Veterans Affairs committee  Well, actually, that would be a follower role.

Veterans Affairs committee  Many, many papers.

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it depends a bit on what you did. If you didn't do what you said you were going to do and you tried to publish it and you got caught, you would probably lose your appointments and you wouldn't get funded. I mean, this gets to be close to fraud and things of that sort.

Veterans Affairs committee  If you go on the Internet or you look at any of the guidelines, the drug of first choice is Malarone. It's a combination drug. It's also quite expensive.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, it is.

Veterans Affairs committee  There's ample evidence that the civilian population is affected by this drug. It's just as Professor Quinn said.

Veterans Affairs committee  It sounds like the kind of health care model that should be embraced. Veterans are part of the general population and, therefore, a partnership with the military and building the kind of momentum that has been built in Australia seems so obvious that it's almost embarrassing to h

Veterans Affairs committee  Agreed.

Veterans Affairs committee  No.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not familiar with the details of that particular study or the circumstance. I did read that in the report. It did strike me as a bit unusual because of the absence of any detail about why it was incompatible and so forth. It seems a bit unusual, but I have no knowledge of it

Veterans Affairs committee  We have other examples of drugs for which we have checklists, patient information and documents you can provide to inform individuals. Actually, I have them sign a contract that they have read it and understand it, and that explicitly tells them what the risks are and what I'm go

Veterans Affairs committee  It's not very new research. It's been known for a long time that this class of compounds is transported by a particular mechanism that's presumably there to protect the brain. A lot of drugs are pushed out of the brain by this transporter. No, this is just one possible explanatio

Veterans Affairs committee  I know that you've characterized this as being a uniquely military problem, but it's actually not uniquely a military problem. This is a problem with a drug that has toxicity, and it has been observed in many populations. Whatever you decide to do, I would urge that it be a pro

Veterans Affairs committee  I guess that's probably for me. First of all, I can't conceive of a real situation where one of the alternatives—Malarone or something of that sort—would not be appropriate. I indicated in my comments that if a military person is asking for this drug, I think they would have to

Veterans Affairs committee  I want to make a footnote to this, and that is that there is evidence that women are more susceptible to mefloquine. I think that was given no mention at all in the surgeon general's report, yet the literature is fairly clear that it is an additional risk factor.