tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post7851530275679978319..comments2009-06-10T19:16:08.499-07:00Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656junipershoemaker@gmail.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-67360144280444713272009-06-10T19:16:08.499-07:002009-06-10T19:16:08.499-07:00

Whoops. Here&#39;s the whole link:<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19174293?ordinalpos=4&amp;itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.<br />Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.<br />Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.<br />Pubmed_RVDocSum

Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-88883204878031989742009-06-10T19:14:24.135-07:002009-06-10T19:14:24.135-07:00

Thank you all very much for reading! jlese, thanks for the link: I have checked out the website. <br /><br />This recent PubMed study suggests that the horrible side effects that Suzanne experienced on Lariam are definitely attributable to mefloquine <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19174293?ordinalpos=4&amp;itool=EntrezSystem2.

Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-21267328698787977392009-05-17T16:21:57.994-07:002009-05-17T16:21:57.994-07:00

Juniper, thanks for this. Lariam caused me to become psychotic, suicidal, gave me seizures and vestibular disorder (brain damage). All these side effects are in the pharmacy pamphlet, but who thinks it's going to happen to them? I was unable to work for two years (I was a journalist with the BBC). It's a mystery why this is prescribed given the far milder side effects of Malarone or doxycycline.

Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16875607682220014867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-89982863284974345562009-05-16T17:16:37.074-07:002009-05-16T17:16:37.074-07:00

Juniper, Well done! We've been beating the same drum about this drug for 10 years at Lariam Action USA, www.lariaminfo.org. Drop in and see that science is catching up with the comments people like you have been making about this misunderstood drug. As you point out, it's not 100% effective.

jlesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653957670611864635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-24164208713865164432009-05-12T16:16:32.817-07:002009-05-12T16:16:32.817-07:00

Wonderful story and writing!<br /><br />Yeah just wanted to throw my two cents in. Was on Larium last summer when visiting Thailand and I have to say it ended up being one of the worst trips of my life. I have never been so paranoid, depressed, anxious, and short tempered in my life. After 8 weeks on it my friend came to visit and couldn't believe the state I was in, when I told her I was on

Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00500921037919871935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-77305824717863197112009-02-22T10:17:01.206-08:002009-02-22T10:17:01.206-08:00

Gin is absolutely flavored with juniper berries, that's why it's so m-f-ing GOOD. <BR/><BR/>You should just add a middle name. I know lots of people with two. :)

JLKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396471022931966499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-8987068163404913572009-02-21T23:43:40.154-08:002009-02-21T23:43:40.154-08:00

<I>But please, really, don't make me wait so long as a week.</I><BR/><BR/>This is the best comment I've received, Ambivalent. Really. I'm really touched.<BR/><BR/>But you know what a fuck-up I am. I have not yet mastered the art of posting regularly. For you, though, I am willing to earnestly try.<BR/><BR/>Perky Skeptic: What's up, dudette! Yeah, I don't know many people who had issues once

Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-6250737106922583622009-02-20T09:29:00.246-08:002009-02-20T09:29:00.246-08:00

OMG this post is amazing!<BR/><BR/>I was on Lariam, myself, on a trip through Costa Rica back in the summer of 1993. Even though Costa Rica is rather low-risk and wasn't known for harboring chloroquine-resistant malaria anyway, Lariam was the Sexxy New Drug on the market at the time, supposedly the best of the best, and the doc I went to eagerly prescribed it for me. My impression of the doc was

Perky Skeptichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05110043975523595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-79073555848837106142009-02-19T19:43:41.406-08:002009-02-19T19:43:41.406-08:00

Juniper - I don't mean to put any pressure on you, but...<BR/><BR/>YOU NEED TO WRITE MORE!!!!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I've been chained to my desk all day working on a talk that I'm giving on Saturday and every time I need a little break I find myself clicking on you in my blogroll. I need another JS fix.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't have to be long, nor even particularly deep or witty (one or the other would

Ambivalent Academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-14803431918518210682009-02-19T14:16:35.164-08:002009-02-19T14:16:35.164-08:00

<I>Have you ever seen the movie "the Cell"?</I><BR/><BR/>No. But now I have to. :)<BR/><BR/><I>What you say about geneticists also applies to a lot of molecular biologists and other biotechies. I'm not trying to cut down the High Horse of Genetics, I'm just saying that The Rest of Us Are Cool, Too.</I><BR/><BR/>If it ever sounds like I'm saying otherwise, it's merely because I'm still an

Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-4422995862891001322009-02-19T08:29:24.460-08:002009-02-19T08:29:24.460-08:00

Very nicely written.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>What you say about geneticists also applies to a lot of molecular biologists and other biotechies. I'm not trying to cut down the High Horse of Genetics, I'm just saying that The Rest of Us Are Cool, Too.<BR/><BR/>The way I look at it is that biological research isn't just dissecting animals or hoping that endonucleases will work as we plan, but it's more

Toaster Sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388782618295656406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-8456214973718841522009-02-19T07:34:23.636-08:002009-02-19T07:34:23.636-08:00

The dreams I had were decidedly not fun. Have you ever seen the movie "the Cell"? It was like that. Very disturbing. Weirdly, the first time I went to CA I was on a weekly dose of Malarone, so I'd have the worst dreams the night after popping the pill, and then they weren't so bad.<BR/><BR/>The second time I went I got daily pills (smaller dose), which was supposed to reduce the side effects...

Ambivalent Academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-48460907518985508332009-02-19T07:30:41.551-08:002009-02-19T07:30:41.551-08:00

Yeah I was in the Central American rainforests for a few summers of my UG career doing some behavioral ecology research. It was pretty awesome.<BR/><BR/>Gin and tonic works because tonic water contains quinine - active ingredient in most malaria drugs...plus lots safer than all the side effects described here.

Ambivalent Academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-42674837041288892602009-02-18T18:39:41.643-08:002009-02-18T18:39:41.643-08:00

I'm glad you all liked my story. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>hypoglycemiagirl: One of my friends started Lariam to prepare to go abroad for her research. Her husband forbid her from taking it when it messed her up so much that she refused to go outside. I'm glad you more quickly found an alternative.<BR/><BR/>I do wonder if taking it in the morning makes a difference. I do not think I myself will ever

Juniper Shoemakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-4724843707840854192009-02-18T12:27:07.673-08:002009-02-18T12:27:07.673-08:00

Wow! I gotta say that I steered clear of the Lariam for fear of the "edgy" side effects...though some people (me!) can get the lucid dreams from Malarone. Way more disturbing than "weeeeee!" Trust me, you weren't missing anything fun.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the creativity is what we crave. Genetics are beautiful, and humbling, and awe-inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Great post.

Ambivalent Academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-41426726600265930072009-02-18T11:26:37.569-08:002009-02-18T11:26:37.569-08:00

What a fascinating and beautifully-written post, Juniper! <BR/><BR/>All I could think the whole time was "She should write a book about this trip!"<BR/><BR/>And as a side note, you know what else I was told by my bio lab professor cures malaria and prevent occurence?<BR/><BR/>Gin and tonics. ;)

JLKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396471022931966499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-91824856150417334592009-02-18T05:22:43.764-08:002009-02-18T05:22:43.764-08:00

I have never known anyone who got malaria, let alone twice. I am completely fascinated...

Isis the Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13330006497489235490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-1534491702344701302009-02-18T01:01:19.727-08:002009-02-18T01:01:19.727-08:00

wow, what a story (or stories)!<BR/><BR/>I tried Lariam five years ago before a trip. We were recommended to try it before leaving. I got so messed up after the first pill that I switched to Malarone. <BR/><BR/>Experienced Lariam users I've talked to recommend taking the pill in the morning and not at night to avoid the dreams. Don't know if it helps though.

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