Madagascar

[georg ruf jr.]

You want information?
You can't learn voodoo in Mad. It's something you'lllearn in countries in the Carabian See.

[Sheena]

Georg jr, I promise you I will find someone to teach me voodoo!!!!
witch-43

[Skinny]

Sheena, you can bring back a big hairy spider back from the Island and put it in the bananas at Spar, that will teach Mike, can you imagine the chaos.......... That malaria medicine is ugly stuff rather take cyclodox the antibiotic much better, no side effects and will kill all bugs. We used it in Angola, and had not problems even good against cerebal maleria and dysentary. You will have a ball. Mike and Georg just jealouse they cant go to the island and drink rum and co ca co la  and have fun fun fun.......... Wish I could come with. Love Skinny

[Sheena]

Okay, so it's all kinds of dop with no ice - rum and coke plus cyclodox.  Man, can't wait to go.  Hopefully they don't do a drug test on me.
I think I will go looking for a big hairy spider - problem is I am shit scared of them.  I'll pay someone to pick it up and put it in a box -one for Mike and one for Georg jr.
Check your mail junior!!!
Check your bananas Mike!!!

[barb (Fry)]

Sheena may I suggest you seek advice about the best available anti malaria tablets

The primary defence against malaria is against mosquitoes: sensible clothing, the use of insect repellents and mosquito nets

    * chloroquine (Avloclor, Nivaquine): started one week before entering an endemic area, two tablets are taken weekly during the visit, and continued for four weeks after leaving.
    * proguanil (Paludrine): used as an alternative to chloroquine and also started one week before entering an endemic area, two tablets are taken daily during the visit, and continued for four weeks after leaving. In countries where there is some resistance to chloroquine, proguanil and chloroquine are both taken.
    * mefloquine (Lariam): in areas where there is high resistance to chloroquine, it is started at least one week, and preferably two to three weeks, before entering an endemic area, one tablet is taken weekly during the visit, and continued for four weeks after leaving.
    * maloprim: taken with chloroquine as an alternative to mefloquine for travellers in Australasia and the Pacific islands where there is malaria. Started one week before entering an endemic area, one tablet is taken weekly during the visit, and continued for four weeks after leaving.
    * atovaquone/malorone (Malarone): once-a-day tablet with the advantage that it can be started the day before arriving in a country where malaria is endemic and only needs to be taken for one week after leaving.
    * doxocycline (Vibramycin): recommended when travelling in countries where there is significant resistance to other anti-malarial drugs, or for those people who cannot take other agents. Treatment should start a few days before entering an endemic area and be continued for four weeks after leaving.
Anti-malarial drugs have side effects, like many other medicines. It is advisable to take all of these drugs after meals to help minimise side effects.

Chloroquine and proguanil may cause gastric upset and are best taken at night, after the last meal. People with epilepsy should not take chloroquine, and proguanil can affect the dose of blood thinning agents that people require, so this should be discussed with a doctor. Mouth ulcers can be a problem when chloroquine and proguanil are taken together.

Doxycycline may cause the skin to become extra-sensitive to the sun. Be careful not to take it on an empty stomach last thing at night, or to lie down for half an hour after you have taken it, and always wash it down with a glass of water.

People tend to be most concerned about the possibility of hallucinations and other psychiatric problems if they take mefloquine. Research carried out by MASTA and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (see help and info) suggested that about 1 in 140 people (approx 0.7%) taking mefloquine will experience temporarily disabling neuropsychiatric side effects. These tend to occur after the first few doses. People are advised to start treatment two to three weeks before travelling so that alternative treatment can be used if problems do arise.

Malarone is the drug with least offensive side effects and fewer tablets are needed.  I took it recently and can recommend it.

[barb (Fry)]

try this site

http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/malaria.htm

have fun

Avon also do a product used by the SAS a body lotion which is very effective repellent

called skin so soft but only the green labeled one

smells much bettter than citronella or other products.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Georg jr, I promise you I will find someone to teach me voodoo!!!!
witch-43

Just get yourself a Ken Doll and stick pins into it.

[SandyB]

There is a new  herbal antimalarial  on the market .. I remember that most of the regular  pharma  shyt made me ill  each time i took it .. read about it somewhere  but have forgotten .. maybe Bertie would have some more info on it ...

[Sheena]

Thanks everyone.  I took malaria tablets before, but can't remember what it was.  Just remember that it made me extremely sick and I stopped taking it.
I have made an appointment with a doctor and I'm taking all this info with me when I go see him.  He'll probably think I am very clued up in medicine!!!

[georg ruf jr.]

good luck with your doc Sheena. And I hope you have a lovely holiday.
grab

[Sheena]

 
Unfortunately not a holiday Junior - work!!!  Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

[georg ruf jr.]

Aaaah!
But working in Madagascar is surely nice. You'll enjoy it, I know you will.

[Michael Alexander]

... and I thought you were moving to Swakop?

[georg ruf jr.]

Why do you think she was asking for infos and help Michael...
 

[Skinny]

Sheena, we took the cyclodox (doxyclocdine) stuff in Angola because of the shake rattle and roll as you are aware, and all we did was take after eating , we had no after effects and we started taking it on the day we left, and stopped the day we came back. Larium is deadly stuff DO NOT TAKE IT. Most of the the EXPATS in Angola do not even take anti malaria stuff they keep their houses well air conditioned and keep well covered after dark and keep anti mozi stuff on. Works just as well. And the English and Yankees are paranoid about malaria and being nanny states what more can I tell you. They even thought that South Africa and Namibia have malaria even in OMD and Rosh Pinah. met a couple last night who are taking malaria stuff as they were told the orange river has malaria. Ja right!!! Phone the Madagasca Embassy as you might need yellow fever  injections and I suggest that you get heppatitis jabs too. But the embassy will give you more info, these you can only get from the state clinics in SA but your company should find these out for you or your travel agent should get this info for you too if they are any good!!!!!!!!!