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Old Mon Nov 17, 2014, 09:45 PM
Cheryl C Cheryl C is offline
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How interesting, Tom. I've never heard of chloroquine being used as treatment for MDS-RARS. What component/s in this drug helps RARS?

I was given Larium to treat my malaria in 1998 and had every side effect in the book - it was horrendous. By 2002 I had done my research and took Artimisia which had no discernible side effects and killed the parasites just as quickly.

I'm wondering if there is any chemical similarity between artimisia and chloroquine. Because chloroquine is the cheapest it's the drug of choice for malaria treatment in the Solomon Islands but I've seen so many of the local people suffering from the side effects so I can understand your concerns.
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