Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine
In the ADF, mefloquine is used only if doxycycline or malarone fail. Photo: ADF Australian veterans have welcomed a British parliamentary report calling on the Ministry of Defence to overhaul its use of controversial drug Lariam, known in Australia as mefloquine.Both British and Australian veterans have linked the drug to insomnia, hallucinations, depression and vertigo. In some cases, the drug has complicated post-traumatic stress diagnoses and been blamed f..>> view originalElection 2016: Malcolm Turnbull dodges questions about $35 billion black hole in Scott Morrison's black hole
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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