Articles

*Someday I hope to create a searchable database but, until then, I want to have the resources available as is. You can search this page to find articles from a specific year, author, or topic. The list and links will be updated frequently.

A90DT - Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of Tactical Importance to us Centcom Forces

-Office of the Army Surgeon General, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

-1990

-apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA234727.pdf 


A95CN - Central Nervous System Adverse Events Associated with Antimalarial Agents: Fact or Fiction

-P.A Phillips-Howard, F.O. ter Kuile

-University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

-1995

-https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14673503_CNS_Adverse_Events_Associated_With_Antimalarial_Agents_Fact_or_Fiction 


A95MP - Malaria prophylaxis:guidelines for travellers from Britain 

-David J Bradley, David C Warhust

-Malaria Reference Laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

-1995

-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7711540/ 


A96AS - Roche Sued Over Lariam Side Effects

-thepharmaletter

-1996

-www.thepharmaletter.com/article/roche-sued-over-lariam-side-effects 


A97FS - Classifieds - Foreign Service Journal: June-July 1997

-Lariam Action USA

-1997

-http://www.afsa.org/sites/default/files/fsj-1997-06-07-june-july_0.pdf 


A98FA - From Atabrine in World War II to Mefloquine in Somalia: The Role of Education in Preventative Medicine

-MAJ Peter J Weina

-Military Medicine, Vol. 163

-1998

-https://watermark.silverchair.com/milmed-163-9-635.pdf


A98AE - Adverse Effects of Antimalarial Prophylactic Drugs: An Important Consideration in the Risk-Benefit Equation

-Timothy ME Davis

-Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy

-1998

-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9793605/ 


A99CS - Canadian soldiers used as “guinea pigs”?

-CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

-1999

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1249535/ 


A00BT - Been There, Done That

-N Fraser

-J R Army Med Corps

-2000

-https://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/jramc/146/3/253.full.pdf 


A02CA - Clin-Alert: Mefloquine Hydrochloride FDA Safety Alert, Contraindicated Use in Major Psychiatric Disorders

-SAGE Publications

-2002

-https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/Y8ML-ABH9-L93R?journalCode=claa 


A02IB - 'It's not a benign drug - it has ruined my life'

-Mark Honigsbaum

-The Guardian

-2002

-https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/oct/24/health.lifeandhealth 


A02TB - Third Bragg soldier took malaria drug

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2002

-https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/08/17/Third-Bragg-soldier-took-malaria-drug/21471029610791/ 


A02UI - UPI Investigates: Lariam and suicide

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2002

-https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/05/21/UPI-Investigates-Lariam-and-suicide/96011022002526/ 


A02UI - UPI Investigates: Lariam and Peace Corps

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2002

- https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/08/02/UPI-INVESTIGATESLariam-and-Peace-Corps/96011028309441/


A03DS - The Dark Side of Lariam

-David Kohn

-CBS News

-2003

-https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dark-side-of-lariam/ 


A03FR - Feinstein to Rumsfeld: Review malaria drug

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2003

-https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/11/05/Feinstein-to-Rumsfeld-Review-malaria-drug/92751068050352/


A03ME - The Military experience of mefloquine malaria chemoprophylaxis

-Major Scott Kitchener, MB BS, MPhil, FAFPHM, FACTM, RAAMC

- Acambis, Cambridge, United Kingdom

-2003

- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242713295_The_military_experience_of_mefloquine_malaria_chemoprophylaxis 


A03OS - Officials Say Malarial Marines Didn’t Take Medication Properly

-Donald G McNeil Jr

-The New York Times

-2003

-https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/us/officials-say-malarial-marines-didn-t-take-medication-properly.html


A04AS - Army study to dispel Lariam suicide myths

-Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Triggs

-Fort Sam Houston, Army Medicine

-2004


A04DC - Drug causing GIs permanent brain damage

-United Press International

-2004

-https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2004/05/26/Drug-causing-GIs-permanent-brain-damage/UPI-60041085604520/ 


A04DS - Exclusive: Green Beret’s strange suicide

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2004

-https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2004/05/11/Exclusive-Green-Berets-strange-suicide/71431084296160/


A04LA - Legal Action Over Mefloquine (Malaria Drug)

-Chris Gupta

-Australia

-2004

-http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2004/11/08/legal_action_over_mefloquine_malaria_drug.htm


A04MD - Malaria Drug links elite soldier suicides

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2004

-https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2004/09/07/Malaria-drug-links-elite-soldier-suicides/64801094601600/


A04MDC - Malaria-drug diagnosis for ‘coward’ GI

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2004

-https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2004/06/04/Malaria-drug-diagnosis-for-coward-GI/40941086385037/


A04VA - VA alerts doctors to malaria-drug concerns

-Mark Benjamin, Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2004

-https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2004/06/24/VA-alerts-doctors-to-malaria-drug-concerns/38131088119375/ 


A04VS - Volunteer slams Peace Corps over drug

-Dan Olmsted

-United Press International

-2005

-https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2005/07/12/Volunteer-slams-Peace-Corps-over-drug/UPI-90831121187457/ 


A06MM - Mefloquine-induced Mania in a 22-year-old Chinese Man

-Tor Phern Chern, Lee Hon Yee, Tan Chay Hoon

-Singapore Med J

-2006

-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16752027/ 


A07LL - A lesson learnt: the rise and fall of Lariam and Halfan

-Ashley M Croft

-Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

-2007

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847738/ 


A11AC - Army curbs prescriptions of anti-malaria drug

-USA Today

-2011

-https://www.woundedtimes.org/2011/11/army-curbs-prescriptions-of-anti.html 


A13EU - Elite US Army units stop taking anti-malarial drug

-Pauline Jelinek

-Associated Press

-2013

-https://apnews.com/article/8b1df9ea1e884879b3ffb9f17bd54511 


A13FS - F.D.A. Strengthens Warnings on Lariam, an Anti-Malaria Drug

-Katie Thomas

-New York Times

-2013

-https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/fda-strengthens-warnings-on-lariam-anti-malaria-drug.html?smid=url-share 


A13LS - Exclusive: The Lariam scandal - MoD ‘ignored decades of warnings about dangers of suicide drug’

-Jonathan Owen

-The Independent

-2013

-https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/exclusive-the-lariam-scandal-mod-ignored-decades-of-warnings-about-dangers-of-suicide-drug-8842496.html 


A13SU - Some U.S. troops haunted by anti-malaria drug's drastic side effects

-Wyatt Andrews, Sarah Fitzpatrick

-CBS News

-2013

-https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-us-troops-haunted-by-anti-malaria-drugs-side-effects/ 


A15AM - Anti-Malaria Medication and the Peace Corps

-Peace Corps Worldwide

-2015

-https://peacecorpsworldwide.org/malaria-mefloquine-and-peace-corps-what-price-protection-part-one/


A15AMD - Army malaria drug mefloquine safety inquiry to start

-BBC

-2015

-https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34767810 


A15CA - Call for Army to stop using malaria drug mefloquine

-Sima Kotecha

-BBC

-2015

-https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33943282 


A15 FP - Former Peace Corps Volunteer Sues over Malaria Drug

-Joe Palazzolo

-The Wall Street Journal Law Blog

-2015

-https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-50924 


A15 RR - Rational Risk-Benefit Decision-Making in the Setting of Military Mefloquine Policy

-Remington L. Nevin

-Journal of Parasitology Research

-2015

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633683/pdf/JPR2015-260106.pdf 


A15SP - Stop prescribing mefloquine to our military personnel for malaria prophylaxis

-Ashley Croft

-the pharmaceutical journal

-2015

-https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/stop-prescribing-mefloquine-to-our-military-personnel-for-malaria-prophylaxis 


A16EC - Ex-army chief apologises to troops over anti-malaria drug

-The Guardian

-2016

-https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/31/ex-army-chief-lord-dannatt-apologises-anti-malarial-drug-lariam 


A18NS - Navy SEAL sues Roche, claims anti-malaria drug caused permanent paranoia, nightmares

-Jordan Fischer

-The Guardian

-2016

-https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/navy-seal-sues-roche-claims-anti-malaria-drug-caused-permanent-paranoia-nightmares/65-623218077#:~:text=Local%20News-,Navy%20SEAL%20sues%20Roche%2C%20claims%20anti%2Dmalaria%20drug%20caused%20permanent,and%20persistent%20nightmares%20about%20death 


A16HR - Historical Review: Problematic Malaria Prophylaxis with Quinine

-G Dennis Shanks (Australian Army Malaria Institute, University of Queensland, University of Oxford)

-The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

-2016

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973170/ 


A16MD - Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study

-Patricia Kime

-Military Times

-2016

-https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/08/11/malaria-drug-causes-brain-damage-that-mimics-ptsd-case-study/#:~:text=Malaria%20drug%20causes%20brain%20damage%20that%20mimics%20PTSD%3A%20case%20study,-By%20Patricia%20Kime&text=The%20case%20of%20a%20service,post%2D9%2F11%20veterans 


A16OM - Opportunities missed to review mefloquine use in the UK military

-Ashley Croft

-the pharmaceutical journal

-2016

-https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/letters/opportunities-missed-to-review-mefloquine-use-in-the-uk-military 


A17ME - Mefloquine Exposure May Confound Associations and Limit Inference in Military Studies of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

-Remington Nevin

-Military Medicine

-2017

-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29087843/ 


A17VS - Veterans say report on anti-malaria drug mefloquine downplays side-effects

-Melissa Davey

-The Guardian

-2017

-https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/03/veterans-say-report-on-anti-malaria-drug-mefloquine-downplays-side-effects#:~:text=Veterans%20have%20also%20spoken%20of,effects%20such%20as%20neurological%20issues


A18FP - Former Peace Corps volunteers: Malaria meds caused devastating side effects

-Andrea McCarren

-WUSA9

-2018

-https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/former-peace-corps-volunteers-malaria-meds-caused-devastating-side-effects/65-610736352#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%2D%2D%20A%20year%2Dlong,served%20in%20the%20Peace%20Corps 


A19AD - An anti-malaria drug may have inflicted permanent neurological injuries on some service members

-Ken Olsen

-The American Legion

-2019

-https://www.legion.org/magazine/246284/mefloquine-mondays#:~:text=The%20FDA%20issued%20advisories%20about,all%20but%20stopped%20using%20mefloquine 


A19RD - Romeo Dallaire joining lawsuit against government over anti-malaria drug

-Avery Haines

-CTV News

-2019

-https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/romeo-dallaire-joining-lawsuit-against-government-over-anti-malaria-drug-1.4645769?cache=yes#:~:text=Dallaire%2C%20who%20led%20the%20international,the%20anti%2Dmalaria%20drug%20Mefloquine 


A20EL - Evidence lacking to tie malaria drugs to PTSD-like symptoms and other long-term health issues, researchers say

-Patricia Kime

-Military Times

-2020

-https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/02/25/evidence-lacking-to-tie-malaria-drugs-to-long-term-health-issues-researchers-say/#:~:text=A%20year%2Dlong%20National%20Academies,effects%20for%20months%20or%20years 


A20MM - Mefloquine miscues

-M. Todd Hunter

-DAV (Disabled American Veterans)

-2020

-https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2020/mefloquine-miscues/ 


A20PC - Peace Corps offers window into long-term impacts of malaria drugs

-Michael Igoe

-devex

-2020

-https://www.devex.com/news/peace-corps-offers-window-into-long-term-impacts-of-malaria-drugs-96632


A21PC - Pharmaceutical companies face class action over side effects of antimalarial drug

-Jon Parton

-Courthouse News Service

-2021

-https://www.courthousenews.com/pharmaceutical-companies-face-class-action-over-side-effects-of-antimalarial-drug/