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Quinine Treatment Report
Brand Names:
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.
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Cramps | 29 | 25% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 24 | 21% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Pain | 8 | 7% |
| Cramps, legs | 8 | 7% |
| disease-related symptoms | 6 | 5% |
| Fasciculations | 4 | 3% |
| Muscle cramps | 3 | 2% |
| General health | 2 | 1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | <1% |
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Quinine or how long patients were taking Quinine before stopping.
Currently Taking Quinine
Stopped Taking Quinine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 3 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 29% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 71% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Headaches, Blurred Vision
Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)
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- ukiwi
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by ukiwi
Feb 18, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsSevere
- Stiffness/Spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- stopped taking, Tinitus severe - may sleeping difficult.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- jr42
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- Type: Lower Motor Neuron
- See profile
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by jr42
Jan 22, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- It's an effective drug to stop cramps.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.