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The Drug That Skipped Safety: How Mefloquine Broke Minds Worldwide
The Drug That Skipped Safety: How Mefloquine Broke Minds Worldwide
A single compound number-142,490-became mefloquine, a drug given to millions without a completed Phase Three safety trial, and by 2013 the FDA warned its neuropsychiatric effects may be permanent; how did a medication approved for healthy people weekly and still on the WHO Essential Medicines List cause lifelong harm? What went wrong between Walter Reed’s screens, a Department of Defense transfer, and global marketing that left soldiers and travelers exposed?
In this episode, we lay out the documented timeline from Walter…
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