How come nobody mentioned this when I took it before going to India?
I took a full course so I wouldn’t get malaria. Nobody said shit.
“I took a full course so I wouldn’t get malaria.”
Instead of one of the quinine derivatives, doxycycline (an antibiotic) is another option to prevent malaria. You take one each day, and it wipes out most food borne illness as well (which is especially great in India).
Antibiotics have some potential side effects too, but I ask the Doc for doxycycline for my anti-malarials. I am one of those Service members who have had a bad experience with quinine derivative anti-malarials. Ever since, I just tell the Doc that they give me bad nightmares, and get the doxycycline instead.
Bottom line is that the risk is low with either option, but some individuals may have a bad reaction to either.