# \[e-drug\] Mefloquin for malaria prophylaxis (cont) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [November 4, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-mefloquin-for-malaria-prophylaxis-cont/15343 "2002-11-04T04:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_S\_Toovey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@Dr\_S\_Toovey](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_S_Toovey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-mefloquin-for-malaria-prophylaxis-cont/15343/1 "2002-11-04T04:23:54Z")
E-drug: Mefloquin for malaria prophylaxis (cont) --------------------------------------------- In South Africa the official guidelines published by the Dept of Health are in the process of being updated. The current recommendations for chloroquine resistant areas are for either mefloquine or the combination of chloroquine and proguanil. It is likely that the new guidelines will replace chloroquine and proguanil with doxycycline. Malarone is not registered in South Africa. Many travel medicine specialists no longer recommend chloroquine and proguanil. Dr Stephen Toovey Medical Director SAA Netcare Travel Clinics South Africa American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene certified in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travellers' Health, Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Aviation Medical Examiner "Steve Toovey" \ -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@usa.healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@usa.healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)