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What is Qualaquin?

Qualaquin™ is a trade name for the drug quinine. It is an antimalarial agent. As of February 2007 Qualaquin is the only quinine product approved by the FDA.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Cramps 5 1
Other 2 1
Leg spasms (right) 1 0
Convulsive spasms (clonus) 1 0
Fasciculations 1 0
Muscle cramps 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  324mg as needed 324 mg daily 648 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Qualaquin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 100% Other: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Qualaquin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Qualaquin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
0
1
0
4

Stopped Taking Qualaquin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 50%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.