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Injections for Kenya?
I'm about to go on a safari in Kenya (actually a dual sight trip - one week
safari and one week beach). Can anyone advise me what injections (or other means of inoculation) I need before I go? Cheers. Bobby |
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We suggest tetanus and perhaps (shortly
before you go) Hepatitis. You should also take one of the anti-malaria medications. Malarone & Lariam are the usual suggestions. |
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We suggest tetanus and perhaps (shortly
before you go) Hepatitis. You should also take one of the anti-malaria medications. Malarone & Lariam are the usual suggestions. |
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In article ,
Pat Anderson wrote: Whilst I was living in Kenya and taking the then recommended Paludrine daily and Chloroquine once a week, I never heard of anyone taking Doxycycline as a prophylactic. I know about the resistance factor and that the next time I visit Kenya I will have to decide on a different drug. I first heard about Doxycycline on this NG! I would want to know a lot more about it`s efficacy as a malaria prophylactic before I would consider taking it. To me it`s an antibiotic, which we all know is something we usually take for certain infections. Apparently it' as effective as all the others (Malarone and Larium) and has some advantages such as not too many side effects and is also low cost. It can act as a antibiotic for some but apparently the risk is low and it won't make you sick. You have to start the course 2 days before arrival into malaria zone and continue until 4 weeks after leaving. Disadvantage is having to take it every day and on an empty stomach and not eating or drinking certain fluids such as milk before and after which limits when youc an take it (mid morning worked out to be best for us). |
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message ... In article , Pat Anderson wrote: Whilst I was living in Kenya and taking the then recommended Paludrine daily and Chloroquine once a week, I never heard of anyone taking Doxycycline as a prophylactic. I know about the resistance factor and that the next time I visit Kenya I will have to decide on a different drug. I first heard about Doxycycline on this NG! I would want to know a lot more about it`s efficacy as a malaria prophylactic before I would consider taking it. To me it`s an antibiotic, which we all know is something we usually take for certain infections. Apparently it' as effective as all the others (Malarone and Larium) and has some advantages such as not too many side effects and is also low cost. It can act as a antibiotic for some but apparently the risk is low and it won't make you sick. You have to start the course 2 days before arrival into malaria zone and continue until 4 weeks after leaving. Disadvantage is having to take it every day and on an empty stomach and not eating or drinking certain fluids such as milk before and after which limits when youc an take it (mid morning worked out to be best for us). You take it on a FULL stomache, not an empty one. It makes you sick if you take it on an empty stomache. And don't underestimate the hassle of taking a daily pill, or of the longterm effects of taking an antibiotic, as regards reducing your own autoimmune response. All malaria meds have side effects; you have to choose the one that works best for your situation. But they all have the same effect of not making you immune from getting malaria, only immune from the symptoms. Wear bug dope, don't go outside at night with exposed skin, sleep under a mozzie net. If you do that, you don't even need malaria meds. But the choice to take them or not is up to you...but at the least, use the other precautions. --riverman |
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message ... In article , Pat Anderson wrote: Whilst I was living in Kenya and taking the then recommended Paludrine daily and Chloroquine once a week, I never heard of anyone taking Doxycycline as a prophylactic. I know about the resistance factor and that the next time I visit Kenya I will have to decide on a different drug. I first heard about Doxycycline on this NG! I would want to know a lot more about it`s efficacy as a malaria prophylactic before I would consider taking it. To me it`s an antibiotic, which we all know is something we usually take for certain infections. Apparently it' as effective as all the others (Malarone and Larium) and has some advantages such as not too many side effects and is also low cost. It can act as a antibiotic for some but apparently the risk is low and it won't make you sick. You have to start the course 2 days before arrival into malaria zone and continue until 4 weeks after leaving. Disadvantage is having to take it every day and on an empty stomach and not eating or drinking certain fluids such as milk before and after which limits when youc an take it (mid morning worked out to be best for us). You take it on a FULL stomache, not an empty one. It makes you sick if you take it on an empty stomache. And don't underestimate the hassle of taking a daily pill, or of the longterm effects of taking an antibiotic, as regards reducing your own autoimmune response. All malaria meds have side effects; you have to choose the one that works best for your situation. But they all have the same effect of not making you immune from getting malaria, only immune from the symptoms. Wear bug dope, don't go outside at night with exposed skin, sleep under a mozzie net. If you do that, you don't even need malaria meds. But the choice to take them or not is up to you...but at the least, use the other precautions. --riverman |
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In article ,
"riverman" wrote: You take it on a FULL stomache, not an empty one. It makes you sick if you I understand that doxycycline's effectiveness is reduced by certain food groups (dairy for one) so my prescription, and travel doctor, advised taking it on an empty-ish stomach. |
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message ... In article , "riverman" wrote: You take it on a FULL stomache, not an empty one. It makes you sick if you I understand that doxycycline's effectiveness is reduced by certain food groups (dairy for one) so my prescription, and travel doctor, advised taking it on an empty-ish stomach. Dairy products will reduce the effectiveness, so don't take it after your morning cereal. But if you take it on an empty or emptyish stomache, you'll have the dry heaves within a half hour. Ask me how I know. :-) The best time, according to my friends who still take it, is a half hour after dinner. --riverman |
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message ... In article , "riverman" wrote: You take it on a FULL stomache, not an empty one. It makes you sick if you I understand that doxycycline's effectiveness is reduced by certain food groups (dairy for one) so my prescription, and travel doctor, advised taking it on an empty-ish stomach. Dairy products will reduce the effectiveness, so don't take it after your morning cereal. But if you take it on an empty or emptyish stomache, you'll have the dry heaves within a half hour. Ask me how I know. :-) The best time, according to my friends who still take it, is a half hour after dinner. --riverman |
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