Lariam: MoD under fire over anti-malaria drug

MPs' findings 'likely to be enough' for hundreds of legal cases to brought by service personnel

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A government inquiry has criticised the Ministry of Defence's continuing use of a controversial anti-malaria drug given to British soldiers.

Lariam, also known as mefloquine, has been linked to a host of mental health conditions including psychosis, depression and hallucinations and should be used only as "a drug of last resort", MPs said.

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