Larium is taken to help prevent malaria - Can it later have effects upon a child that is conceived?

Larium is taken to help prevent malaria. A Somalia vet asks if it can affect a child conceived after his tour of duty there

http://www.rocheusa.com/products/lariam/pi.pdf

They reference not getting pregnant while taking this medication

To me that indicates they suspect reproductive harm

You hear the same warnings on Accutane ... and in that product there is a butylated inert ingredient. I have looked into the harm of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether

The warnings for Accutane (acne medicine that drys out your whole body, I suspect) are remarkedly similar to that of 2-butoxyethanol (modern name for EGBE)

I suspect that in both cases it can cause infertility in both men and women, and cause premature births ... birth defects if the child survives

The malaria medication you are asking about is warning also about eye damage and liver concerns in addition to the Central Nervous System Damage that they do warn about. This is similar to the CNS damage the 2-butoxyethanol can cause

They say to report flu-like symptoms. Flu-like symptoms themselves may be a way the body complains about this chemical exposure itself. It is true for 2-butoxyethanol.

Best help, I believe for you and your child is good nutrition and use of glyconutrients. Many successful trials ongoing today. Start here: Patient Heal Thyself by Rubin

Question on Accutane? I have serious doubts that any of the ingredients in Accutane could deliver a toxic dose causing infertility under normal conditions of use. Mr D

Accutane?

Of course it's hard to know what an appropriate dose might be ... and for how long someone might be taking it.

I do seriously suspect that males are subject to infertility and other reproductive harm, however, because the butyl part of the compound must be the reason for all the warnings ... and the 2-butoxyethanol or etheylene glycol monobutyl ether is a teratogen and targets the testes

A young woman who took Accutane in our family gave birth prematurely (only 5 weeks, but she was a big-boned girl) and soon the baby had a hemangioma appear. I suspect this chemical for such blood tumors

I know a young man who has been trying for about 15 years to have a child. No child. His brother and his sister both have 2 children each. He took Accutane as a teen. Was it too large a dose for too long? ... or would any dose do such? ... or it doesn't matter at all? I suspect the warnings indicate otherwise. This chemical targets the testes. So I think it is not just during the taking of the medication ... & not just women who could be affected.

All I can say is, "It's the kind of thing that a butylated component to a product would do"

What happens to people when they get malaria?