psychiatric side effects from Lariam (mefloquine)
October 2002
There's growing concern about psychiatric side effects from Lariam (mefloquine).
There have been a lot of highly publicized news reports of people taking Lariam to prevent malaria...and then getting involved with suicides and murders.
Even though there's no proof Lariam is responsible, rare reports of suicide are mentioned in the labelling for Lariam.
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