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singh1987

Going to India, i haven't been taking malaria tablets to be honest. where i am going, malaria tablets are not really needed. Is that bad?

Reply 1

Notebooksecrets

Doctors give you tablets for a reason, not just for the sake of it. If you've been told to take them you should. Whoever gave them to you probably knows more about malaria than you do.

Reply 2

singh1987

Well the nurse said it was not very necessary to take them. but my whole family been taking them. i live alone you see.

Reply 3

Talya

Why take the risk at all? Take the pills!

Reply 4

fizzerz

my friends when to ghana and despite taking the pills they still both caught malaria. but im sure taking them wouldnt hurt?

Reply 5

singh1987

Hmmmmm. i am not a big fan of tablets to be honest. i will be ok, i didnt have them the last time i went.

Reply 6

Butterfly

Where in India are you going? I didn't take them when I was there either - the areas I went to and the time of year it was, meant that it wasn't necessary.

Reply 7

Llamaaa

Seriously, I have malaria right now and it is truly horrible. I went to Peru, to a part where there was a slight chance of malaria so my doctor said it wasn't necessary to take pills because the risk is so small, but I wish I had taken them anyway. It is a horrible thing to have so it is so much better to take the pills if there is a small risk. Better to be safe than sorry. I certainly am sorry....