News tagged with 'Anti-Protozoal Drugs'

The United States Army recently announced that there is no connection between four recent murders at Fort Bragg and the use of the anti-malaria drug Lariam. In August, the Pentagon, joined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sent a group of medical experts to Fayetteville, North Carolina to determi

Drug maker Roche Pharmaceuticals has added a new warning to the label of the anti-malaria medication Lariam that alerts consumers to the drug's possible link to suicide. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Roche added the warning to "heighten awareness" of the medication's side effects after rece

The Pentagon is sending a group of medical experts to Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina to determine if a link exists between four recent murders and the anti-malarial medication Lariam. Sgt. Rigoberto Nieves, Master Sgt. William Wright, Sgt. Cedric Griffin and Sgt. Brandon Floyd murdered their wives (Nieves