Has anybody taken Mefloquine, what side effects did you get?

Question

I have to take malarial prophylaxis for a 2 1/2 month trip to Peru. I have three choices of malarial prophylaxis. Malarone (way too expensive for me), doxycycline and mefloquine. My doctor recomends mefloquine as doxycyclin give a rash in the sun and he doesn't reccomend it for Peru.

So what I want to know is has anyone taken mefloquine? and what side effects have you had from it?

I have read to British National Formulary and have read all the possible side effects so I do not need a list. Just what people have actually suffered.

Thanks

Answer 1

i went to kenya last april and i was going to take mefloquine but i read a lot about it and it really doesnt prevent u from malaria, bc i read that there´s a lot of people that a year after got malaria (even with medication) so i didnt take anything and instead i bought a medicine that cures malaria in 72 hrs..
mefloquine makes u allucinate and i dont know what else..
if u r interested contact me and i´ll tell u about this medicine.

Answer 2

as once in a life time occasion, no trouble. if for a long period, do not take anything