The COVID-19 pandemic

[MidTowner]

I took mefloquine once (it was a generic, not Lariam, but same difference), but stopped when it seemed like I might have been suffering nightmares from it; I read that the psychiatric side effects of it have been reported to sometimes be permanent.

This might be something that is only prescribed if the COVID-19 situation is light-threatening, at which point the side effects might be considered acceptable.

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that I have any idea whether mefloquine or anything else would or wouldn't be a good treatment. I have no idea; I don't even know if mefloquine has anything to do with chloroquine besides the fact that they're both antimalarials. I was just reminiscing since plam brought up Lariam's side effects.

It's a good point about any potential treatment: even if a drug were no longer commonly used for its original purpose because of side effects, it might well be worth using in this case.