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Quinine Treatment Report
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
4 patients in the community are taking or have taken Quinine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 2 | 50% |
| General health | 1 | 25% |
| Other | 1 | 25% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Quinine or how long patients were taking Quinine before stopping.
Currently Taking Quinine
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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Stopped Taking Quinine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 50% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Headaches, Blurred Vision
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 2)
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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.
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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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by titanmom1962
May 24, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- 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 you could consume enough that your body wouldn't filter out to get any benefit from! It's an expensive med but it's worth it.
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Report created on November 08, 2009.