Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine

By Henry Belot
Updated May 25 2016 - 6:43pm, first published 5:37pm
In the ADF, mefloquine is used only if doxycycline or malarone fail. Photo: ADF
In the ADF, mefloquine is used only if doxycycline or malarone fail. Photo: ADF

Australian veterans have welcomed a British parliamentary report calling on the Ministry of Defence to overhaul its use of controversial drug Lariam, known in Australia as mefloquine.