Malaria Info Please!

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legend99

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Have Paludrine tabs for India.....(proguanil is the one they are made of) but someone has told me I should also have got a second set of tablets...Avoclar. As my GP is a guy in his sixties and not into travel can anyone help me out here?
 
India is a big place and not all of it is Malaria prone. Don't take more medecines than you have to. Have you checked Trip advisor website?
 
According to the US Govt. Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/indianrg.htm - which is pretty authoritative on these things - you should be okay with Proguanil Malaria drugs in any risk areas in India - which is basically everywhere except the mountains. What you're not okay with in India is Chloroquine based drugs - as chloroquine resistance is widespread.

Malaria is a very serious and potentially fatal disease - so if you've any doubt at all I'd contact a specialist clinic like the Tropical Medical Bureau - I'd be fairly uncomfortable taking advice on this type of thing from non medical source ( like me :) )

Also remember it's always true that the most effective Malaria prevention is to avoid being bitten in the first place - so cover up / use repellent etc.
 
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