Top UK general admits he knew psychotic effects of malaria drug… but still let soldiers take it

‘General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British military, concedes he knew first-hand the psychological risks attached to Lariam and refused to take it himself, all the while allowing his troops to take the controversial anti-malarial drug.
In an interview with the BBC on Tuesday, the former general said he had been aware of the effects of Lariam on his own son Bertie, who suffered physical and mental side effects after taking it in Africa.
“He became extremely depressed, not the person that he would normally be – a very bubbly, personable sort of individual. “He got very withdrawn, and we got very worried about him,” the ex-general said.’
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