Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Defence, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has again raised his concerns over members of the Defence Forces being prescribed the anti-malarial drug Lariam.<\/p>\n
Crowe raised the issue during Parliamentary Questions on Defence in the D\u00e1il today.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI have repeatedly raised this issue as evidence of Lariam\u2019s toxic and harmful effects continues to grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cLariam was developed by the US military in the 1970s and new damming research into its effects has been published.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn October 2013, Roche, the manufacturer of Lariam, wrote to doctors in Britain warning that \u2018hallucinations, psychosis, suicide, suicidal thoughts and self-endangering behaviour have been reported\u2019 and that the drug \u2018may induce potentially serious neuropsychiatric disorders.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US military declared it a \u2018drug of last resort\u2019 two years ago and the US Special Forces Command has banned its use.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Defence Ministries in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Canada have either banned the use of Lariam, or use it as a last resort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot understand why Lariam is still being subscribed to Defence Forces personal, with tragic consequences, while safer options are available. It is not the only anti-malarial drug available, yet it is clearly the least safe option available.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a classic case of doctors differing while patients are harmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am calling on the Minister to urgently stop the prescription of Lariam and to fully support soldiers who have been harmed by taking Lariam while serving overseas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Defence, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has again raised his concerns over members of the Defence Forces being prescribed the anti-malarial drug Lariam. Crowe raised the issue during Parliamentary Questions on Defence in the D\u00e1il today. Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said: \u201cI have repeatedly raised this issue as evidence of Lariam\u2019s toxic and harmful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,195,44,196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defence-forces","category-department-of-defence","category-health","category-lariam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}