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2015 Major Stuart McCarthy concluded the Australian Army Malaria Institute's 2000-2002 Mefloquine Trials on ADF personnel were unethical. Full article here: bit.ly/44O92b8 2006 study mentioned found here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #mefloquine #mefloquinetoxicity #mefloquineaustralia
White background with faded gray medical + at the top center and bottom left and 4 round orange bordered pills in the top left corner. In the center is a rounded box border transitioning from orange top to green bottom with quotation marks in the top left and bottom right corners. Inside the box says Mefloquine large in black and quote small in orange. A quotation in black says "In 2006 mefloquine was found to be neurotoxic, causing permanent lesions in parts of the brain linked to its well-documented neuropsychiatric side effects. More recently the drug was found to be a cause of chronic CNS toxicity syndrome characterised by a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, many of which are listed by the manufacturer as "common" side effects, symptomatic of lasting or permanent injury in parts of the brain particularly the brainstem and limbic system." In green "-Were the Australian Army Malaria Institute's 2000-2002 Mefloquine Clinical Trials in Timor Leste Ethical? -Major Stuart McCarty" Large green "2015"
July 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM