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> though many of our patients experienced severe side effects and couldn’t continue the treatment I took chloroquine years ago as a preventative anti-malaria w

> though many of our patients experienced severe side effects and couldn’t continue the treatment I took chloroquine years ago as a preventative anti-malaria when I was in India. I didn't get the weird dreams, but I got the harsh bowl movement, heart palpations, etc. I had to stop taking it and so did someone else on the trip. Had I got malaria I knew it would be worse, but I could start taking them again as a treatment drug as well. Others on the trip didn't have any issues so I'm sure it's individual, but it is a very serious drug that can be hard on your system. I don't think that's been made clear.

BiteCode_dev 7y ago
Just out of curiosity, how long ago was it? Malaria nowadays is very easy to prevent and treat with a course of atovaquone/proguanil, which have low side effect on the short run. I want to know if doctors are still prescribing chloroquine despite of that. I know they do sometimes in the army.
chvid 7y ago
COVID19 hits patients with health problems and old age harder; those patients are probably also more sensitive to the side effects of chloroquine or other drugs.
Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> I took chloroquine years ago as a preventative anti-malaria when I was in India. I didn't get the weird dreams The weird dreams and other neurological consequences that some unlucky travelers report when taking antimalaria prophylaxis, typically come from mefloquine (Lariam) and not chloroquine.