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We got Dcicyclene (sp). No nightmares but you need to take them with food and eat some yogurt or something the antibiotics will kill all the "good" bacteria in your intestines.
^When we were taking them, I had never heard of any side effects and nobody I worked with ever mentioned anything unusual. We stopped taking them when a batch got recalled, and none of us got malaria. We did have somebody from another shop come down with "Mystery Ailment" and get quarantined for several days but he eventually recovered. He was out doing a lot of work with the evacuees so he might have just decided to make out with the wrong person.
If you're on flight status, you'll get Doxycycline, which you have to take every day, but don't get the effed-up dreams. Meflaquin is once-a-week, but give you the crazy dreams.
I was kinda disappointed to get Doxy when I went to the Bouti. I heard the dreams people got were wicked cool.
I took the Mefloquine/Lariam and had no ill effects.
I went to Africa a few years ago and when I got my meds at Bethesda I got a little brief from a doc who said he specialized in tropical diseases. He said they had 3 malaira meds at the hospital, the Mefloquine has been around for a while and is pretty cheap, the other two were newer and cost a lot more. It was something like $60 vs about $300. Probably why they still give the Mefloquine to most.
I took Lariam for a trip to Costa Rica. No weird dreams, but it after a few doses, I started having some mild vertigo (which I assume is why they won't let aviators take it). Since I was planning on diving, I didn't want to risk it, especially because there were almost no mosquitos, so I stopped taking it.
Husband was given a Doxycycline and had no side effects at all, fun or otherwise.
Oh, and Doxy makes you very light-sensitive. One day I went out without my sunglasses and by lunchtime I was down with the worst headache of my life. Went away within 15 minutes once I went back to my CLU and hid under the blankets.
Oh, and Doxy makes you very light-sensitive. One day I went out without my sunglasses and by lunchtime I was down with the worst headache of my life. Went away within 15 minutes once I went back to my CLU and hid under the blankets.
Myself and a couple other people had messed up dreams and got sick on Doxy sometimes (Dreams of demons and waking up to go puke in the middle of the night... and not from Cantina or Bitter end). I found that taking it earlier in the day instead of just before bed and on a full stomach worked the best for me.