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Need prevention of malaria
I am traveling to Arunachal on 7th sep. I need preventive medication to avoid malaria. Arunachal has chloroquine resistance so would like to take a mefloquine. Need your assistance on this.
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Dr. Pratyush Kumar Mishra
General Physician
13 yrs exp
Patna
Hi,
For chemoprophylaxis that is to prevent malaria we have got two medicines doxycycline and mefloquine. Each has got its own indications like duration of stay, when you are going to leave for that place etc..
Based on these may recommend the drug which suits you the best.
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