Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wani babban janar mai ritaya yana daga cikin ma'aikatan sabis na Burtaniya 1,000 da ke buƙatar kulawar ƙwaƙwalwa bayan shan magungunan rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta bayar. Sabbin alkaluman da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta fitar sun nuna cewa tun daga shekarar 2008, an yi wa ma'aikata 994 jinya saboda matsalolin lafiyar kwakwalwa bayan an rubuta su Lariam. Duk da cewa Lariam - sunan alama na maganin mefloquine - wanda sojojin Amurka suka haramta saboda damuwa game da illar cutar, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta yi watsi da roko don dakatar da rubuta shi a cikin abin da masu sukar suka ce ya zama 'abin kunya'. Babban Janar Alastair Duncan (a hoton) a halin yanzu yana cikin sashin kula da masu tabin hankali bayan an ba shi maganin kafin a tura shi a Saliyo. A cewar Jonathan Owen na jaridar Independent, Manjo Janar Alastair Duncan mai ritaya a halin yanzu yana cikin sashin kula da masu tabin hankali bayan wani abin da ya faru na Post Traumatic Stress Disorder watanni hudu da suka gabata. An bai wa Manjo-Janar Duncan maganin Lariam kafin a tura shi kasar Saliyo. Matarsa Ellen ta gaya wa jaridar: 'Idan sojoji 1,000 sun ba da rahoton tasirin to za ku iya tabbata akwai wasu da ba su yi ba. Na san da yawa da kaina da kuma wasu da yawa. Sakamakon wannan zai kasance a bayyane a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. " Bayanin Mrs. Duncan ya biyo bayan wadanda suka fito daga jerin tsoffin sojoji wadanda suka kai hari a Ma'aikatar Tsaro kan ci gaba da amfani da Lariam. Janar Lord Dannatt ya gaya wa jaridar cewa 'abin mamaki ne' Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta ci gaba da rubuta Lariam saboda nauyin shaidar game da illar cutar, kuma ta bukaci ta yi amfani da wasu magungunan rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro. Amfani da Lariam da sojojin Amurka suka yi an kuma bincika shi sosai. Hukumar kula da magunguna ta kasar ta yi watsi da maganin. Hukumar Kula da Abinci da Magunguna ta Amurka ta yi gargadin cewa Lariam na iya haifar da mummunar matsalar lafiyar kwakwalwa kuma bai kamata kowa ya sha wahala daga damuwa ba. Waɗannan sun haɗa da alhini, ciwon kai, damuwa, mafarki, da kuma baƙin ciki. A cikin 2013, kungiyar ta ba shi 'gargadi na akwatin' - mafi tsanani na irinsa - saboda...
Kusan ma'aikata 1,000 sun bukaci kulawar kwakwalwa bayan shan kwayoyi. Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta rubuta musu maganin zazzabin cizon sauro Lariam. Sakamakon illa na samfurin ya hada da psychosis da hallucinations. Babban Janar Alastair Duncan da ya yi ritaya a halin yanzu yana cikin sashin kula da masu tabin hankali. An rubuta masa maganin ne kafin a tura shi kasar Saliyo.