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you have to take them 1 week before you go to goa.
and 4 weeks when you come home if you go for 3weeks
ifthis helps
boromick :tup :tup
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how did you get them as cheap as that!!!

thats the ones that we were quoted over £180 for !!!


That would be for Malarone tablets, average cost is £3.25 PER TABLET :yikes
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Hi, we buy our malaria tablets in Goa in Calangute only cost 7rup. for a strip of 6,
and they are only one tablet a week.
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Hi All... Can anyone advise whether TravelPharm is safe to use?

I was going to buy my Paludrine/Avloclor on there as it's a better price than my local Pharmacy.

Thanks
Laura
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i was told to try brennanspharmacy.co.uk i went online yesterday and they are in the post to me now. should get them tomorrow or monday
:cheers
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I spoke to the Practice Nurse yeaterday, she advised we got Rabies Jabs? Never been told this before.. she also said I'd have to pay for them and they come in 3 stages. Also Japanese encephalitis?

Anyone else been advised about these jabs?
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Are mosquito machines readily available in the north, we usually take one with us but I cant find it !!
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Are mosquito machines readily available in the north, we usually take one with us but I cant find it !!


Hi if you mean those little ones with a bottle that you plug in....yes all the shops have them, we paid about 45 rups for the machine and refill in Newtons.
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i was told to try brennanspharmacy.co.uk i went online yesterday and they are in the post to me now. should get them tomorrow or monday
:cheers


Seeing the above I went online to order my anti malarials but when it came to payment I was warned it wasn't a secure site. I decided to use the Paypal option as that was safe only to be told by Paypal that they went taking money from this site.
I decided to use Travelpharm as mentioned in a previous post and that appears 100% safe, and also asked for more information about my health as a safety check before sending the tablets.

Brennans would have cost £22.50 ( approx)
Travelpharm £26.00 inc 1st class postage
Local Boots wanted £37.98
Happy to save £12.00

Worth going online but as always.... be careful ! I'd hate to have my card details cloned, especially when I am due out of the country for a month and there would be no way of knowing until I got back !
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Hi Davewales

I always use Travelpharm to buy our Malarone from and never had a problem with them, and always receive them in the post 2 or 3 days after my order. Hubby is diabetic and on 2 different types of Insulin and they phoned to doublecheck his medication, which I think is a great service from Travelpharm. Just wanted to reassure you they are safe.
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I've used Travelpharm as well and they are reliable. We needed Malarone when we were going to South America and the Dr at the travel clinic recommended Travelpharm.
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Hi all

I used Brennans Pharmacy as recommended by janefulton, I ordered them on Monday received them yesterday!! Great Service and cheap too.

Thanks :tup
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hi janefulton
paludrine-avlacor(chloroquine -proguanil) no way they would be 180 pounds that would be malarone,they(p&c)are available over the counter quite cheaply in the u.k.and even cheaper out here
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My head is bursting going through this Malaria thread :cry can someone please tell me would I be right in saying that the tablets I bought in Goa are taken like this ..

(The chloroquine..Phosphate tablet ) I take once a week and
(The Progwin 100..Proguanil.tablets )I take two a day of that one ...thanks Colleen
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Hi IC,if the chloroquine ars 500mg,then it is 1 a week,if 250mg then 2 a week.
The proguinal are usually 100mg,so yes,2 a day is right. :tup Paula
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Thanks for getting back to me so quick M M yes they are 500mg just had a look at the pack so it is 1 a week of the P/C one and two a day of the Progwin ..thanks for your help. that makes me feel a whole lot better ..colleen
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