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Old December 20th, 2007, 03:50 PM posted to rec.travel.africa
Nisse PowerMan
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Default Anti-malaria medication in Ethiopia

Marc Lurie wrote:

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:30:23 GMT, grant kinsley
wrote:

I would suggest malarone over doxy as doxy needs to be taken 2 weeks
before and 6 weeks after travelling to risk areas. malarone is 1 week
prior and 2 weeks post.

As well photosensitivity can be an issue with doxy, and who wants to
have their vacation ruined by the sun...

Grant Kinsley (MD)


Hi Grant,

I'm not a doctor, so I don't speak with any authority on the subject,
but AFAIK, current medical opinion in South Africa regarding doxy is
that it can be taken 24 hours prior to entering a malarial area, and
need only be taken for 21 days after leaving the area.

I experience sun sensitivity on doxy, but that's insignifacnt compared
with the side effects of mefliam. I haven't tried malarone yet. I've
found doxy easy to tolerate, VERY cheap, and also protects me agains
other nasties like tick bite fever etc.

Also, doxy is easy to replace in most countries if you happen to lose
your luggage. ;-)

Cheers,
Marc



I used Doxy in Thailand in the eastern provinces, had no side-effects
whatsoever.

Doxy however is a type of antibiotics, same as Tetracycline and
Vibramycin so one should be a little careful, using too much antibiotics
can cause other problems as well as multi resistant bacteria and MRSA,
not fun.

/Nisse

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