I visited Southern Africa, i.e. boswana, swalzland,.. countries, are taking doxymycin (malaria prevention drug. came home with no mosquito bites. Can I stop taking doxymycin? I have already taken 14 days and don t want to continue for another 28 days. Thanks.
HelloWelcome to Chat Doctor. Chemoprophylais against malaria with any anti-malarial Chat Doctor. This is necessary to kill any persisting forms in liver of malarial parasites. The guidelines recommend taking the antimalarial irrespective of whether you have history of mosquito bite in high risk area. You can talk with your physician regarding taking weekly doses of chloroquine or biweekly doses of mefloquine as alternative to daily regimen of doxycycline. Hope I answered your query.