'I offer myself': Vets urge committee to take serious look at anti-malaria drugs

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Col. Timothy Dunn, a retired Marine Corps veteran, [says] the mefloquine he took during his 2006 deployment left him permanently impaired. “I still suffer from the insomnia, anxiety, depression. The ringing in the ears is horrible,” Dunn said. “I offer myself, my heart, my soul and my medical records, because you’ve got to make a fair and just determination for the people who are affected by this.” ... The drug was widely used to by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, but was reclassified by the military as a drug-of-last-resort following the FDA’s black box decision.