Originally Posted by
Badenoch
Thanks. I've taken malaria pills a few times but wasn't aware of the shots. I'd be concerned about side effects because I don't react well to the pills. I stopped taking them on a couple of trips having concluded that even though I was 100 kilometers inside the CDC's malarial zone the risk was low because I was working in a small town during the dry season and was well supplied with DEET.
Some people find the shots better than the pills, and other find the shots way to strong. For me, the pills made me nauseaous and therefore miserable. So I had the shot, no issues. But I know somone who had the shot and felt terribly ill, so she took the pills. Either way, still better than malaria...which you keep your whole life with flare ups every few years.