questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on the prescribing of Lariam to armed forces personnel of the potential side effects from using that drug.
answerText: Anti-malaria drugs, including mefloquine (brand names include Lariam), are only prescribed after a face-to-face individual risk assessment. The recommended anti-malaria drug is determined by the sensitivity of malaria parasites to those drugs in different...
heading: Armed Forces: Mefloquine