Came to $125 total and took 1 week start to finish.
Step 1: Sign up for and schedule a $60 consultation through https://speakwithanmd.com. In the box I mentioned HCQ.
Step 2: A doc licensed in your state calls you. For me it was 2 days later, from a private number. I didn't pick up. He left message that he would try again next day same time. I answered the next day. The doc said he doesn't prescribe HCQ for prophylaxis, but he will prescribe it to me so that I have it on hand to immediately begin treatment if I test positive, since early treatment seems to be a must. Accidentally got into a political discussion with him because I assumed he was pro Trump. Wrong assumption. Very anti Trump, but said HCQ is not a political issue, some doctors believe it's effective and some don't, regardless of political preferences. I told him that's not what CNN told me. He said don't listen to hyped up media.
Step 3: He puts in the prescription at a mail order pharmacy in my state, where I assume he knows the pharmacist will fill it.
Step 4: I get a call later from Speakwithanmd.com confirming my address and that I'm willing to pay $65 for the pills.
Step 5: The pharmacy calls me and confirms my allergies and address. Puts the package in the mail that day.
Step 6: Today I receive my pills. Same feeling as when I bought my first gun and first thousand rounds of ammo.
Cheap same day fill of prescription. Buy fully refundable ticket to Uganda. Go to a "travel doctor" which is in just about every major city. Pay $90 for appointment or less with insurance. Show doctor ticket to Uganda and tell him you need a 3 month script for malaria prophylactic and a z-pack (just as important). Pay for script with insurance orcreditcard. It's going to be cheap. Buy bottle of OTC chelated zinc. Cancel your fully refundable ticket.
Source - me. worked all over Africa
I tried that, but with Brazil, and they wanted to give me yellow fever and many other innoculations that were scary and expensive. Plus I couldn't guarantee they would give me HCG since I was prescribed a different malaria drugs when I went to India a few years ago.
I considered that scenario. I'd tell the travel doctor you use your GP for the yellow fever, dengue fever, spotted fever etc. and you don't have your shot card with you because it's with your passport getting the visa. As far as I know there are only two types of malaria pills and the hydroxycloroquin (spelled wrong, derp) is the most common for Africa. I got the one you are referring to for working in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.