Anti-Malarials

potty · Post by **potty** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:05 pm

saw this thread on the dark site...

anyone knows, what anti-malarials are available in Cambodia
and where to buy?
price?
(no doxycycline)

probably its not otc.
in clinic/doctor - is expensive stuff like blood test necessary to have it prescribed or anything easy?

sure · Post by **sure** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:22 pm

why even bother the side effects of doxy are worse than getting malaria...

if you think you have malaria just get tested and quickly.... i had p falciparum and was hospitalised in Au for it....

just used some spray

potty · Post by **potty** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:30 pm

you shouldnt think that anti-malarials are only for malaria... lol...

so, who got anti-malarials without major fuss?

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:43 pm

Stopped at U-Care to ask the price. Malarone is $78 for 12 tabs. Doxy is $1 for 10 tabs. Unless you plan on spending significant time in the countryside, there's not much point to taking malaria prophylaxis.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:11 pm

My GP confirmed with Health in Oz before we left that in Phnom Penh malaria should be treated symptomatically and not preventatively - rural issue. Anyone been told otherwise by a medical practitioner?

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:18 pm

I have found medical travel advice from doctors outside the region to be on par with googling it yourself, and medical info you can google up to be generally poor.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:20 pm

Agreed - mine actually did some 'real' research though.

djones · Post by **djones** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:24 pm

No, my Doctor said the same she printed a NHS or directgov map showing parts of Cambodia that needed anti-malarials. Phnom Penh wasn't included

potty · Post by **potty** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:35 pm

thanks LTO!

this malarone 12 pills is apparently taken for 3 days as a cure, i understand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atovaquone/proguanil

when i remember right, some 20 years ago, looking it up.
then the malaria PROPHYLAXIS was needed only, when you couldnt make it fast enough to the doctor/medication/diagnose.
as you can die of a fresh malaria infection.

so, if you dont take prophylaxis, then dont dismiss the signs, which could indicate malaria.

potty · Post by **potty** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:36 pm

you can OF COURSE contract malaria in PP, but you will be at the doc in a short time.
thats why no malaria prophylaxis needed.

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