Vibramycin and Orodar.
I recently returned to Kenya coast after many years away . I spent many years in both Kenya and Malawi as a boy pilot and had a few brushes with malaria along the way. Not had it for 20 years now , but understandably was more than a little anxious on my return.
The only anti -malaria dawa /muti / medicine I could get here in the Eastern Med was VIBRAMYCIN from Pfizer , another name for doxycycline . After I paid for it , instructions in GREEK ! , advised to stay out of the sun ! This rather negated the winter holiday / watersports regime planned .
On arrival , I decided to take the path recommended by the locals who live there , and keep the mozzies off . So , nets , spraying , etc etc , but still got nailed by one persistent little buzzer.
Visited the local chemist , same Asian geezer been there 32 years , gave me a course of Coartem in case of malarial attack as well as another little bomb called ORODAR to take concurrently. These are made in Nairobi by Elys Chemical Industries and consist of 500 mg SULFADOXINE and 25 mg PYRIMETHAMINE . I would appreciate anyones experience / opinions on these please. I may go back for longer periods and wouldlike a 'plan'.
I did not use them as I did not contract anything nasty.
By the way , go easy on the G&Ts , malaria loves to attack a weakened liver.