If this report is accurate, and it comes out as true, then Feinstein will have actually supported the soldiers in deed, not just word.
Go Figure.
It looks as if the diagnosis is correct, or at least likely:
http://www.pharmacology2000.com/Antiparasitic/antipro2.htm
As it happens, one part of the army even knows (part of) how these side effects happen:
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
CONCLUSIONS:
Mefloquine was found to disrupt neuronal calcium homeostasis and
induce an ER stress response at physiologically relevant
concentrations, effects that may contribute, at least in part, to the
neurotoxicity of the drug in vitro.
The first horrible thing about this case (and certain other infamous cases) is that some person, or committee, when confronted with evidence that the army has made a medical miscalculation, decides to "pretend it away," instead of taking responsibility. This foolishness has caused untold damage to various groups of sick veterans.
The other horrible thing in these cases is the fact that certain people who "despise the military" use these cases, and the suffering of the vets, as a stepping stone in their movement toward their hateful agenda. Of course, PART of the reason the foolish people in the military make these foolish decisions, is precisely because of this agenda driven antagonism of the military. Feinstein, and a lot of "antiwar" radicals (some of whom reside here, on FR) are not interested in helping sick soldiers, instead, they are helping to keep them sick. And, REVELING in it.
DG