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Old December 1st, 2004, 07:28 PM
Bobby
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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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Old December 1st, 2004, 10:32 PM
Dave Patterson
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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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Old December 1st, 2004, 10:32 PM
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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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Old December 6th, 2004, 06:45 AM
Not the Karl Orff
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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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Old December 6th, 2004, 02:53 PM
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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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).


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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Old December 6th, 2004, 02:53 PM
riverman
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"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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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).


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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Old December 7th, 2004, 02:10 AM
Not the Karl Orff
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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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Old December 7th, 2004, 10:04 AM
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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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Old December 7th, 2004, 10:04 AM
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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