Exposé: Gitmo detainees mass recipients of controversial drug | MyFDL
http://my.firedoglake.com/valtin/2010/12/01/expose-gitmo-detainees-mass-recipients-of-controversial-drug/?utm_medium=twitter
Mefloquine has been a controversial drug since it received FDA approval in 1989, as evidence grows regarding its neurotoxicity and propensity to cause very serious neuropsychiatric side effects. “Adverse events” associated with mefloquine include depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, intense rage, paranoia, hallucinations and anxiety. An Army public health physician told us that use of the drug was akin to “pharmacologic waterboarding.”
(I know a few people who have experienced this drug. The psychotic nightmares it produces have been considered a necessary evil for it's protection from malaria.. Really perverse and disgusting (if true) that USA would use a drug unnecessarily BECAUSE of a side effect like that.. This is the first I've heard of this story.. So I'll be looking for cross-referenceable info.. -b)
http://brinesalt.posterous.com/article-expose-gitmo-detainees-mass-recipient
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