June 5, 2002 - RPCV listservs: United Press International is investigating the anti-malaria drug Lariam

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United Press International is investigating the anti-malaria drug Lariam





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United Press International is investigating the anti-malaria drug Lariam*

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United Press International is investigating the anti-malaria drug Lariam

We would appreciate it if you could post this and/or send to volunteers. If you have any questions feel free to contact me at 202 302 3753 or via e-mail. Thanks, Dan Olmsted, Washington Bureau Chief, United Press International.

United Press International is investigating the anti-malaria drug Lariam and is interested in hearing from Peace Corps volunteers about any problems they may have experienced.

If you experienced psychiatric or other reactions to the drug either during or after your Peace Corps years, we would like to hear from you. We also are interested in hearing about any reports of volunteers not taking the drug because of side effects; what kind of warnings you received; whether your complaints about side effects were taken seriously, and how Peace Corps medical officers dealt with the issue of side effects. We also would like to find former medical officers or Peace Corps officials who would talk to us.

Also, we are interested in any information about suicidal thinking or behavior, or actual suicides or unexplained deaths, that might be connected with the drug. UPI published an article on side effects including suicide on May 14; you can read it by going to UPI.com and typing in Lariam, or going to Newsday.com and doing the same thing (that is a shorter version).

You can e-mail me at dolmsted@upi.com. Please include a phone number and indicate whether you would be willing to be quoted by name (we only use named sources in our reporting). Also, if you are attending the Peace Corps convention in Washington in June, please let us know.

We are taking the issue of side effects very seriously and are committed to full and accurate reporting about the situation.

Sincerely,

Dan Olmsted

Washington Bureau Chief

United Press International



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