Just as an update FYI with regards to malarial meds. I'll be spending next month in Thailand and some malarial zones kicking back and doing some tsunami follow up and Bangkok demo stuff and some slacking so I'm taking malarone this time as much of SE Asia is becoming Larium resistant.

The price of it has come down a bit from a few years ago and my insurence actually did cover up to 30 tabs. I needed 48 (Got to cover the partner too) so I had to pay out of pocket for the difference and with the copay came out to a little over $100US for 48.

So yes in the relative scheme of things Malarone is still expensive but with some parts of the globe aquiring resistance to Larium and the psycho side effects some folks have with Larium, Malarone is definately something to really consider.