Malaria tablets

The following links might interest you:

This site gives you a basic overview of the five medicines there are and the pros and cons of each one:

http://www.vaccinations.com.au/PDF/deseases/malaria.pdf

This is a doctors opinion of Malarone (the more expensive and newer drug)

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/travel/205465.html

The World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/en/ recommended Larium but didn't say why.

Often a lot of these drugs are given on prescription and are based on where you are going and your general health.Which drug you end up taking depends on:

• How long you are prepared to take it before (can be 2 weeks, it can be one day) and after Kenya (max can be four weeks)?
• How much you are prepared to pay?
• How frequently you are prepared to take tablets (some are every day, others are every week)

Note they don't recommend you switching tablets once you have started a course as that means mixing the drugs.