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Where is the cheapest place to buy Malarone online?

I have a prescription for Malarone but no idea where is the cheapest place to get it. I know some online pharmacies do it, does anyone know of any?

TIA.
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  • tara747 wrote: »
    I have a prescription for Malarone but no idea where is the cheapest place to get it. I know some online pharmacies do it, does anyone know of any?

    TIA.
    Got mine from tesco. But its evil stuff caused a lot of side effects amongst holiday makers in our hotel.
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  • goanmad
    goanmad Posts: 1,644 Forumite
    Hey Tara!

    Not sure if they are the cheapest but they do provide an excellent and speedy service.
    http://www.travelpharm.com/

    When a group of us travelling Latin America took Larium a few years ago all of us experienced psycotic episodes and feelings of paranoia however I've never had any problems with Malarone.

    Goanmad xx
  • goanmad wrote: »
    When a group of us travelling Latin America took Larium a few years ago all of us experienced psycotic episodes and feelings of paranoia however I've never had any problems with Malarone.

    Goanmad xx
    I dont think there were any psychotic episodes caused by malarone in our hotel. (If there were any it was most likely alchohol) There was however no end of sickness Diarrhoea and stomach cramps.
    The bit that bugs me is that the chinese herbalist village witch doctors appeared to have had malaria under control for centuries
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  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
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    abs - can you elaborate? Are their cures still available?

    goanmad, I have been travelling with people who took Larium, it is scary!!!
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    Save £180,000 by 31 Dec 2020! 2011: £54,342 * 2012: £62,200 * 2013: £74,127 * 2014: £84,839 * 2015: £95,207 * 2016: £109,122 * 2017: £121,733 * 2018: £136,565 * 2019: £161,957 * 2020: £197,685
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  • absolutebounder
    absolutebounder Posts: 20,305 Forumite
    tara747 wrote: »
    abs - can you elaborate? Are their cures still available?

    goanmad, I have been travelling with people who took Larium, it is scary!!!
    Lariam is supposed to be pretty scary with a very high level of side effects so I can easily believe Goanmad. I think it it supposed to affect the central nervous system in about 1 in 4 people.
    In China the conditions for the malaria mozzie are just right. (water and sewage knee deep in the paddy fields) but when they get it they just trot along to the local doc and get a mix of herbs and away they go again. I wouldnt have a clue whether they would know more in a chinese herbal shop here but I understand the pharma companies have been trying to synthesise the active ingredients.
    Where are you going anyway
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  • My sister in law took Malarone is she didn't have any side effects...
  • WolfSong2000
    WolfSong2000 Posts: 1,736 Forumite
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    All anti-malarial drugs that I am aware of have side-effects...malarone just seems to have the least, and if I was traveling to an area where such a drug would be required, it'd be my first choice, followed by doxycycline - you couldn't pay me to take Larium. I'd rather take my chances with malaria!

    There are issues with malaria as certain strains are "stronger" and more resistant to drugs. They can also make a person more ill and have a higher mortality rate. As long as you don't get one of the resistant/intense forms of malaria and you get treated quickly, your chances are good.
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