On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:05:47 GMT, Odysseus wrote:
>>Not that much. $9 - $11 per pill.
>>Many insurance policies will pay most of the cost.
>I will be taking some type of Malaria pills when I go to SA
>and Zimbabwe. Fortunagely, I can afford the pills and won't
>have to take them very long.
Odysseus,
if price plays no role, I'd rather take Malarone than Lariam
because of its fewer side effects.
>What do people living in Malaria area do? I doubt that most can
>afford the cost of the pills. I doubt that the entire population
>spends their entire life taking the pills. If Malaria ia the
>threat that the western doctors say it is, there must be a lot
>of people dying from it every day all over the world.
I'm an example. I don't take prophylactic medication. Instead I
carry a cure dose with me, in case I get a fever that could be
malaria.
However, this is not recommended for short-term visitors, as the
prophylactic dose is more effective in preventing malaria, apart
from the fact that you wouldn't even get sick from it in the
first place.
Hans-Georg
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