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Doxy is in the medical sense not an antiprofilaxe but a antibiotic! It is known that antibiotic work against malaria but do you want to take antibiotics for a year, or two? I think if you devellop resistance againts antibiotics you'r in a world of trouble!

NEVER go into malaria area without taking profilaxe, the "I am on standby" system simply does not work because the most effective time to fight an upcoming malaria is during the first two days where it reveals itself with only very mild symptoms which make you wait for another day or so to see how it goes tomorrow. When you are starting to feel sick enough to get worried, you'r TOO late!! That is the big problem with malaria, it start off very mildly, like nothing to worry about, but you'r wrong. Last weekend 2 Dutch tourist died of malaria in Gambia, they did not take any profilax.

In Africa they have widespread available the Chinese 'wonderdrug' Artesunate or what ever name it carries but usually it contains ARTE. This is proven and cheap.

Myself, I have been on Lariam (myflocine) for a year, no problems what so ever but maybe I was lucky because some people are sensitive for the side effects (only 2%!!!)

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Noel
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