Quinine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Qualaquin
What is Quinine?
Quinine is an antimalarial agent. It is used off label for the prevention and treatment of nocturnal leg cramps. As of February 2007 the only quinine-containing product approved by the US Food and Drug Administration is Qualaquin.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Cramps | 31 |
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2 | |||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 24 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 22 |
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3 | ||||
| Pain | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Cramps, legs | 8 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 6 | 0 |
See all 84 patients currently taking Quinine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Quinine. See all 26 dosages ►
| 150mg as needed | 200mg as needed | 20mg as needed | 300mg as needed | 324mg as needed | 325mg as needed | daily | mg as needed | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 260 mg daily | 284 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 324 mg daily | 325 mg daily | 350 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 648 mg daily | 900 mg daily | 3254 mg daily | ||
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4
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7
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11
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11
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6
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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16 | 47% |
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Did not seem to work
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6 | 18% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 12% |
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Side effects too severe
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4 | 12% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 6% |
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Expense
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2 | 6% |
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Personal research
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2 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- ukiwi
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- ukiwi
- since Feb 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips stopped taking, Tinitus severe - may sleeping difficult. See full evaluation
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- titanmom1962
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- titanmom1962
- 648 mg daily
- since May 24, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Once went to see the NP for my neuro and she said "just drink the water like perrie" needless to say she's an IDIOT! There's not enough in that, even if y... See full evaluation
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- jr42
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- Type: Lower Motor Neuron
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- jr42
- 150 mg daily
- since Jan 22, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips It's an effective drug to stop cramps. See full evaluation
See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.