FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 353:420-422 July 28, 2005 Number 4 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear Related Article by Baird, J. K. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: In his review article (April 14 issue), Baird¹ states that prescribing "chloroquine . . . in any setting, except one in which its effectiveness has recently been demonstrated, should be considered irresponsible." As physicians who have worked in rural Zambia, where malaria is endemic, we have witnessed the effect of falciparum malaria on children and are sensitive to Baird's concerns. However, adults rarely become severely ill. We think that chloroquine remains an inexpensive, rapid-acting drug with few side effects and that it is effective in most patients.

However, recent policy changes removed chloroquine from our formulary on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Croft, A. M (2007). A lesson learnt: the rise and fall of Lariam and Halfan. JRSM 100: 170-174 [Full Text]