So I could only get mefloquine in tel aviv to use as malarial prophylactic and it has major side effects. The other day I took my second dose, as it's a once a week dosage, and almost immediately I was thrown into 24 hours of violent vomiting, nausea, dizziness, headache, and fatigue. When I finally stopped throwing up, I broke out in a rash all over my face and eyes and lips. It looks like I have chicken pox.
I know I should have taken doxycycline which is a better choice but it's not covered in my health basket back in Israel, so I would have paid much more for it. Still knowing that I have such a strong reaction to most medications, I should have been more careful. Hopefully I'll feel better soon and my face will calm down. I'm glad I don't have a mirror here.
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Hope you are feeling better. that sounds like no fun at all.
much better. was nothing that benedryl couldn't fix. benedryl in haiti was the major go-to drug for everything. it's so funny.
anyway, I'm not in Haiti anymore, but am instead working on developing a sustainable medical clinic there while I'm in north america. got full funding and am very excited to get it and some programming off the ground before I go back to Israel.
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