"I'm a physician who took 5 Lariam tablets ... was never advised of the side effects ... am way off cognitively ... can't focus ... having severe anxiety episodes ... feel totally dysfunctional ... sick sense that this may be a permanent problem. I wish there was something I could do."
Information for Peace Corps Members
MANY Peace Corps Vols have had toxic reactions to Lariam, and many RPCVs with Lariam toxicity are not aware that they qualify for Workers Compensation. Learn more here.
UPI Investigates: Lariam and the Peace Corps, by Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin, UPI, July 30, 2002 (PDF)
Malaria's Not So Magic Bullet: From Peace Corps to Psychiatric Hospital, by Dennis Lewon, originally published in Escape mag, republished by Utne Reader. Archived here in PDF format.
Peace Corps: Your health care benefits [link to official handbook] (PDF)