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related to Primaquine—Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.240.112 (talk • contribs) 08:12, 19 April 2005

Nick, do you have a good source for the RA mechanism, eg textbook or journal article? JFW | T@lk 13:07, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

A discussion of the retinal toxicity may be helpful for readers.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.126.18 (talk • contribs) 05:40, 13 April 2006

I have added a remark about retinal toxicity in the side-effect section. Ruerd 15:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

It is important to clearly state the mental side-effects of chloroquine: nightmares, sleep deprivation, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, psychosis. when I was 18 on my year off, the side-effects had been played down as being "changes in moods" "stomach upsets" on the notice included in the box. the side-effects being played down, my doctor actually prescribed me a year's dosage to be taken within six months for extra protection, and I became fully aware of mysteriously and peculiarly feeling tangibly unwell in paradisiac surroundings after only one month and only found the cause four months later. this is why it is important not to play down side-effects. alongside being in unfamiliar surroundings for months, it may be hard to detect any changes unless they are explicitly stated. if people experience serious levels of anxiety and depression and have not had such feelings before, they may not associate it with medication unless it is explicitly stated. I trusted the medication and was worried about malaria, the result of not being informed of the side effects combined with bad luck on my holiday were very serious indeed, I quit my fabulous course at the University of Edinburgh after two years and would have taken another year and a half in familiar surroundings to fully recover in optimal conditions.

I have personally seen a lot of people come back from holiday in very poor shape and although no clinical studies of association have been published, caution should be explicitly overstated if anything. furthermore the effects of such depressions may take years to lift.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya (talk • contribs) 09:22, 21 October 2006

also for some reason the side-effects of hair loss and liver damage and not mentioned on the web page.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya (talk • contribs) 10:03, 21 October 2006

Hi, I too have heard a lot of rumors of liver diseases from chloroquine, and I've been on it for about 7 months now. I'd like some information on it if anyone has it. Are the rumors completely unfounded? Thanks --gloushire 17:40, 28 April 2007 (UTC)