to do with the Columbine massacre.

Pfizer and Merk say so.

And they will sue anybody who says different, and ruin any physician who says different.

[WorkingClassFilth]

So what's the problem with Chloroquin?

[7.62 x 51mm]

"...are all believed to have taken the drug..."

UPIs solid research and reporting is C-R-A-P!!!!!!

Get the damned facts before you write it, asswipes!

Dammit, dammit, dammit!

[Greenpees]

I took Larium for four months in Somalia. It gave me red spots, some vivid dreams but no long lasting effects. That was in 93.

Compaired to Malaria, I'm sure I got the better deal.

The only folks I want to see die these days is terrorists.

[armymarinemom]

All three of my sons have taken this drug. The youngest has said that he had vivid dreams if he took the drug to late in the day. He is visiting home now and I haven't noticed any strange behavior on his part, nor have his brothers stated any side effects.

[Squantos]

Hmmmm I remember a pet parasite vs the "lariam".........they stop the pet worm givaway ?

Stay safe !

[shield]

YUCK!!!

[nightdriver]

One thing the military is completely mule-headed about is the drugs they make the soldiers, sailors, etc. take.

They don't give a rip if it causes instant death, they will cover up, defend, obfuscate, or whatever it takes to keep from having to answer for the deleterious effects of their drigs.