Posted on Jan 9, 2017
Has anyone had negative outcomes from Mephaquin Mondays?
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We had chloraquin. Lots of vivid dreams and stomach issues according to those who took it. I cheeked them....
Never experienced Mephaquin. We were mandated to take Doxy. I stopped in Manas after the dreams hit with the stomach symptoms. Never even saw a mosquito in Helmand. Lots of wasps though
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I think the malaria season is only a few months out of the year. So I stopped taking it when our ESO told me that.
I took doxy for a over 40 months total time and never had an issue. But my wife got sick from it so they gave her Mephaquin and she had the crazy dreams and stomach issues. We were told the reason you get stomach and colon issues from it is because it kills ALL the bacteria, good and bad so you cannot digest food properly.
I had headaches and achy joints the first month in country. I never took it again after I had a really vivid dream I was peeing, and I really did piss in my cot. Woke up mid stream, 30 mins before wake-up at like 0330. I scrambled to get new uniform, showered, my sleeping bag in the washer, and wash my cot before mission without anyone finding out. Maybe b/c we were on a cop the whole time but nobody cared or checked to makes sure we were taking it. Having intense dreams is under stated.
Took them twice in Afghanistan on 04-05. Then threw them away. Had a ruptured brain aneurysm 3 months after getting home. Makes me wonder...
Deployed to Iraq a few times. The first time something didn't feel right so I never took mine. Decided to chance it and repeated my decision. Now I'm glad I did after what I've been reading.
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